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La Iniciación (GIDEE) — Vol. 1, No. 2 — June 1942

English·1942–1947·trans. The Collective Press (machine-assisted)·53 passages

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The recognition that seasons reverse in different hemispheres demonstrates attention to geographic reality rather than abstract theoretical systems.

The Precession Recognition: The sophisticated note that "the Sun no longer enters...in the zodiacal sign of Aries on March 21" due to "precession of the equinoxes" and now enters "from April 15 to May 15" with full cycle every "26,000 years" demonstrates advanced astronomical knowledge while maintaining practical astrological application. This prevents both astronomical ignorance and astrological rigidity.

The Memorization Requirement: The insistence that "it is indispensable, for the serious investigator, to learn by heart the names of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac and the number of the Houses" establishes the foundation necessary for practical application. During periods when external references may be unavailable, having essential knowledge memorized becomes crucial for continued practice.

The Ascending-Descending Division: The systematic organization of houses into ascending (1-6) and descending (7-12) halves provides understanding of how celestial influences operate through natural cycles of manifestation and dissolution. The correspondence with zodiacal signs demonstrates how different systems of astrological organization reinforce rather than contradict each other.

The Angular-Succedent-Cadent Classification: The detailed explanation of how Cardinal Point houses (1,4,7,10) create "ANGULAR HOUSES," followed by "Succedent or Fixed Houses" (2,5,8,11), then "Cadent, Mutable or Common Houses" (3,6,9,12) provides complete system for understanding how astrological influences vary in intensity and quality according to their relationship to natural reference points.

The Dante Integration: The inclusion of Dante's profound verse about how "Heaven initiates our movements...Light is given to you for good and evil and free will which struggles in the first battles with heaven endures then conquers all if well nourished" provides poetic synthesis of the relationship between cosmic influences and human freedom. The recognition that properly nourished free will can "conquer all" prevents fatalistic interpretation while acknowledging genuine cosmic influences.

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Progressive Course in Asana Yoga (Continuation)

Nine-Fold Classification System and Philosophical Foundations

Teaching of Asuri Kapila, S.I.

The science that studies the doctrine of "Yoga," is called yoguistic science; the man who obtains visible and palpable results and who succeeds in assimilating in his heart and mind such science, is called "yogi."

The hermetic schools that teach in India the yoguistic sciences, are called Yogacharyas schools, which translated from Sanskrit means mystical schools, directed by an Acharyai. There are taught and practiced the Yogansas which are divided into eight stages: 1st ASANA – 2nd YAMA – 3rd NIYAMA – 4th PRANAYAMA – 5th DHARANA – 6th PRATYAHARA – 7th DHYANA – 8th SAMADHI.

THE FOUR DEGREES OF YOGIS

There exist yogis of 4 degrees, which are: 1st: PRATHAMKALPIKA – 2nd: MADHUPRATIKA he who has reached the state of RITAMHARAPRAJNA or the power called Madhupratika, that is, the conquest of the Siddhis. – 3rd: BHUTENDRIYAJAY he who has obtained power and dominion over the senses and all the elements of nature, etc. 4th: ATIKRANTABHAVANIYA, he who has reached KAIVALYA that is, unity, isolation, liberation, emancipation and final bliss, which is the total result of yoguistic science.

There exist different hermetic Yogacharyas schools, as well as different Gurus who teach different Yogas. These latter are divided into distinct stages, beginning from the path of realization purely material until reaching the mystical, philosophical, contemplative path and the so-called liberation path. Naturally, each one of these paths requires a life to practice it, know its philosophy and acquire the practice.

THE NINE-FOLD YOGA CLASSIFICATION

Yoga is subdivided into a multitude of yogas. I will name the most known and also some of the unknown ones. The first stage is the so-called Asana-Yoga which treats of corporeal attitudes and postures prescribed for meditation, being the word Asana, in Sanskrit, the equivalent to "posture" in our language.

The second stage is Hatha-Yoga which treats of the interior form of Yoga. He who practices this yoga utilizes physical means for his own spiritual development. It is the opposite to RAJA-YOGA. The finality that Hatha Yoga proposes is the same as Raja Yoga, but the methods differ between themselves, due to the difference that exists between one and the other of those two yogas, and which is the following: the partisan of the first believes that Mind (Chitta) obeys PRANA, while the partisan of the second (Raja-Yogi) believes that Prana obeys Vritti, being the last opinion the exact one. Those who dedicate themselves to Hatha Yoga are called Hatha-Yogis, some of them dedicating themselves, exclusively, to practicing without any spiritual aim, having as unique objective the embellishment and perfection of the body, with the acquisition of some physical powers of inferior order.

The third stage is known by the name of Bhakti-Yoga. Bhakti corresponds to devotion; it is the path of Love and Devotion. This is a purely mystical stage of Yoga. He who practices it is known by the name of Bhakti-Yogi.

The fourth stage corresponds to Jnana-Yoga. Jnana corresponds to "knowledge"; it is the path of Wisdom. This Yoga seeks to obtain complete dominion of the senses of the mind, making this latter arrive at concentrating itself in the contemplation of the Divine Spirit to receive from It the Illumination. He who practices this Yoga is called a Jnani-Yogi.

The fifth stage is known by the name of Raja-Yoga, which corresponds to the system of development of psychic and spiritual powers, and has as end the union of one's own superior I with the Universal I. It is the stage that is dedicated to the regulation and concentration of thought; it is a system of occult education that arrives at giving dominion both of the internal and of the external. He who practices it is called Raja-Yogi.

The sixth stage is called Mantra-Yoga, which is a class of Yoga that consists in reciting and knowing certain formulas spoken with attentive meditation upon their meaning. Mantra means "enchantment," mystical formula, spell, sentence, measured word. He who practices it is a Mantra-Yogi.

