| The Planet - The Sun References in The
Secret Doctrine
- "The sun is a central star and not a planet." (S.D. Vol. I, 126, Note)
(Therefore when it is included among the planets, as it is, it is simply because it stands
for or veils a hidden planet.)
- The sun is merely one of those suns which..."are sunflowers of a higher
light." It is "dwelling in the vehicle of a God or of a host of Gods, like
milliards of other suns." (S.D. Vol. I, 319)
- "The sun is the storehouse of vital force which is the noumenon of
electricity." (S.D. Vol. I, 579)
- "The sun was not a sacred planet." (S.D. Vol. II, 26)
- "The sun...has its growth, changes, development and gradual evolution."
(S.D. Vol. I, 667)
"The
sun is matter and the sun is spirit." (S.D. Vol. I, 820)
"The
sun is a great magnet." (S.D. Vol. I, 541)
"The
solar substance is immaterial." (S.D. Vol. I, 542)
"The
sun (i.e. the solar system) has Alcyone in the Pleiades for the center of its orbit."
(S.D. Vol. I, 545) [670]
"The
Logos with the seven hierarchies form one Power, so, in the world of form, the sun and the
seven chief planets constitute one active potency."
(S.D. Vol. II, 27)
"The
sun, the moon and Mercury were the earliest trinity of the Egyptians (Osiris, Isis and
Hermes.)" (S.D. Vol. II, 640)
"The
seven rays of the sun are made parallel to the seven worlds of every planetary chain, and
to the seven rivers of heaven and earth."
(S.D. Vol. II, 640)
"The
seven rays of the sun will expand at the final pralaya into seven suns and absorb the
material of the whole universe." (S.D. Vol. II, 647)
"The
moon is the mind and the sun is the understanding." (S.D. Vol. II, 675)
"The
Trinity is symbolized by the sun:
- The central spiritual sun-God the Father.
- The heart of the sun-God the son.
- The physical sun-God the Holy Spirit."
"It is in
the sun, more than in any other heavenly body (i.e. in our solar system) that the unknown
Power placed the seat of its habitation." (S.D. Vol. III, 213)
"The
central spiritual sun is mirrored by the...sun. 91 (S.D. Vol. III, 214)
"The
sun is one of the nine deities that witness all human action."
(S.D. Vol. III, 271, Note)
"The
sun was the image of divine intelligence or wisdom...The word 'sol' (sun) was derived from
'solus,' the One or He alone, and the Greek name 'Helios' meant Most High." (S.D.
Vol. III, 279)
"The
visible sun is only the central star but not the central spiritual sun."
(S.D. Vol. III, 280) [671]
"The
sun was the life-giving and the death-giving luminary." (S.D. Vol. III, 288)
"The
sun is the substitute for the invisible inter-Mercurial planet."
(S.D. Vol. III, 459)
"The
pure energy of solar intelligence proceeds from the luminous seat occupied by our sun in
the center of the heavens, that pure energy being the Logos of our system." (S.D.
Vol. III, 213)
There is
"the sun of initiation in a triple form - two of which are the 'Day-Sun' and one the
'Night-Sun'." (S.D. Vol. III, 212)
"All
initiates are 'epitomizers of the history of the sun' which epitome is another mystery
within the mystery." (S.D. Vol. III, 140)
"The
mystery of the sun is the grandest of all the innumerable mysteries of occultism."
(S.D. Vol. III, 212)
The sun:
- "Used to be called the 'eye of Jupiter.' (S.D. Vol. III, 278)
- Plato mentioned Jupiter-Logos, the Word or sun. (S.D. Vol. III, 279)
The true
color of the sun is blue. (S.D. Vol. III, 461)
The sun was
adopted as a planet by the Post-Christian Astrologers who had not been initiated."
(S.D. Vol. III, 461)
"This
Self, the highest, the one and the universal was symbolized on 'the plane of mortals by
the Sun, its life - giving effulgence being in its turn the emblem of the soul - killing
the terrestrial passions which have ever been an impediment to the reunion of the Unit
Self (the Spirit) with the All-Self. Hence the allegorical [672] mystery...It was enacted
by the Sons of the Fire-Mist and of Light."
(S.D. Vol. III, 271)
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