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| A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division D - Thought Elementals and Fire Elementals |
| The name Neptune is one under which the planetary Logos of one
of the major three schemes is known upon our planet. Certain of His influences and
energies affect paramountly the deva essence of this sixth subplane matter, reaching them
via the Raja Lord Varuna. This knowledge is of practical value astrologically, for it will
enable men to understand the nature of their own physical bodies, and above all of their
astral bodies. It is an occult fact that the type of astral matter in a man's body decides
the quality of the watery substance of his physical body. There is, in occultism, no
dissociating the physico-psychic natures, for the latter determines the former. The planet
Neptune therefore has a profound effect and a close connection under the Law of
Correspondences with the sixth, or astral plane, which is the plane of the liquid portion
of the logoic physical body, with the sixth subplane of the physical plane, or with the
liquid portion of the human physical body and of the planetary physical body, also with
the sixth type of energy or force, or the sixth ray. The major scheme over which Neptune presides forms a systemic triangle of great interest for esoteric astrologers with the sixth scheme and one other. This is symbolized in the three pronged trident which the god Neptune [899] is always portrayed as holding, the prongs being literally the symbolic triangles connected with each other by three lines of force. This planet has also a vital relation to the sixth logoic principle, or Buddhi, and therefore the sixth principle of man. No man begins to coordinate the buddhic vehicles until he comes under Neptunian influence in some life or another. When this is the case, his personality horoscope will show Neptunian influence dominating somewhere. The Neptunian scheme governs one of the three paths of return, and gathers to itself eventually all those Egos who attain primarily through the manipulation of the sixth type of energy usually called devotion. It is Neptunian influence likewise which presides over and makes possible the second Initiation, wherein the initiate produces results in the astral body, and wherein his astral centers are the object of the Hierophant's attention. This particular type of energy flows through three centers.
The planet Neptune, along with the planetary Logos of the sixth ray controls the astral centers in man. This statement involves much esoteric macrocosmic significance. "When it is remembered that all centers - human and divine - are composed of deva essence, the connection between this influence and the devas, and their reflex effect upon man, will immediately become apparent. In the mystery of the sea and the secret of its occult "drying up" or absorption, will be revealed eventually the significance underlying: [900]
When meditating upon these thoughts, students will find it well to bear in mind the fact that Neptune is one of the major or synthesizing planets, that it is an "absorbing" or "abstracting" planet, and that it is connected with the process whereby eventual perfection is demonstrated. The Son is made perfect, and the cosmic incarnation is brought to a close. There is again a very close esoteric connection between the fact lying behind the Biblical words "the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters," (Bible. Gen., I, 2.) and the ordered lawful activity of the Great Mother as she performs her work of body-building under the impulse of desire. The true relation between the astral plane and the physical plane will only become apparent as students carefully bear in mind that the astral plane of the solar system is the sixth subplane of the cosmic physical plane, and constitutes the sumtotal of the liquid substance of the logoic physical body. When this is realized, the work of the deva essence takes due place; the factor of desire, or of astral motion, and its reflex action upon the physical body via the sixth subplane will become apparent, and the Great Mother will be seen actively engaged, under the influence of desire, in the work of building, nourishing, and producing that warmth and moisture which make manifestation possible. The Mother is the greatest of the devas, and closely linked [901] with the devas of the waters, for moisture of some kind or another is an essential to all life. The sixth principle, therefore, or the love aspect (the Christ principle), and the sixth plane, are connected; there is an interplay of energy between the fourth cosmic ether, or buddhic energy, and the sixth plane, or astral energy. The devas on both these planes belong essentially to groups over which Neptunian influence presides, hence the astral plane can, and eventually will, directly reflect the buddhic. |
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