The seventh stage is known as Kundalini-Yoga. Kundalini means "serpentine," "coiled," and is the power of life, one of the forces of Nature, the power that engenders a mysterious and powerful light that predisposes to spiritual and clairvoyant development. The serpentine or spiral power is a divine power that is latent in all men; suffice it to say that electricity and magnetism are no more than manifestations of the same. Once developed, this power can create and also kill. He who practices this yoga is known as Kundalini-Yogi.

The eighth stage is known as Laya-Yoga, which is a species of Yoga that consists in contemplating, with special attention, some exterior object, or rather, the internal sound that is perceived closing the eyes. It is also the practice in which the mind can pass from one state of consciousness to another called "unconscious."

The ninth stage is known under the name of Tattva-Yoga (different principles of Nature in their occult meaning), in which the yogi identifies himself with these principles and handles them at his will, being able to make true prodigies, like levitation, spontaneous combustion and all the other phenomena known within occultism.

THE COURSE FOCUS: ASANA YOGA

Since we have spoken, very superficially, about all the Yogas to give a general idea of them, we will begin primarily with the course that will be called "Progressive Course of Asana Yoga."

THE ULTIMATE GOAL: INNER SELF-REALIZATION

THE COURSE FOCUS: ASANA YOGA

Since we have spoken, very superficially, about all the Yogas to give a general idea of them, we will begin primarily with the course that will be called "Progressive Course of Asana Yoga."

THE ULTIMATE GOAL: INNER SELF-REALIZATION

The finality of life is the realization of the internal I. All the systems of philosophy of India have a single finality: the liberation of the soul through perfection.

Each man seeks happiness, flees from pain; but no one teaches another how he should do it. It depends on each one of us to find happiness, because the true nature of man seeks zealously its conquest, but the satisfaction of desires cannot bring true peace to the mind, although the nerves and senses be gratified for an instant.

Just as grease poured over fire stimulates it more, but for an instant only, so also happiness intensifies desire and makes the mind still more restless and bitter.

No one can expect true and continuous happiness from objects that are conditioned in time; all are perishable. The happiness that is obtained from sensual objects is deceptive and transitory. For a philosopher, it is not happiness; it is like treating the skin when one feels an itch, without investigating the true cause of that itch. Sensual happiness is always followed in such form by severe penalties, fear, sins, jealousy, pain, sadness, restlessness and all kinds of miseries and calamities, that it well merits the name of illusion.

THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS

In the intervals of materialistic mundane activities, there sometimes comes a moment of tranquility and peace in which this question appears in our mind: "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "What is life and the universe?"

The serious seeker begins to meditate and inquire to obtain an answer to such profound problems; he begins to seek the company of wise persons, studies books, meditates, reflects, purifies his mind and sometimes obtains, alone, the highest knowledge of his internal I. In contrast, the man whose mind is constantly saturated with mundane passions, fails in everything, and is irresistibly dragged toward those tumultuous currents of death and rebirths.

THE DIFFICULT BUT POSSIBLE PATH

The path is hard, dangerous, full of thorns, but possible to realize. Those who arrive at realizing it obtain the divine grace of the supreme I. You will have the entire spiritual world behind you, which will protect and guide you constantly toward it.

That path will lead directly toward the regions of infinite happiness, supreme peace and eternal life, where fear and sadness do not enter, where all distinctions of castes, colors and beliefs disappear... because you will find yourselves in Truth itself, where divine Love vibrates constantly and where man will find the satisfaction of his elevated desires and of highest justice.

THE FOUR COMPLEMENTARY PATHS

because you will find yourselves in Truth itself, where divine Love vibrates constantly and where man will find the satisfaction of his elevated desires and of highest justice.

THE FOUR COMPLEMENTARY PATHS

The four great and principal paths called: Karma, Bhakti, Raja and Jnana-Yoga are not antagonistic, but complementary. And the different methods of relaxation, cannot but be in harmony with them, because the finality of religion is also to educate and develop in man his heart, his intellect, his head and his hands. Thus only will he obtain perfection. The development of one side alone serves for nothing. Karma-Yoga removes evil, purifies the mind and develops action. Bhakti-Yoga destroys hatred and develops the heart. Raja-Yoga harmonizes the mind and makes it capable of concentrating on a single point. Jnana-Yoga removes wickedness and ignorance, develops mental strength and leads to self-knowledge. Asana-Yoga leads to health and longevity; when it is well practiced, and methodically, its practice regularizes the action of the heart, lungs and brain. It also promotes perfect blood circulation and good digestion of foods; the liver, kidneys and other internal organs will work efficiently; it removes, in a word, all diseases.

THE COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM

This progressive course of Asana-Yoga will treat of ninety postures of the body with the important system of Bandhas (that is, special ties and bindings of the physical body); of Mudras (special attitudes and contortions), of Pranayamas (special respirations) which, all together, forms and goes hand in hand with Asana-Yoga.

SANSKRIT GLOSSARY OF TODAY'S PUBLICATION

ACHARYA: Yoga Master, spiritual preceptor.
YOGANSAS: parts of Yoga, subdivisions, eight in number.
ASANAS: Corporeal attitude, posture.
YAMA: Continence, abstention, penitence.
NIYAMA: Observance of spiritual practices.
PRANAYAMA: Dominion of breath, concentration on respiration.
DHARANA: Sustained attention or concentration.
PRATYAHARA: Abstraction or withdrawal, mental void.
DHYANA: Meditation.
SAMADHI: Ecstatic contemplation.
PRATHAMKALPIKA: The Yoga student who is in the preliminary state.
MADHUPRATIKA: He who reached the state of Siddhis (Powers).
RITAMHARAPRAJNA: Intuitive knowledge.
BHUTENDRIYAJAY: He who has obtained power and dominion over the senses and elements of Nature.
ATIKRANTABHAVANIYA: He who has reached Unity, Liberation, Emancipation and final Bliss, last stage of Yoga.
KAIVALYA: Isolation, unity.
ASANA-YOGA: Yoga of corporeal postures, special gymnastics.

