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1Another misconception has regarded the Moon, our Earth’s vis¬ ible satellite, as identical with the dark orb. Many Theosophists as¬ sert, in a very mysterious manner, that the Moon is not only the eighth sphere, or the orb of death and dissolution, but that it is “the dust bin of the universe,” although Dr. Wyld, formerly president of the London T.S. fully exposed the absurdity of this mysterious Theosophical Se¬ cret in the columns of “Light.” This conception is radically false as regards the Moon, although it approaches the realms of truth in some respects regarding the nature of the mysterious dark satellite itself. With these brief introductory remarks it now remains to point out how to form a perfectly correct conception of what the dark satellite is, and its fearful importance at the present crisis of the world’s history. When the student brings before his mind the teachings of the preceding chapters, and the conclusions they lead up to, considering them as a whole, it will require but a brief and careful application of the laws of correspondences to enable him to gain a perfectly accurate idea of this hitherto concealed region and portion of the Earth’s con¬ stitution.
2By referring to the “Hermetic Constitution of Man” as elucidated in chapter II of section II of the present work, let the student review the seven divisions of man, then, bearing in mind the fact that the planet which man inhabits is also an individual, possessing a seven¬ fold constitution corresponding in every respect to the constitution of man, let him strictly apply the Hermetic law for himself, “As it is below, so it is above. As on the earth, so in the sky.” Then, he will know exactly how to go to work to comprehend the subject. But as the ordinary student, living wholly upon the external plane, is not in a position to verify his conceptions, he must content himself for the present to accept the revelations which will be made upon the authority of those who do know, and have verified the truth. In chapter II of section II of this work “Hermetic Constitution of Man,” occurs a description of the animal soul, as it is called. Now, that magnetic sphere of our planet which exactly corresponds to the animal soul of man, is what is Occultly termed “the Dark Satellite.” Therefore, in order to comprehend this dusky sphere, its nature and functions, it is absolutely necessary to understand the nature and func¬ tion of the animal soul of man, together with its relations to the other ,, Original from Digitized b/VitXJyiL UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE DARK SATELLITE 153
3six divisions; and also, to clearly grasp man’s relation to the planet of which he forms, as it were, an atomic part towards an organic whole. When the above is understood, it will then be seen that this dark, magnetic orb constitutes the grand center or focus of the Earth’s animal force; in other words, it is the realm of the undeveloped good in Nature, whose terrible motto is embraced in the word SELF.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1Another misconception has regarded the Moon, our Earth’s vis¬ ible satellite, as identical with the dark orb. Many Theosophists as¬ sert, in a very mysterious manner, that the Moon is not only the eighth sphere, or the orb of death and dissolution, but that it is “the dust bin of the universe,” although Dr. Wyld, formerly president of the London T.S. fully exposed the absurdity of this mysterious Theosophical Se¬ cret in the columns of “Light.” This conception is radically false as regards the Moon, although it approaches the realms of truth in some respects regarding the nature of the mysterious dark satellite itself. With these brief introductory remarks it now remains to point out how to form a perfectly correct conception of what the dark satellite is, and its fearful importance at the present crisis of the world’s history. When the student brings before his mind the teachings of the preceding chapters, and the conclusions they lead up to, considering them as a whole, it will require but a brief and careful application of the laws of correspondences to enable him to gain a perfectly accurate idea of this hitherto concealed region and portion of the Earth’s con¬ stitution.
2By referring to the “Hermetic Constitution of Man” as elucidated in chapter II of section II of the present work, let the student review the seven divisions of man, then, bearing in mind the fact that the planet which man inhabits is also an individual, possessing a seven¬ fold constitution corresponding in every respect to the constitution of man, let him strictly apply the Hermetic law for himself, “As it is below, so it is above. As on the earth, so in the sky.” Then, he will know exactly how to go to work to comprehend the subject. But as the ordinary student, living wholly upon the external plane, is not in a position to verify his conceptions, he must content himself for the present to accept the revelations which will be made upon the authority of those who do know, and have verified the truth. In chapter II of section II of this work “Hermetic Constitution of Man,” occurs a description of the animal soul, as it is called. Now, that magnetic sphere of our planet which exactly corresponds to the animal soul of man, is what is Occultly termed “the Dark Satellite.” Therefore, in order to comprehend this dusky sphere, its nature and functions, it is absolutely necessary to understand the nature and func¬ tion of the animal soul of man, together with its relations to the other ,, Original from Digitized b/VitXJyiL UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE DARK SATELLITE 153
3six divisions; and also, to clearly grasp man’s relation to the planet of which he forms, as it were, an atomic part towards an organic whole. When the above is understood, it will then be seen that this dark, magnetic orb constitutes the grand center or focus of the Earth’s animal force; in other words, it is the realm of the undeveloped good in Nature, whose terrible motto is embraced in the word SELF.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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