A New Appreciation of the Ageless Wisdom and Esoteric
Astrology
It
is with the deepest sadness that I have to inform you of the sudden
passing of my darling husband, Mo Hone, on Thursday 10th January
2013
Our
dear family and I are struggling to come to terms with this, and
hope you will understand the need to temporarily suspend taking
orders for his books, but are fully committed to resuming
their availability as soon as we can. Also this site will not
be updated in the foreseeable future, although I will continue
as he did to check that the links he listed are still active as
soon as time permits.
PLEASE
NOTE:
FREE E-BOOK COPY OF THE COMPLETE "THE
SEVEN RAYS TODAY" BOOK
is
still available for download below.
With
my sincere hope and thanks for your understanding,
Mo's wife, Jac Hone
THE SEVEN RAYS are the original divine qualities
of the Absolute. Each individual human soul is an essential part of one
of the Seven Rays, and through a succession of lifetimes the qualities
of that Ray are developed and refined, to further the evolution of Humanity.
THE SEVEN RAYS are an
ancient tradition which is increasingly relevant today as the Aquarian Age
begins to unfold, because the Rays work together to make for completeness,
and Humanity - by becoming aware of the Ray energy working through the soul
- should strive for the same ideal.
The philosophy of the 7 rays demonstrates how people of
different spiritual inclinations can tread the same spiritual path, united
in purpose to help the world without changing their own
beliefs.
"My religion is very simple. My
religion is kindness." ~ Dalai Lama
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This is a copy of the article I wrote for Prediction magazine
in 1978. It serves as a good introduction to the Seven Rays because it
marked an early point of my ongoing research.
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THE SEVEN RAYS ~ AN OVERVIEW
The Seven Rays are the
seven attributes of God the Absolute, and exist as the natural
division of all earthly manifestation, from the finest to the
densest.
We can define the Seven
Rays as the seven natural and precise divisions of any singular
reality, which together make the completeness of the Absolute.
So the Seven Rays exist as the various conditions of energy
and matter, taking the last two terms as different aspects of the same
reality: the highest or finest state of energy or matter is its First
Ray manifestation and the lowest or most dense state is its Seventh
Ray manifestation.
According to the Ancient Wisdom, the
objective existence of the Absolute began with just three aspects, His
Will or Intention, His Love or Consciousness and His Form. This was
the origin of three evolutionary life forms, the Lords Of Flame, The
Lords Of Mind and the Lords of Form, which correspond to the
Absolute's three principles.
To continue the process
of evolution, each of His three life forms were again divided by three
to allow them to adopt these principles independently from each other,
and then into a further four categories to create what we know as
physical reality:
The Lords of Flame
are Elemental gods who are responsible for the seven divisions of
the Absolute's Will into the Seven Kingdoms;
The Lords of
Form are Devas who are responsible for the seven divisions of the
Absolute's Form into the Seven Planes;
The Lords of Mind are
Humans who are responsible for the seven divisions of the Absolute's
Consciousness into the Seven Rays.
These are the only three
evolutions of life in the entire cosmos ~ and by mutual co-operation
they are responsible for the creation of the Absolute's existence, and
our total reality.
The basic conditions necessary for every type of
existence in the cosmos are the life-force, the consciousness and the
form, which are based on the original principles of the Absolute and
function through the first three Primary Rays. In our physical
reality, the highest representations of the Elemental evolution are
galaxies; the highest representation of the Deva evolution are
planets, and the highest representations of the Human evolution are
stars.
This hierarchical division of life is the function of
the Absolute's First Aspect, His Divine Will, whose task is to divide
all categories of life into seven archetypal Kingdoms. The highest
Kingdoms in our physical reality, the galaxies, stars and planets, can
only be experienced through one of our senses, sight - which through
its association with light is related to the Second Primary Ray of
Consciousness. The lower four kingdoms we can relate to through all of
our senses: because the fourth Kingdom is Human life as we understand
it; the fifth Kingdom is the animal realm, the sixth Kingdom is the
vegetable realm, and the seventh Kingdom is the mineral realm.
Life exists independently in each of the life
evolutions, but all life requires something from all three to exist,
the predominant third being responsible for deciding through which
evolution each individual life will exist. Therefore an Elemental will
be predominantly composed of energy with a lesser amount of form and
consciousness than a Devic being, who will be predominantly form, and
a Human being who will be predominantly
conscious.