ATIKRANTABHAVANIYA: He who has reached Unity, Liberation, Emancipation and final Bliss, last stage of Yoga.
KAIVALYA: Isolation, unity.
ASANA-YOGA: Yoga of corporeal postures, special gymnastics.
HATHA-YOGA: Yoga of physical well-being, inferior form of Yoga.
RAJA-YOGA: Royal Yoga, superior yoga.
PRANA: Vital breath.

(To be continued)

MARTINIST TEACHING

"The knowledge of the Personality of the Human Being gives us the reason for being of Fraternity and puts in evidence that individual rehabilitation cannot be fulfilled without being accompanied by the rehabilitation of the Collectivity...

The rehabilitation of the Collectivity through renunciation and, if necessary through the sacrifice of intellectual Individuality, is the base of the mysterious teachings of Martinism."

From the "2nd Degree Ritual" of the Martinist Order

THE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPREHENSIVE YOGA INSTRUCTION FOR WARTIME SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

This systematic introduction to the nine-fold yoga classification appears in June 1942 when comprehensive understanding of spiritual development paths becomes essential for conscious navigation of unprecedented global crisis. The detailed presentation provides complete educational framework for individual transformation serving collective healing rather than merely personal spiritual advancement.

The Scientific Approach: The opening definition that "yoguistic science" requires "visible and palpable results" while assimilating knowledge "in his heart and mind" establishes the principle that authentic spiritual practice must demonstrate practical effectiveness rather than remaining merely theoretical. During wartime, when spiritual claims often serve psychological escape, this empirical standard provides reliable criteria for distinguishing genuine from false spiritual approaches.

The Educational Infrastructure: The description of "Yogacharyas schools...mystical schools, directed by an Acharyai" where systematic "eight stages" are "taught and practiced" demonstrates how authentic spiritual transmission requires institutional support rather than depending entirely on individual effort. During periods when conventional educational institutions may become inadequate or unavailable, understanding traditional spiritual educational models becomes essential for maintaining cultural continuity.

The Four Degrees Recognition: The systematic classification of yogis from PRATHAMKALPIKA (preliminary student) through ATIKRANTABHAVANIYA (final liberation) provides realistic understanding of spiritual development stages that prevents both premature spiritual claims and discouragement about slow progress. The specific powers and capacities associated with each level enable accurate assessment of authentic spiritual achievement.

The specific powers and capacities associated with each level enable accurate assessment of authentic spiritual achievement.

The Life-Long Commitment: The recognition that "each one of these paths requires a life to practice it, know its philosophy and acquire the practice" establishes realistic expectations for serious spiritual development. During crisis periods when people often seek rapid spiritual solutions, this long-term perspective provides foundation for sustained practice rather than superficial spiritual experimentation.

The Nine-Fold Classification System: The comprehensive presentation of Asana-Yoga (postures), Hatha-Yoga (physical methods), Bhakti-Yoga (devotion), Jnana-Yoga (knowledge), Raja-Yoga (royal/mental), Mantra-Yoga (sacred formulas), Kundalini-Yoga (serpent power), Laya-Yoga (absorption), and Tattva-Yoga (elemental principles) demonstrates how authentic spiritual traditions provide multiple approaches adapted to different temperaments and developmental needs rather than imposing uniform methods.

The Mind-Prana Relationship: The crucial technical distinction that Hatha-Yoga practitioners believe "Mind obeys Prana" while Raja-Yoga practitioners believe "Prana obeys Vritti, being the last opinion the exact one" provides fundamental understanding of the relationship between consciousness and vital energy. This prevents both materialistic reduction and spiritual bypassing by establishing proper hierarchy between mental and physical approaches.

The Devotional Integration: The presentation of Bhakti-Yoga as "the path of Love and Devotion...purely mystical stage" demonstrates how emotional development serves rather than opposes intellectual and physical spiritual work. During periods when extreme circumstances create emotional trauma, understanding how devotional practice can transform rather than suppress emotional energy becomes essential for psychological healing.

The Knowledge Path Distinction: The explanation that Jnana-Yoga "seeks to obtain complete dominion of the senses of the mind, making this latter arrive at concentrating itself in the contemplation of the Divine Spirit to receive from It the Illumination" demonstrates how intellectual spiritual development transcends mere accumulation of information through direct reception of transcendent understanding. During wartime, when conventional educational systems may provide inadequate guidance for existential challenges, understanding how to receive wisdom through contemplative practice becomes crucial.

During wartime, when conventional educational systems may provide inadequate guidance for existential challenges, understanding how to receive wisdom through contemplative practice becomes crucial.

The Royal Yoga Comprehensiveness: The description of Raja-Yoga as "the system of development of psychic and spiritual powers...dedicated to the regulation and concentration of thought...occult education that arrives at giving dominion both of the internal and of the external" provides complete methodology for conscious spiritual development that integrates rather than fragments different aspects of human capability.

The Mantra Technology: The explanation that Mantra-Yoga consists in "reciting and knowing certain formulas spoken with attentive meditation upon their meaning" where Mantra means "enchantment, mystical formula, spell, sentence, measured word" demonstrates how sound and meaning can be systematically used for spiritual transformation. During periods when ordinary language becomes corrupted by propaganda or lies, maintaining access to sacred language becomes essential for preserving authentic communication.

The Serpent Power Recognition: The sophisticated understanding of Kundalini-Yoga as working with power that "is latent in all men" and "electricity and magnetism are no more than manifestations of the same" while recognizing that "once developed, this power can create and also kill" provides realistic appreciation of advanced spiritual energies without either denial or reckless experimentation.

The Absorption Practice: The description of Laya-Yoga as contemplating "some exterior object, or rather, the internal sound that is perceived closing the eyes" and enabling the mind to "pass from one state of consciousness to another called 'unconscious'" provides specific technique for transcending ordinary consciousness limitations through systematic absorption practice.

