Blavatsky, Vol 2, Stanzas of Dzyan. The Secret Doctrine by H.
P. Blavatsky — Vol. 2 Theosophical University Press Online Edition Vol. 2, Page 13 Vol. 2, Page 14 In primeval times, a maiden, Beauteous Daughter of the Ether, Passed for ages her existence In the great expanse of Heaven, Seven hundred years she wandered, Seven hundred years she laboured, Ere her first-born was delivered.
Ere a beauteous duck descending, Hastens toward the water-mother. Lightly on the knee she settles, Finds a nesting-place befitting, Where to lay her eggs in safety, Lays her eggs within, at pleasure, Six, the golden eggs she lays them, Then a Seventh, an egg of iron . . . . .” (Kalevala, Rune I.) Vol. 2, Page 15 STANZAS FROM THE BOOK OF DZYAN. (verbatim extracts.*) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Footnote(s) ——————————————— * Only forty-nine Slokas out of several hundred are here given. Blavatsky, vol 1, bk 3, ch 17. The Secret Doctrine by H.
P. Blavatsky — Vol. 1 Theosophical University Press Online Edition Vol. 1, Page 647 ASTROLOGY A SCIENCE. [[This page continued from previous section]] “All men are apt to have a high conceit of their own understanding, and to be tenacious of the opinions they profess,” said Jordan, justly adding to this — “and yet almost all men are guided by the understandings of others, not by their own; and may be said more truly to adopt, than to beget, their opinions.” This becomes doubly true in the matter of scientific opinions upon hypotheses offered for consideration — the prejudice and preconceptions of “authorities,” so called, often deciding upon questions of the most vital importance for history. Vol. 1, Page 648 THE SECRET DOCTRINE. Cimah) and the chambers of the South” (ix. 9); of Scorpio and the Mazzaroths — the twelve signs (xxxviii., 31, 32), which words, if they mean anything, imply knowledge of the Zodiac even among the nomadic Arabic tribes. The Nag Hammadi Library. Pancha Tattva Maha-Mantra.
Blavatsky, Vol 2, Contents. René Daumal y la 'Enseñanza' de Gurdjieff: Emilio Saura. I.
Peculiaridades del pensamiento daumaliano Surgido en el contexto del movimiento gnóstico de principios de siglo, el pensamiento de R. Daumal muestra un talante atípico: no sólo se diferencia de los gnosticismos dualistas; también se distingue de las doctrinas más o menos híbridas que proliferan en la misma época, a la vez que toma sus distancias frente a la gnosis tradicionalista. ¿Cuál es la intuición originaria que le sirve de base? No es otra que la "evidencia absurda" o el "escándalo de la separación", es decir, la constatación del estado de "sueño", de "ilusión" en que transcurre la existencia humana, cuyo origen se halla en una división primordial en la esfera del Absoluto, división que se nos muestra como radicalmente absurda. Semejante división aparece como una tensión primordial en el seno del "Absoluto", una tensión de peculiar índole.
La primera es algo así como la formulación abstracta de la "ilusión" y se desarrolla en varios frentes.