All life is subject to
three basic properties: the will to live or the life-force; the
condition of being alive or consciousness; and the vehicle for life or
bodily form. Where these three constituents are active the process of
life is being fulfilled. These conditions are the three Primary Rays
of Manifestation, the First Ray of Will, the Second Ray of
Consciousness, and the Third Ray of Form. This is the minimum
requirement for life, although to explain the variety of life forms in
existence on Earth, the Third Ray is divided into a further four,
called the Rays of Attribute, because form could exist as a single
cell, an ocean teaming with life or a planet: the last four Rays put
form into perspective.
The Rays working through Elementals act as a sevenfold
division of archetypes, through the Devas as a sevenfold division
of form, and Humans as a sevenfold division of consciousness.
We can appreciate the existence of the Elemental and Devic
evolutions because together they are responsible for the Seven
Planes.
The
Seven Planes exist as the archetypal collection of graded
impulses stemming from the Absolute�s Divine Will. As such,
they are beyond any concept of duality so they alone are aware
of their existence, which is their natural condition of beingness.
They are the First Primary Cause, the Elemental Lords of Flame.
For the Planes to be useful to the Absolute and to aspects
of His creation, the Elementals have to be organised into
life by the Devic Lords of Form, to create an appearance that
can be used by the Human Lords of Mind in their quest to manifest
their quality. This demonstrates that the Planes are a combination
of Devic and Elemental life, which can only function as part
of our reality when balanced with the qualities of the Human
Seven Rays.
The Seven Planes are the seven divisions of energy and form,
which we confuse with levels of consciousness just because
our awareness is able to access them. For example, the Astral
Plane exists whether we are conscious of it or not ~ it has
its own independent reality which the Elemental and Devic
lifestreams are responsible for. Our consciousness can be
aware of it through the medium of the Seven Rays, but the
Astral Plane is there for purposes other than for us to dream
on, it is a reality for other beings existing on other lifestreams
as much as the physical Plane exists through our own concept
of reality.
Each of the Seven Planes is divided into seven sub-planes,
and each Plane and sub-plane relate to the Rays as do their
counterparts on the Physical Plane. Our reality exists on
the seventh sub-plane of the seventh Plane.
Our normal physical environment is related to the Seventh
Ray, because it is composed of solid tangible matter. This
is how we are aware of it, through all our senses, from sight
to touch. We also know the physical world is composed of intangible
forms of matter called molecules, atoms and sub-atomic particles.
We can equate these three states of matter, which can only
be detected with scientific instruments rather than our own
senses, with the first three Primary Rays.
Sub-atomic particles are present throughout the universe and
have no barriers; they pass straight through everything, including
the planet Earth, and we only recognise their existence through
their interaction. These particles form the primordial essence
of the entire universe, because they belong to the Elemental
Kingdom. They exist in their pure unmanifest condition on
the highest level of physical reality, but because they are
responsible for all physical manifestation they are also the
substance of the lower four levels which require co-operation
from the Devic Kingdom to produce a physical reality which
Human beings and other forms of earthly life can interact
with through the agency of the Human quality of conscious
awareness.
The difference between the Elemental existence on the highest
sub-atomic level and the four lowest levels is that on the
highest level the Elemental beings have a separate existence
which we can only understand through the idea of archetypes.
The First Primary is the level at which the archetypal ideas
of physical forms exist, which is the energy that ensures
every cat will look like all other cats, to use a simple example.
This is the first sub-plane of the Physical Plane, the sub-plane
of archetypes, the level of the Absolute�s Divine Will.
The lower four levels of Fire, Air, Water and Earth then become
the arena through which the Absolute�s Divine Will is made
manifest. On these lower four levels the archetypal idea translates
into a type of manifestation unique to each level, so that
the Fourth level contains form which fits the archetypal category
of energy, the Fifth level gases, the Sixth level liquids,
and the Seventh level solids.
Atoms have a more permanent and tangible existence. They are
the basic forms of all physical matter, and group together
to form molecules that have entirely different qualities to
the atoms of which they are composed. We know that nuclear
energy holds them together in a stable condition and that
when they are "smashed" they produce a chain reaction which
causes other atoms to break down into sub-atomic particles.
We also know they have certain qualities which we can use
to determine their actions, such as the way they can be grouped
into "families" according to the Periodic Table, how these
elements can be described by colour through spectrum analysis
and by using this method we can determine the elements of
distant stars. This ties them in with light and colour, which
is the esoteric reason light is used to describe the Second
Primary realm of atoms.