The Elemental Mastery: The presentation of Tattva-Yoga as enabling the yogi to identify "with these principles and handle them at his will, being able to make true prodigies, like levitation, spontaneous combustion" demonstrates ultimate integration of spiritual development with mastery over natural forces rather than opposition to material world.

The Existential Questions Framework: The systematic presentation of fundamental questions "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "What is life and the universe?" provides philosophical foundation that acknowledges rather than avoids the deepest human concerns. During crisis periods when conventional answers prove inadequate, returning to fundamental questions enables authentic rather than superficial spiritual seeking.

During crisis periods when conventional answers prove inadequate, returning to fundamental questions enables authentic rather than superficial spiritual seeking.

The Happiness Analysis: The profound psychological insight that "happiness intensifies desire and makes the mind still more restless and bitter" like "grease poured over fire stimulates it more, but for an instant only" provides understanding that prevents spiritual materialism while maintaining motivation for authentic spiritual practice. The recognition that sensual happiness brings "severe penalties, fear, sins, jealousy, pain, sadness, restlessness" enables discrimination between authentic and false spiritual promises.

The Four-Fold Integration: The systematic explanation that the "four great and principal paths...are not antagonistic, but complementary" because "the finality of religion is also to educate and develop in man his heart, his intellect, his head and his hands" provides complete educational vision that prevents sectarian division while maintaining methodological precision. The specific benefits—Karma-Yoga "removes evil," Bhakti-Yoga "destroys hatred," Raja-Yoga "harmonizes the mind," Jnana-Yoga "removes wickedness and ignorance," Asana-Yoga promotes "health and longevity"—demonstrate how different approaches serve different aspects of human development.

The Martinist Connection: The concluding quotation about "individual rehabilitation cannot be fulfilled without being accompanied by the rehabilitation of the Collectivity" through "renunciation and, if necessary through the sacrifice of intellectual Individuality" provides understanding that authentic spiritual development serves rather than competes with social responsibility. During wartime, when individual and collective concerns often appear to conflict, this integration prevents both selfish spirituality and spiritual materialism.

La Iniciación Vol. 1, No. 2 - June 1942: Document 6 of 10

Chromotherapy in Medicine

Scientific Color Healing Applications

By Dr. Orestes Bernardi

For years, some doctors, after the first scientific investigations initiated by Dr. Edwin Babbitt, have been seriously studying the therapeutic influence of colors on the sick in general and on those of the nervous system in particular. These experiences have confirmed what ancient and modern esotericists, occidentals and orientals, have always been affirming, and it is with particular satisfaction that we confirm that one more parcel of the old esoteric doctrine has begun to enter the realm of modern science.

There is no doubt that colors exercise a psychic influence, determining special mental and emotional states and, vice-versa, mental and emotional states determine corresponding colors in the human aura.

PSYCHOLOGICAL COLOR EFFECTS

Widely known, despite the unknown physiogenesis, are the cases in which the continued sight of the same color awakens determined mental and emotional states. Thus, for example, red awakens thoughts and emotions of rage or at least of anger; green, a sensation of calm and well-being; white and celestial blue, a religious feeling; violet, a devotional state; black, sadness and funereal thoughts; gray, melancholy and psychic depression, etc...

On the other hand, clairvoyants can verify variable colors in the human aura according to psychic and emotional states. Thus for example, red is visible in passionate emotional states; green, when there are feelings of sympathy and love for nature; white, in cases of spiritual thoughts; yellow, in states of mental elaboration, etc...

FROM GENERAL INFLUENCES TO CHROMOTHERAPY

If from these colorific influences of general character one passes to chromotherapy, that is, to the use of determined fundamental colors and of all the infinite range or scale of their tonalities that correspond to determined mental and emotional states, it is verified that it is possible, in case of illness, that provokes electro-magnetic disharmonies in the tissues, to act upon these restoring to them the harmonic and dynamic equilibrium. And it is logical to think that the therapeutic result must be constant and proportional to the harmony between the colorific tonality as therapeutic cause, and the physical or psychic disequilibrium as effect of physiological disharmony.

DR. BABBITT'S SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS

The conclusions that Dr. Babbitt reached after his numerous experiences, can be summarized employing his same words, as follows:

"The center of electrical action that calms the nerves is in the violet color; that of the action that calms the circulatory apparatus, in blue; that of luminosity, in yellow and that of heat, in red.

"This is not an imaginary division of properties, but very real, since red contains a thermal principle and is the color of fire, just as blue and violet contain an electrical principle.

"We have, then, many modalities of action or aromatic influence in gradations of heat, light and electricity."

PRACTICAL APPLICATION FACTORS

We do not intend to expound here, in this brief article that wants to have only a practical effect, the theories that investigators of the most interesting problem have formulated regarding the explanation of the chromatic therapeutic effect; we want to give, uniquely, the results obtained by many esotericists so that they may be experimentally studied and verified.

First of all it is necessary to clarify that the therapeutic effects that can be obtained, depend on:

The therapist.
The exact tonality of the color.

First of all it is necessary to clarify that the therapeutic effects that can be obtained, depend on:

The therapist.
The exact tonality of the color.

Regarding the first, in the case that color did not influence by itself but rather through the mental projection of the operator, it is clear that the more powerful that projection is, and consequently, capable the therapist is of concentrating and projecting, the more efficacious will be the influence of color on the patient.

Regarding the exact tonality of the color, very difficult it results for the operator to establish it in a determined pathological state, due to the difficult evaluation of that state and, on the other hand, due to the difficulty of being able to project colors that have the same vibrations as the auric colors, given that, generally, it is material colors that are projected.

OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR CHROMOTHERAPY

For the operator to be able to project colors that are the closest in vibratory tonality to the auric ones, it is necessary that he have personal experience in that respect, in addition to projecting them, as we have said, with the greatest possible force.

