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A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division D - Thought Elementals and Fire Elementals
Man, a Fire
 
Monadic fire. Electric fire. Spirit Will. The Central Spiritual Sun.
Egoic fire. Solar fire. Consciousness Love-Wisdom. The Heart of the Sun.
Personality fire. Fire by Friction. Physical Man. Physical Sun.
 
Each of these fires can also be studied in a threefold manner and under three aspects.
 
The Monad
 
Will aspect. Electric fire. Flame. Spiritual Will.
Love-Wisdom. Solar fire. Light. Spiritual Love.
Active Intelligence. Fire by Friction. Heat. Spiritual Intelligence.
 
The Ego
 
Will. Atma. Electric fire. The Spark.
The Jewel in the Lotus.		 Conscious Will.
Love-Wisdom. Buddhi. Solar fire. The Rays.
The twelve-petalled Lotus.		 Conscious Love.
Active Intelligence. Manas. Fire by Friction. Substance.
The Permanent Atoms.		 Conscious Activity.
 
The Personality
 
Will. Mental body. Electric fire. Lower Mind. Thought.
Love. Astral body. Solar fire. Kama. Desire.
Activity. Physical body. Fire by Friction. Prana. Activity
 
I seek to emphasize here the fact that in this threefold manifestation there is a ninefold unfoldment. It should ever be borne in mind that seven is the number which governs the evolution of substance and of form building in the solar system, but that nine is the number governing the development of the consciousness within that form of the psyche. This is seen in the sevenfold display of logoic life through the planetary scheme, and the ninefold nature of egoic unfoldment.

If the student here substitutes for the words, Monad, Ego and personality, the three aspects of the Logos, and will bear in mind that as yet all that he can ascertain or cognize is the lowest of the logoic manifestations - the personality - it will be apparent why so much must remain mysterious to even the higher grades of initiates, and why even the perfected Dhyan Chohan cannot penetrate the secrets of the Logos outside His system. 89 They [610] can cognize much concerning Agni, the Lord of Fire, but until They can contact that of which He is an emanation, a reflection or a ray, there is a limit to what may be known.

89 H.P.B. in the Secret Doctrine refers to "...the solution of the riddle... before which even the highest Dhyan Chohan must bow in silence and ignorance - the Unspeakable Mystery of that which is called by the Vedantins, Parabrahman." - S. D., I, 352.
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