Next are the molecules, the basis of our physical existence
and of life itself, because DNA is a molecular substance.
This makes it easy to see how molecules relate to the Third
Primary. The difference between molecules and atoms is that
molecules can easily be transformed through chemical reactions,
whereas atoms can not. Translating this into esoteric terminology
we can see how Second Primary atoms are permanent and dependent
only on the First Primary of sub-atomic forces, whereas Third
Primary molecules, as a manifestation of angles, are subject
to continual change, whether they manifest as genes or something
more tangible like flesh and blood.
Therefore the Devas of the Third Primary, which equate with
the molecular world, organise the Elementals of the First
Primary, which equate with the world of the sub-atomic particles,
into appreciable forms through the lower four levels to create
physical matter which Humans can interact with through the
Second Primary of consciousness awareness. This is accomplished
on an atomic level, so that the atoms responsible for our
physical form hold the key to our understanding of our physical
existence. Atoms are composed of sub-atomic particles, and
form into molecules which are responsible for life as we understand
it, because they are the physical manifestation of the Primary
Rays.
However, before the Elemental, Devic and Human life-streams,
acting as the three Primary Rays, can experience life, they
have to unite and create a temporary reality as a vehicle
of expression, which they do on the fourth or middle sub-plane.
This fourth state is the energy field related to the etheric,
the element of Fire, and the plasma condition of matter. On
this level all three life-streams can unite to act out their
role in providing experience for the Absolute.
If further experience is required, from this fourth state
of existence three more states can be added, each relating
more particularly to one of the life- streams, and which approximately
mirror the higher three states which are unable to manifest
physically without the co-operation of the other life-streams.
These extra three states are the elemental worlds of Air,
Water and Earth: Air relating to the Third Primary of form,
Water to the Second Primary of consciousness and Earth to
the First Primary of will. The fact that the highest condition
of life which exists as the First Primary is also inherent
in the most dense state of solid matter, the seventh sub-plane
related to the Seventh Ray, is a good example of the Quabbalistic
concept of Kether in Malkuth.
Human beings are part of the Second lifestream, and are
governed by the Second Primary of Love or Consciousness. This shows
that basically we are creatures of consciousness, a fact that every
great religion and philosophy has preached, and a fundamental
spiritual truth.
What we consider to be our normal everyday
selves, our personal awareness, is our personality. This can be
affected by many various subjective influences, hardly any of which
originate from our Higher Self - which only works through the Seven
Rays. Therefore the Rays are not applicable here, and the nearest we
get to understanding the variety of personality types is through
astrological influence, acting as a link between the Rays and the
influences our personalities are able to interact with.
It is
the Human soul which exists as part of one of the Seven Rays, giving
each person the ability to act as a channel for one of the Rays, once
a certain amount of soul contact has been established. The soul Ray is
responsible for our spiritual evolution by training our personality in
the use of the individual Ray energies available to us.
It is
the Devas and Elementals who are responsible for our reality. They
work together to form the physical existence which we take for
granted, but which we Humans are also partly responsible for because
it is our awareness of our surroundings which gives these surroundings
their objective existence. As Human beings we are machines used by the
Absolute for the evolution of all three life-streams, and although
ultimately we are conscious Human beings, we are also composed of
Devic and Elemental essences which are responsible for our physical
bodies and life energies respectively.
The Seven Rays interact
with a Human being through the medium of the seven major chakras which
form links between each of man�s bodies that exist on higher
sub-planes above the physical. Our chakras are numerically related to
both the Seven Rays and the Seven Planes, so that the lowest, the Base
Centre, relates to the Seventh Ray, and the highest, the Crown Centre,
relates to the First Ray.
The highest three chakras, the Crown,
Head and Throat, work mainly with Elemental, Human and Devic energy
respectively, giving us our life-force or will, our consciousness, and
our form or physical body. This ties in with our spirit, soul and
personality. In real terms, the Third Ray is responsible for our
mental faculties, the Second Ray is responsible for our awareness, and
the First Ray is responsible for our physical motivation. The lower
four chakras work with the four Rays of Attribute through the medium
of the four elements which correspond to the lower four Planes. These
Planes are formed out of the substance of Elementals ~ which is why
they are alluded to as the "elements" ~ and are organised into
realities perceivable by Human consciousness through the interaction
of the Devas.