If the ideal conditions of the experiment were all realized, it is clear that the therapeutic effect would be more rapid and more efficacious; but in the frequent impossibility of being able to reunite all the factors that favor the experience, those who wish to engage in such experiences can adhere to the following conditions:

Have in sight discs of cardboard or of any other material, upon which different colors are painted. This facilitates for the operator the mental concentration of the color that one wants to project upon the sick person, who can be present or at variable distance.
Do concentration exercises of the mind, whose practices are described in almost all the treatises on human magnetism, to favor the concentration and projection of color.
Project the color to the aura of the sick person, so that from his aura it radiates to his mind and thus determine the state that is desired, whose benefic and harmonizing effect will not delay in making itself felt in his organism.

THERAPEUTIC COLOR CLASSIFICATION

The colors that must be projected in the infinite illnesses, are, classifying them, not by their causes, but by their effects, the following:

Pathological states whose effects disharmonize the equilibrium of the nervous system:

EXCITATION STATES. Sedative colors: all shades of violet.

DEPRESSION STATES. Exciting colors: Vivid Red.

ATONIC STATES. Tonifying colors: Grass Green.

HYPO-ATONIC STATES. Stimulating colors: Yellow and Orange.

Pathological states whose effects disharmonize the equilibrium of the circulatory system:

EXCITATION STATES. Sedative colors: various tonalities of Turquoise Blue

DEPRESSION STATES. Exciting colors: Vivid Red.

ATONIC STATES. Tonifying colors: Grass Green.

Pathological states whose effects disharmonize the equilibrium of the circulatory system:

EXCITATION STATES. Sedative colors: various tonalities of Turquoise Blue

DEPRESSION STATES. Exciting colors: Vivid Red.

ATONIC STATES. Tonifying colors: Grass Green.

HYPO-ATONIC STATES. Stimulating colors: Light Yellow.

Every and any projection must terminate with the projection of SNOWY WHITE color.

SPECIFIC DISEASE APPLICATIONS

Investigators who have experimented much with chromotherapic influences, have obtained clear and constant effects in the following illnesses with the following colors:

General weakness (constitutional, infectious, etc.)

1st - Vivid red.
2nd - Light yellow.
3rd - Orange.

Febrile states ........................... Tonalities of blue.

Flu and complications .................. Vivid red.

Bradycardia .............................. Vivid red.

Tachycardia .............................. Violet.

Hypertension ............................. Tonalities of blue.

Inflammations ............................ Tonalities of blue.

Asphyxia ................................. Tonalities of blue.

Neurasthenia ............................. Violet.

I make vows for the sincere and fertile experiences that this data can stimulate in all investigators.

Dr. Orestes Bernardi

THE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE OF SCIENTIFIC CHROMOTHERAPY FOR WARTIME HEALING

This systematic presentation of scientific color therapy appears in June 1942 when traditional healing methods become essential due to limited access to conventional medical resources during wartime. The rigorous scientific approach demonstrates how esoteric knowledge can be validated and applied through empirical investigation rather than mere speculation or superstition.

The Scientific Foundation: The opening reference to "Dr. Edwin Babbitt" and "first scientific investigations" followed by confirmation from "many doctors" who have been "seriously studying the therapeutic influence of colors" establishes that chromotherapy represents legitimate medical research rather than unsubstantiated alternative practice. During wartime, when medical resources become scarce, having scientifically validated alternative therapeutic methods proves invaluable.

The East-West Integration: The explicit recognition that these experiences "have confirmed what ancient and modern esotericists, occidentals and orientals, have always been affirming" demonstrates how scientific investigation validates rather than contradicts traditional esoteric knowledge. The "particular satisfaction" that "one more parcel of the old esoteric doctrine has begun to enter the realm of modern science" provides model for integrating traditional wisdom with contemporary methodology.

The "particular satisfaction" that "one more parcel of the old esoteric doctrine has begun to enter the realm of modern science" provides model for integrating traditional wisdom with contemporary methodology.

The Psycho-Physical Correspondence: The fundamental recognition that "colors exercise a psychic influence, determining special mental and emotional states and, vice-versa, mental and emotional states determine corresponding colors in the human aura" establishes bidirectional causation between consciousness and energy rather than reducing either to mere mechanical effects. This prevents both materialistic reductionism and spiritual bypassing while maintaining recognition of psychosomatic integration.

The Specific Color Psychology: The systematic listing of red awakening "thoughts and emotions of rage," green producing "calm and well-being," white and celestial blue creating "religious feeling," violet inducing "devotional state," black causing "sadness and funereal thoughts," and gray generating "melancholy and psychic depression" provides practical guidance for environmental design and therapeutic application during periods when psychological support becomes crucial.

The Clairvoyant Verification: The corroborating evidence that "clairvoyants can verify variable colors in the human aura according to psychic and emotional states" with specific correspondences—red for "passionate emotional states," green for "sympathy and love for nature," white for "spiritual thoughts," yellow for "mental elaboration"—provides independent confirmation of color-consciousness relationships through expanded sensory perception rather than merely theoretical speculation.

The Disease Mechanism Understanding: The sophisticated analysis that illness "provokes electro-magnetic disharmonies in the tissues" which can be corrected by restoring "harmonic and dynamic equilibrium" through appropriate colors demonstrates understanding that healing operates through energetic rebalancing rather than merely symptomatic suppression. During wartime, when stress-related illness becomes widespread, understanding energetic healing mechanisms enables more effective treatment approaches.

Dr. Babbitt's Empirical Findings: The detailed scientific conclusions that "the center of electrical action that calms the nerves is in the violet color; that of the action that calms the circulatory apparatus, in blue; that of luminosity, in yellow and that of heat, in red" provides specific physiological understanding based on systematic observation rather than theoretical assumption. The recognition that "red contains a thermal principle...just as blue and violet contain an electrical principle" demonstrates how traditional color correspondences reflect measurable physical properties.

