Planetary Schools
- URANUS - The School of Magic of the tenth order. It is sometimes called "the planet
of the violet [1178] force," and its graduates wield the power of cosmic etheric
prana.
EARTH - The
School of Magnetic Response. Another name given to its pupils is "The graduates of
painful endeavor" or the "adjudicators between the polar opposites."
A further hint to be taken in connection with the two names above given, is that its
graduates are said to undergo examination upon the third subplane of the astral plane.
VULCAN - The
School for Fiery Stones. There is a curious connection between the human units who pass
through its halls and the mineral kingdom. The human units on the earth scheme are called
in mystical parlance "the living stones"; on Vulcan they are called "fiery
stones."
JUPITER -
The School of Beneficent Magicians. This planet is sometimes called in the parlance of the
schools, the "College of Quadruple Force units," for its members wield four
kinds of force in constructive magical work. Another name given to its halls is
"The Palace of Opulence" for its graduates work with the Law of Supply, and are
frequently called "The Sowers."
MERCURY -
The pupils in this planetary school are called "The Sons of Aspiration" or
"The Points of Yellow Life." They have a close connection with our Earth scheme,
and the old Commentary refers to this in the words:
"The
points of golden flame merge and blend with the four-leaved plant of tender green, and
change its color to a tinge of autumn yellow. The four-leaved plant through new and fresh
[1179] inflow becomes the plant with seven leaves and three white flowers."
- VENUS - The
School with five strict Grades. This again is a planetary scheme closely related to ours,
but its planetary Logos is in a more advanced group of students in the cosmic sense than
is our planetary Logos. Most of its hierarchical instructors come from the fifth cosmic
plane, and are a peculiar group of Manasadevas of very exalted rank. They are each
depicted in the archives of our Hierarchy as holding a trident of fire surmounted by five
green emeralds.
- MARS - The
School for Warriors, or the open grades for soldiers. Four of these planetary schools are
responsible for the energy flowing through the foremost exponents of the f our castes and
this not only in India but in all parts of the world. Its teachers are spoken of as the
"Graduates of the ruddy Fire," and are frequently portrayed as clothed in red
robes, and carrying ebony wands. They work under the first Aspect logoic and train those
whose work is along the lines of the destroyer.
- NEPTUNE -
This school concerns itself with the development and fostering of the desire element and
its graduates are called "the Sons of Vishnu." Their symbol is a robe with a
full sailed boat portrayed over the heart, the significance of which will be apparent to
those who have eyes to see.
It is not
permissible to touch upon the other planetary schools, nor would it profit. Certain
further facts can be ascertained by the student of meditation who is aligned with his Ego,
and in touch with his egoic group. [1180]
The
teaching given on our earth scheme in the Hall of Wisdom has been dealt with in many
occult books, including Initiation, Human and Solar, and need not be enlarged upon
here.
Some of the aspects of this law are here indicated. The ground is by no means covered
but enough has been shown to indicate its magnitude and extent. In closing, it must be
pointed out that the Law of Karma is from some angles of vision the sum total of
this Law of Attraction for it governs the relation of all forms to that which uses the
form, and of all lives to each other. |