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1We first observe, that, the odylic sphere of man; which forms the oval surface of our living mirror; is constantly polished by the vivid lightnings of the immortal soul within; next, we see that the forces reflected from it are received directly from above, in an angle to the left of the sphere; and that, after passing through and leaving one portion to sustain the form and its functions; and also another portion to be radiated to the sub-mundane planes; then, the higher and more ethereal principles undergo a change of polarity; and are reflected upward again, in an angle to the right of the sphere; to the aerial races of super-mundane life. Let us now, therefore, enter within the occult spaces of humanity, upon this spiritual plane; and describe the phenomena as it passes in review before our spiritual sight. We perceive that, from the millions of earth’s inhabitants there issues continual rays of reflected light; each ray partaking of the peculiar color represented by the soul from which it is reflected. As these rays ascend, they converge into streams and oceans, within the astral light above the planet’s atmosphere; (whereas, the former astral belt, just described, was confined within the limits of the planet’s atmosphere). All of these luminous oceans of etherealized light seek their own plane, and maintain a strict relation to each other, with the mathematical exactitude of the solar spectrum. We also notice 288 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
2that, these oceans flow in one continual direction, viz.: in the opposite direction to the orbital motion of the earth. They flow backward in the orbit. The writer cannot be positive upon this point, as these are his own actual experiences, and are related here as they actually ap¬ peared to him in the realms of spirit. It may be that, this backward motion is only an appearance, caused by the earth moving forward; just as the landscape from the window of a car in motion, appears to the occupant to be moving. But, in flowing backward, these oceans graduallly ascend, assuming the spiral form; the first round being about the same circumference as the earth’s annual orbit about the Sun; but, increasing in size with each spiral, in the ratio of 1-2, 4-8, 16-32-64. These spirals assume their own special color; commencing, first with that which is nearest to the earth, which is Red; the 2nd. Orange, the 3rd. Yellow, the 4th. Green, the 5th. Blue, the 6th. Indigo, and the 7th. or last Violet. What there may be beyond this, we cannot tell. All that we do know is, that it is the realm of the angels. These spirals, which we have just described, constitute mighty zones; which encircle an ethereal sphere or world of the same identical color; similar to the bright rings round the body of Saturn. The clairvoyant medium, Andrew Jackson Davis, undoubtedly saw these beautiful etherealized zones, when he described “the summer land” in his “Stellar Key.” But he was quite mistaken in supposing them to be the homes of disembodied humanity. As the reader has seen, they are inhabited by aerial races, who cannot penetrate the outer envelope of crystallized force; called objective matter. We need scarcely add that, these are the seven graduated spirit worlds, between the earth and the Sun; constituting the chain previously mentioned. These spheres are the seven etherealized worlds, which form the subjective arc, between the planet and its parent center—man and the angel.
3Still gazing at this sublime panorama of Nature’s wonderful for¬ mations, within the spiritual spaces of the astral light; we perceive that these astro-spiritual zones or belts contain the etherealized ma¬ terials and essences of earth; which sustain the external life forces of the aerial races, who inhabit these glorious worlds. The first world, as we have previously shown, is nearest to our physical conditions and absorbs the coarsest portions. The next, being more ethereal, absorbs the next in spiritual quality. The finer the essence, the higher it ascends; so that the most ethereal of all reaches the confines of the THE UNION OF THE SOUL AND THE STARS 289
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.
1We first observe, that, the odylic sphere of man; which forms the oval surface of our living mirror; is constantly polished by the vivid lightnings of the immortal soul within; next, we see that the forces reflected from it are received directly from above, in an angle to the left of the sphere; and that, after passing through and leaving one portion to sustain the form and its functions; and also another portion to be radiated to the sub-mundane planes; then, the higher and more ethereal principles undergo a change of polarity; and are reflected upward again, in an angle to the right of the sphere; to the aerial races of super-mundane life. Let us now, therefore, enter within the occult spaces of humanity, upon this spiritual plane; and describe the phenomena as it passes in review before our spiritual sight. We perceive that, from the millions of earth’s inhabitants there issues continual rays of reflected light; each ray partaking of the peculiar color represented by the soul from which it is reflected. As these rays ascend, they converge into streams and oceans, within the astral light above the planet’s atmosphere; (whereas, the former astral belt, just described, was confined within the limits of the planet’s atmosphere). All of these luminous oceans of etherealized light seek their own plane, and maintain a strict relation to each other, with the mathematical exactitude of the solar spectrum. We also notice 288 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
2that, these oceans flow in one continual direction, viz.: in the opposite direction to the orbital motion of the earth. They flow backward in the orbit. The writer cannot be positive upon this point, as these are his own actual experiences, and are related here as they actually ap¬ peared to him in the realms of spirit. It may be that, this backward motion is only an appearance, caused by the earth moving forward; just as the landscape from the window of a car in motion, appears to the occupant to be moving. But, in flowing backward, these oceans graduallly ascend, assuming the spiral form; the first round being about the same circumference as the earth’s annual orbit about the Sun; but, increasing in size with each spiral, in the ratio of 1-2, 4-8, 16-32-64. These spirals assume their own special color; commencing, first with that which is nearest to the earth, which is Red; the 2nd. Orange, the 3rd. Yellow, the 4th. Green, the 5th. Blue, the 6th. Indigo, and the 7th. or last Violet. What there may be beyond this, we cannot tell. All that we do know is, that it is the realm of the angels. These spirals, which we have just described, constitute mighty zones; which encircle an ethereal sphere or world of the same identical color; similar to the bright rings round the body of Saturn. The clairvoyant medium, Andrew Jackson Davis, undoubtedly saw these beautiful etherealized zones, when he described “the summer land” in his “Stellar Key.” But he was quite mistaken in supposing them to be the homes of disembodied humanity. As the reader has seen, they are inhabited by aerial races, who cannot penetrate the outer envelope of crystallized force; called objective matter. We need scarcely add that, these are the seven graduated spirit worlds, between the earth and the Sun; constituting the chain previously mentioned. These spheres are the seven etherealized worlds, which form the subjective arc, between the planet and its parent center—man and the angel.
3Still gazing at this sublime panorama of Nature’s wonderful for¬ mations, within the spiritual spaces of the astral light; we perceive that these astro-spiritual zones or belts contain the etherealized ma¬ terials and essences of earth; which sustain the external life forces of the aerial races, who inhabit these glorious worlds. The first world, as we have previously shown, is nearest to our physical conditions and absorbs the coarsest portions. The next, being more ethereal, absorbs the next in spiritual quality. The finer the essence, the higher it ascends; so that the most ethereal of all reaches the confines of the THE UNION OF THE SOUL AND THE STARS 289
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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