The recognition that "red contains a thermal principle...just as blue and violet contain an electrical principle" demonstrates how traditional color correspondences reflect measurable physical properties.

The Therapeutic Variables Recognition: The honest acknowledgment that therapeutic effectiveness depends on both "the therapist" and "the exact tonality of the color" prevents oversimplified application while maintaining recognition of genuine healing potential. The understanding that operator mental projection affects results demonstrates how healing involves consciousness as well as technique, preventing mechanistic approaches while maintaining scientific rigor.

The Practical Implementation Guidelines: The systematic recommendations for using "discs of cardboard...upon which different colors are painted," practicing "concentration exercises of the mind," and projecting "the color to the aura of the sick person" provide accessible methodology that can be implemented without expensive equipment or extensive training. During wartime, when resources become limited, having simple but effective healing techniques becomes especially valuable.

The Nervous System Applications: The detailed classification of nervous system disorders into "excitation states" (treated with violet), "depression states" (treated with vivid red), "atonic states" (treated with grass green), and "hypo-atonic states" (treated with yellow and orange) provides systematic diagnostic and therapeutic framework that can be applied regardless of conventional medical availability.

The Circulatory System Protocol: The parallel classification of circulatory disorders with corresponding color treatments—using "various tonalities of turquoise blue" for excitation, "vivid red" for depression, "grass green" for atonic states, and "light yellow" for hypo-atonic conditions—demonstrates how chromotherapy can address cardiovascular problems that become more prevalent during high-stress wartime conditions.

The Universal White Conclusion: The instruction that "every and any projection must terminate with the projection of snowy white color" provides essential completion technique that ensures energetic balance and prevents overstimulation from specific color applications. This safety principle demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how healing energies require proper integration rather than merely targeted application.

The Specific Disease Protocols: The detailed listing of treatments for "general weakness," "febrile states," "flu and complications," "bradycardia," "tachycardia," "hypertension," "inflammations," "asphyxia," and "neurasthenia" with specific color prescriptions provides practical therapeutic guidance for common wartime health problems. The multiple color options for general weakness (vivid red, light yellow, orange) demonstrate understanding that complex conditions may require varied approaches.

The multiple color options for general weakness (vivid red, light yellow, orange) demonstrate understanding that complex conditions may require varied approaches.

The Research Encouragement: The concluding statement making "vows for the sincere and fertile experiences that this data can stimulate in all investigators" demonstrates scientific rather than dogmatic attitude that encourages further research and validation rather than demanding blind acceptance of presented methods.

La Iniciación Vol. 1, No. 2 - June 1942: Document 7 of 10

Essay on the Relations Between Celestial Influences and the Life of Metals, Vegetables and Human Beings

Verified Predictions and Universal Correspondences (Conclusion)

By Leo de Mascheville

Before continuing this article I have to summarize, rapidly, what in these first fifteen days of May (date in which I write this) has already been produced of that which was contained in the prevision published in the previous number of "La Iniciación," regarding the Conjunction of Saturn and Uranus at the end of the Sign of Taurus.

VERIFICATION OF PREVIOUS PREDICTIONS

Earthquakes: in northern Africa, Spain or Portugal. There was, really, a quite important earthquake in Lisbon.

Explosions in chemical product factories. There were several. The most important was in Belgium, in which the loss of more than 200 human lives and more than a thousand wounded was lamented, precisely by explosion in a chemical products factory. In Montevideo, there was also an explosion of grave consequences in a Laboratory.

Storm in the United States. (Influences over the first degrees of the sign of Gemini) There was a cyclone in which, unfortunately, the number of victims and material damages was great.

Beginning of chemical warfare. The press in general has divulged the mutual threats that peoples at war make to each other of passing to the use of chemical weapons, precisely in the epoch in which we indicated it.

Increase of cruelty of hostilities. There has been seen the beginning of the German offensive in Russia and Japanese attacks on new zones of the Orient.

Changes in the attitude of the oppressed. There have become more consistent and frequent the news of rebellions and protest attacks in almost all the peoples subjected to foreign domination.

Personal crimes in general. The newspapers have notified great quantity of facts of this species, and if readers observe, they will notice that the greater part has been by wounds in the region of the neck and chest (regions of the human body ruled by Taurus and Gemini).

THE UNDENIABLE CORRESPONDENCES

It seems that it is too great the number of "coincidences" not to call powerfully the attention of the impartial reader, upon the relation between the celestial influences commented upon and the registered facts that, as they will observe, took place upon:

The body of the Earth: earthquakes and cyclones.

Material things: factories and gases.

Human bodies and their passions: crimes, wars, etc.

It seems to me, then, useless to insist on the polemic, since, for centuries, such proofs accumulate daily. Let those who prefer the comfortable, but not always intelligent, skepticism, continue cultivating it; and for those others who, as the cover of the Magazine says, want finally to KNOW, I will publish, periodically, small lists of provisions of all species, so that they can realize their reality and especially that THE CELESTIAL INFLUENCES determine such or such effects.

PRACTICAL ASTROLOGICAL COMPLEMENT

It will thus be a practical complement to the Course of Astrology that collaborator Surya gives us in "La Iniciación"; and I will also have the pleasure of answering, in the very Magazine, to consultations of general character, that is of interest for all, that readers want to make in the astrological terrain.

To finish I will indicate for observation of readers, three interesting dates:

May 15: quite disagreeable day in all senses.

May 20: very well aspected day; should bring good things.

May 25: quite good day, but of strong influence. Be careful.

We will comment, opportunely, on the facts that have characterized those influences and their relations with celestial aspects.

Leo de Mascheville

PEQUENEZES (LITTLE THINGS)

A Poem of Spiritual Appreciation

By Martha S.M.