In a Human being, the Earth element governs the
solid form, from skeleton to skin; the Water element governs the
liquid form, from the water content of the body to the bloodstream;
the Air element governs the gaseous form such as the breath; and the
Fire element governs the energy form such as the nervous system.
Although each person belongs fundamentally to just one Ray, we
also possesses minor qualities of other Rays which help to mould the
individual character. This is similar to the situation in astrology,
where every individual with a Leo sun sign will also have traits taken
from other zodiac signs dependent on planetary placings and his
Ascendant. There the similarity ends. It is not possible to ascertain
a person's Ray type from a study of the horoscope, because the
energies of the Seven Rays which manifest on Earth originate from the
realms of the stars far beyond our own solar system, and their
energies are scaled down even before they reach the stars which
comprise our zodiac signs.
So the Seven Rays, besides being a
way of classifying and relating all manner of things both spiritual
and mundane, also show that there are seven different approaches to
spirituality, as each individual�s soul or Higher Self functions on
just one of these Rays. Above this is our
spiritual essence or Monad, which does not function through the Seven
Rays but only through the three Primary
Rays.
The relationship between each of the Seven Rays and how
these energies work into physical manifestation introduces the concept
of angles.
Angles are non-physical energy connections that
underlie all physical reality. They are the common denominator of
everything that exists in the physical world and beyond, because they
form the actual blueprint of all physical existence, both living and
inert.
Just as the Seven Rays are the seven natural divisions
of any reality, angles are the subjective relationship between two or
more objective realities. Angles do not have an objective existence of
their own, and operate as subjective connections between apparently
unrelated forms. They are the result of the co-operation between the
Devic and Elemental life evolutions, and function beyond our earthly
Human objective awareness.
Although the idea of a relationship
implies a connection we can understand with our logical minds, the
truth is that everything in the universe is connected directly or
indirectly to everything else. A lot of connections are obvious, such
as your hand is connected to your arm, or a strong wind is responsible
for leaves falling from trees, and in these instances the connection
is objective, because we appreciate the connection. However, there are
many indirect connections between things that are not obvious, because
for anything to exist in the physical world it has to be connected in
some way to the reality of physical existence. We cannot understand
such connections because they are subjective and involve angles.
Every variety of manifestation on our planet owes its origins
to angles through their intimate connection with form. They are
symbolically assigned two of their own attributions, "intention" and
"substance". "Intention" is produced by the Elemental Lords of Flame,
and "substance" is produced by the Devic Lords of Form, who are also
responsible for the construction of angles, using the medium of the
archetypal Elementals as co-operative ingredients. This why the Devas
are known as the "builders of the universe".
Angles are not
form and only become so when the third ingredient is added, which is
conscious energy or love. This is the attractive and creative force in
the universe that stimulates angles into producing form on the lower
four planes of manifestation. This joins with the two attributes of
angles making a temporary, non-evolving life form which exists until
consciousness ceases to be applied, and the life form returns to being
a mere angle. When angles are activated and become temporary life
forms they have a threefold existence of life-force, consciousness and
form. Angles are not living beings: they do not evolve or belong to a
particular Kingdom of evolution, but are a natural product of the
Devic evolution, who create angles like we think.
Devas produce
angles to give structure to the archetypal energy fields of the Planes
- the basic state of the Elemental archetypes, by converting them into
a condition that can be utilised by the Second Primary of
consciousness. Once they have been activated, they fulfil their
particular role through the angular structure of the etheric
sub-planes of the lower Planes of Fire, Air, Water and Earth. Each
Plane and sub-plane is of one element only, and therefore consists of
only one type of Elemental being.
Angles are not part of any
occult or spiritual system, but exist in a variety of specific forms
that appear to be totally unrelated until you understand the concept
of angles. Ancient tradition recognised angles but chose either to
personify them, or call them specific names depending on which of
their numerous functions was being described. A few examples are the
aka threads of the Huna religion of Hawaii; the cords of the spider's
web in European mythology; acupuncture meridians that distribute chi
energy through the body, the similar nadis of yoga; plus the
�elementals� of medieval magic.
In real terms, you cannot
give specific examples of angles, you can only have what angles
represent in each situation. This is because once you limit angles to
any kind of definition, this becomes the concept that has been arrived
at via angles, and so angles remain constantly subjective and beyond
description. Angles do not have any kind of form of their own, even in
the most abstract sense, but should be thought of more as
potentialities of form after a definite archetypal pattern.
