The Scheme of Evolution on the Musical Scale
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March 1917
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Volumes 5-9 of the "Rays from the Rose Cross" make frequent reference to the Vulcan "period" or "stage," which its contributors connect the divine and the words of creation from Genesis. In this chart that incorporates astronomical bodies, the signs of the zodiac, and a Kabbalah-like assortment of layers stretching from the transcendent to the mundane and chemical. Vulcan, the rightmost heavenly body, is connected to the the "home" key of C and bridges the "Divine Spirit" with "Concrete Thought."
The Scheme of Evolution on the Musical Scale
AS OCCULT mysteries are revealed to us, we readily grasp the significant fact that throughout all the complexities of the World Wisdom runs an orderly principle. The first thing which is apparent to students is that the Cosmos is built upon the 1-3-5-7-10 and 12 aspects. It is non-essential to go into detail regarding these co-relations, but it is sufficient to say that the 12 semi-tones of the octave conform in every detail with the cosmic scheme---in fact to a bewildering degree, because it must be remembered that when we consider the building of the octave we are intruding into the world of tone which is the very basis of physical manifestation.
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In this article nothing has been said of the recapitulations of each period, but the student will remember that when each period begins, the first work done is a recapitulation of all which has gone before, consequently, in each period we have farther to go before we begin the new work of that period. THus, after the recapitulations of all previous periods the real VUlcan work begins and it can readily be seen that this is practically at the close of manifestation, seven epochs of the seven revolutions. So in a general way we say that the Vulcan Period consists of all periods combined.
Thus the trinity carries us from G to C natural, the key-note of the Divine Spirit, which now has absorbed the other two aspects of the Spirit and the three-fold Soul and the perfected mind. We are then back to the Virgin key, sounding it as a conscious Spirit. We are then dwelling in the whole week, the white color, and all the seven octaves have been---not consumed, but unified.
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