Little joys that sweeten my life,

Little lights, that illuminate my night,

Small flowers that gladden my garden,

Tiny drops that quench my thirst...

If I scorned you because you are small,

Perhaps I would remain without other consolation;

Because great joys, refulgent lights,

Profusion of flowers and torrents of water,

Do not always offer us their precious gifts,

Do not always bathe us with their clarity.

I think that in the world through which we pass,

Even the greatest, even the most sublime,

THE ALL is formed

Of small things...

By Martha S.M.

THE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE OF VERIFIED CELESTIAL PREDICTIONS FOR WARTIME SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE

This remarkable demonstration of astrological accuracy appears in June 1942 when humanity desperately needs evidence that spiritual wisdom provides superior guidance compared to purely material analysis of current events. The systematic verification of specific predictions demonstrates how cosmic forces operate through natural rather than supernatural principles while providing practical methodology for prophetic discernment.

The systematic verification of specific predictions demonstrates how cosmic forces operate through natural rather than supernatural principles while providing practical methodology for prophetic discernment.

The Empirical Verification Approach: The systematic listing of predicted events followed by their actual occurrence—"Earthquakes: in northern Africa, Spain or Portugal. There was, really, a quite important earthquake in Lisbon"—establishes scientific rather than mystical credibility for astrological prediction. During wartime, when conventional intelligence and planning systems often prove inadequate, demonstrating that spiritual wisdom offers more accurate forecasting becomes essential for strategic decision-making.

The Chemical Warfare Prophecy: The fulfilled prediction of "Beginning of chemical warfare" with verification that "the press in general has divulged the mutual threats that peoples at war make to each other of passing to the use of chemical weapons, precisely in the epoch in which we indicated it" demonstrates how astrological analysis can anticipate military developments that escape conventional military intelligence. This provides evidence that cosmic forces influence human decisions rather than operating independently of human choice.

The Belgian Factory Explosion: The specific fulfillment of predicted "Explosions in chemical product factories" through the Belgian disaster with "more than 200 human lives and more than a thousand wounded...precisely by explosion in a chemical products factory" provides concrete evidence that astrological influences manifest through specific events rather than general tendencies. The additional Montevideo laboratory explosion shows how cosmic influences operate globally rather than merely locally.

The Natural Disaster Accuracy: The verification of predicted storm in the United States through an actual "cyclone in which, unfortunately, the number of victims and material damages was great" demonstrates how astrological prediction encompasses natural as well as human events. During wartime, when natural disasters compound human-created destruction, understanding cosmic timing for natural catastrophes becomes crucial for emergency preparedness.

The Military Escalation Foresight: The fulfilled prediction of "Increase of cruelty of hostilities" through "the beginning of the German offensive in Russia and Japanese attacks on new zones of the Orient" demonstrates how astrological analysis can anticipate military developments weeks or months in advance. This provides strategic advantage for those able to interpret cosmic influences on human collective behavior.

This provides strategic advantage for those able to interpret cosmic influences on human collective behavior.

The Resistance Movement Prophecy: The accurate prediction of "Changes in the attitude of the oppressed" verified through "more consistent and frequent...news of rebellions and protest attacks in almost all the peoples subjected to foreign domination" shows how astrological understanding can anticipate social and political developments that affect entire populations. During periods of occupation and oppression, understanding when resistance movements will strengthen becomes essential for coordinated liberation efforts.

The Anatomical Correspondence: The remarkable verification that predicted "Personal crimes in general" manifested through wounds "in the region of the neck and chest (regions of the human body ruled by Taurus and Gemini)" demonstrates how astrological influences operate through specific anatomical correspondences rather than general violence. This level of precision provides compelling evidence that cosmic forces affect material manifestation through systematic rather than arbitrary principles.

The Triple Manifestation Pattern: The systematic recognition that predicted influences manifested through "The body of the Earth: earthquakes and cyclones," "Material things: factories and gases," and "Human bodies and their passions: crimes, wars" demonstrates how cosmic forces operate simultaneously through geological, material, and psychological levels rather than affecting only one dimension of reality.

The Statistical Improbability: The author's cogent observation that "it is too great the number of 'coincidences' not to call powerfully the attention of the impartial reader" provides logical foundation for accepting astrological causation rather than dismissing systematic correlations as mere chance. During periods when skepticism about spiritual wisdom increases due to crisis conditions, having statistically compelling evidence becomes essential for intellectual acceptance.

The Historical Continuity: The recognition that "for centuries, such proofs accumulate daily" demonstrates that astrological accuracy represents systematic rather than sporadic phenomenon. This provides confidence that current predictions based on cosmic influences will prove as reliable as historical ones, enabling practical application for future planning despite unprecedented contemporary circumstances.

The Educational Integration: The promise to publish "periodically, small lists of provisions of all species" as "practical complement to the Course of Astrology that collaborator Surya gives us" demonstrates how theoretical astrological instruction gains credibility through practical predictive verification. This integration prevents both abstract theorizing and uncritical acceptance of astrological claims.

This integration prevents both abstract theorizing and uncritical acceptance of astrological claims.

The Specific Date Predictions: The concrete predictions for "May 15: quite disagreeable day in all senses," "May 20: very well aspected day; should bring good things," and "May 25: quite good day, but of strong influence. Be careful" provide testable short-term forecasts that enable readers to verify astrological accuracy through personal observation. This democratic verification process enables individuals to develop confidence in astrological guidance through direct experience.

The Consultative Promise: The offer to answer "consultations of general character, that is of interest for all, that readers want to make in the astrological terrain" demonstrates how astrological wisdom serves practical guidance rather than merely theoretical interest. During wartime, when personal guidance becomes crucial for navigating unprecedented challenges, having access to cosmic counsel provides essential support for individual decision-making.