As
the necessary ingredient of form, they exist in conjunction with
manifestation on all Planes and sub-planes from the cosmic Third Plane
downwards, which is the highest level on which form of any kind can
exist.
In addition, angles always consist of the energies or
substance peculiar to the Plane or sub-plane on which they function,
although they also form connections between Planes. This is because
"intention" works through a particular sub-plane that corresponds to
the most suitable form or "substance" for a particular idea; so that
when the circumstances surrounding the manifestation become ideal,
creating the opportunity for Human involvement, the Deva is bound to
create the angle out of the Elemental life of this
sub-plane.
Individual Humans also owe their existence to
angles. The Lords of Karma, evolved Devas associated with the planets,
are responsible for creating Human angles before birth. The
individuality of each person is based on the interpretation of the
karmic necessity earned in previous existences, which determines the
structure of the angles to be used as the vehicle for Human
consciousness.
Angles also produce the natural environment
without which there would be no life on Earth, and which people need
to gain experience of life. Devas co-operate with the Elementals of
each Plane or sub-plane to produce our normal surroundings, together
with the variety of environmental effects which have the ability to
affect our lives. Weather patterns are a good example of angles in
operation, from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the earth
sub-plane, to storms and tidal currents on the liquid sub-plane, to
hurricanes and storms on the air sub-plane, and lightning on the
energy sub-plane. The ancients were more aware than modern people of
the hidden forces that caused these changes in the environment, and
learnt how to work with these natural forces of the planet, who they
knew as gods.
Angles link a Human being to his natural life
environment via his etheric sheath or vital body. The etheric sheath
acts like a scaffolding for the physical form, much like a spider's
web. Each thread of the web acts as a channel that connects the pranic
life-force of the higher sub-planes to the seven major chakras.
These lines of the spider�s web are one representation of
angles. They form connections between every part of a Human being,
because they form the blueprint of his identity, of his essence and of
his potentialities. Every aspect of Human existence depends on one of
these lines or angles making a connection to the rest of his
form.
Angles, as the fabric of consciousness, are the framework
through which we have conscious experience. Through the application of
our conscious energy - often outside of our normal awareness - we
inject them with the third balancing force, and once their three
ingredients are in balance, their "intention", "substance" and
"consciousness", the angle is activated.
This process
demonstrates how they are responsible for a person's attributes,
likes, manners, dreams, experiences, abilities, senses, intelligence,
thoughts, emotions, pride, passion, love, compassion, health and
energy. Absolutely everything concerning a human individual, even
before birth and after death, is dependent on angles.
If we
consider a person as an angle, the First Primary is the will, which
works as the archetypal energy which make us Human, the Second Primary
is our consciousness, representing our condition of awareness and the
Third Primary is our angular form, representing our body and physical
shape. The sum total of a person's angles, that have been imbued with
consciousness and therefore brought to life, could be seen as a single
Devic being: our personal guardian and provider, our Holy Guardian
Angel. This is the Devic life who exists through the accumulation of
awareness that is linked to our angles, and whose role is to sustain
the balance between form and consciousness.
However, the Human
etheric angular structure is only one representation of angles in
man's natural environment: EVERY manifestation on our planet owes its
origins to angles through their intimate connection with form, because
angles are the subjective relationship between ANY two objective
realities.
Angles are responsible for the interpretation of
every reality we are normally able to experience, because they
originate with universal energies that have their origins in the
delicate balance and interaction of the planets in our solar system.
The highest representations of angles in our reality are the
astrological aspects between planets. These planetary angles are in
continual motion but always retain a permanent existence, as the
relationship between individual planets varies their intensity and
influence over time. On Earth, we interact with angles like these
because they have a subtle effect on various levels of electromagnetic
frequencies, which are tuned to our Human sensory apparatus working
through our chakras.
As the original angular set exists in the relationship between
the planets in our solar system, these angles can be determined
approximately from a horoscope. More than this, each individual
is part of a huge angular structure that ties us in with all
forms of life in the universe, from planets and stars, to
Devas and Elementals. Humanity as a whole is an angle as much
as each individual is a smaller angle within the group collective,
and the constituent parts are all based on the same original
design: as above, so below. This is the origin of the idea
of archetypes, or in a mythical sense that "man is made in
God's image", because all Human beings are archetypal man
with the same basic angular set.
ISBN 9780955430114
(see DIAGRAM 1 - THE THREE PRIMARIES)