The Poetic Integration: The accompanying poem "Pequenezes" (Little Things) about appreciating "Little joys that sweeten my life, Little lights, that illuminate my night" provides spiritual balance to the serious astrological content. The recognition that "even the greatest, even the most sublime, THE ALL is formed of small things" demonstrates how cosmic forces manifest through humble as well as dramatic events.

La Iniciación Vol. 1, No. 2 - June 1942: Document 8 of 10

Notes on My Journey to Eastern Countries (Continuation)

Obligatory Visit to the Temple of Madura

The Destiny-Guided Pilgrimage

By Maya, S.I.

Upon taking leave, Master Maharishi said to us: "Will you visit the Temple of Madura?" – "No, we answered, since we already lost the opportunity to do so, which was upon our arrival in India." "Pity! So you will not visit it?"...

We departed from Tirumannamalai, by train, at 10 at night on the journey to Madras. Upon acquiring the tickets at that small station the ticket agent informed us that at twelve we should change trains at Virupullan and that at 5 in the morning we would be in Madras.

THE MYSTERIOUS RAILWAY MISDIRECTION

Upon the train arriving at Virupullan, one of my companions asked a traffic inspector who positioned himself next to our car, which was the train for Madras. Immediately, another of my companions asked him if at that station one changed trains for Madras, to which questions the inspector asked that we follow him to the other platform, where he said the train for Madras was indeed waiting. After having located one of us in one car and my husband and me in another, the train set in motion. At six in the morning we awakened surprised that we had not yet arrived, since in Virupullan we had been informed that at 5 in the morning we would arrive in Madras.

After having located one of us in one car and my husband and me in another, the train set in motion. At six in the morning we awakened surprised that we had not yet arrived, since in Virupullan we had been informed that at 5 in the morning we would arrive in Madras.

We asked several times of different passengers and all told us that we were mistaken about the time, since that train arrived in Madras at eight-thirty. After a moment came our companion, he whom they had located in another car, telling us also that he had been informed that that train arrived in Madras at eight-thirty. We calmed ourselves, since all were in agreement that that train went to Madras, but only that it did not arrive at such an early hour. But, what would be our surprise when, believing that we were already arriving at Madras, the train entered a great station in which an enormous indicator sign said: MADURA.

THE IMPOSSIBLE MISTAKE

We could not believe what we saw; but it was so. Everyone had been mistaken and the traffic chief above all, since despite two distinct persons having asked him, he had sent us in the contrary direction, as if taking a train in Durazno, believing to arrive in Montevideo we found ourselves in Artigas. We found ourselves 800 kilometers from Madras and had to make another 12 hours of journey to arrive there.

But the strangest thing was that no ticket inspector had come, as occurs continually in India. We got off, complained to the station chief and he was greatly surprised by the error of the traffic inspector, above all for not having asked us for tickets upon locating us in the train. He said he regretted what had happened, but he could not accede to our request to send us back free. Then we complained to the General Traffic Chief, who arrived a while later on a train, a Hindu gentleman who gave us all kinds of apologies making us the three tickets for the night express, adding: "During the day you can take advantage to visit the city and the Temple, and, in the remaining hours, you can rest in a station room that I will have opened for you, from where you have only to ring the bell and from the restaurant they will bring you whatever you ask for."

THE MIRACULOUS ASSISTANCE

The Station Chief and the other employees were astonished by the facilities obtained, above all by the delivery of the tickets gratuitously. In this way, we had the pleasure of being able to admire the famous Temple of Madura, of which Sri Ramana Maharishi asked us upon departing: "Will you not visit it?"...

Resigned to what was occurring, we directed ourselves, a little later, to the city, and I will leave that one of my companions, more versed than I in the history of those Sacred Places, describe the visit:

THE SACRED CITY OF SOUTHERN INDIA

"Salam!... Salam!... to the unforgettable MADURA, the holy city of Southern India, the Tamil Benares, the oldest city of Southern India. Like all the other ancient cities of India, Madura has known how to survive the destructions of time and escape the spoliation of the Muslim invader, being witness to numerous dynasties.

The city of Madura has been, during the last two thousand years the center of Dravidian civilization. Some have called it 'the Athens' of Southern India. It is the seat of the Tamil Academy, toward which all the students of the south direct themselves, and Madura became famous for its Tamil poets. It is one of the few cities that still maintain their contact and intact connection with the past and its growth continues upon roots firmly planted more than 2,000 years ago. Its history is, then, closely related to that of Southern India and can be divided into three periods: the ancient, the medieval and the modern.

THE ANCIENT PANDYA KINGDOM

Madura was governed since primitive times, by the PANDYA kings. The Mahavamsa (famous Ceylonese chronicle) describes the first king of Ceylon (500 years before Christ) as son-in-law of a Pandya king of Madura. Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador at the court of Chandra Gupta Maurya (320 years B.C.), describes Madura as governed by a Pandya princess, who enjoyed the rents of 365 villages that paid on a pre-fixed day of the year, their tribute to that Queen, who had an army composed of 500 elephants, 4,000 horses and 13,000 soldiers.

This city was very well known by the ancient Greeks and Romans and is mentioned in the Ptolemaic Tables as being the seat of the Pandya kingdom of the South. Ptolemy refers to Madura as 'the Southern Mediterranean Empireum.' The word madura means 'sweetness'; tradition says that Siva was so pleased with the construction of the city, that he poured nectar 'madhu' over it, deriving from there its name of: Madura.

THE AUTHENTIC HINDU ATMOSPHERE

What immediately surprises upon arriving at this city, is the complete absence of hotels, restaurants, banks, etc... that is, of everything that a European pretends to find when coming from Ceylon or from Madras. Madura is, typically, a Hindu city, without the least trace of anything European. One rubs shoulders with the heterogeneous gathering of priests and merchants, in which a European is, immediately, point of target of all. The only means of locomotion is constituted by small carriages, pulled by oxen and called 'djerkas.' We directed ourselves toward the Temple, which can be classified, with impartiality, among the architectural marvels of the world.