National Wales Centre for Theosophy:-
A
Quick Guide to the
Seven
Principles of Man
Adapted
for quick reference from
Annie
Besant’s Seven Principles of Man
The
Lower Quaternary
The four lower principles are discarded on or after
physical death and are know as the Lower Quaternary.
PRINCIPLE I. THE DENSE PHYSICAL BODY
The dense physical body of man is called the first of
his seven principles, as it is certainly the most obvious. Built of material
molecules, in the generally accepted sense of the term –with its five organs of
sensation - the five senses -its organs of locomotion, its brain and nervous
system, its apparatus for
carrying on the various functions necessary for its
continued existence.
PRINCIPLE II. THE ETHERIC DOUBLE
The Linga Sharira , the astral body, the ethereal
body, the fluidic body, the double, the wraith, the doppelganger, the astral
man
The best name is the Etheric Double, because this term
designates the second principle only, suggesting its constitution and
appearance:
PRINCIPLE III. PRÂNA, THE LIFE
All universes, all worlds, all men, all brutes, all
vegetables, all minerals, all molecules and atoms, all that is, are plunged in
a great ocean of life, life eternal, life infinite, life incapable of increase
or diminution. The universe is only life in manifestation, life made objective,
life differentiated.
Now each organism, whether minute as a molecule or
vast as a universe, may be thought of as appropriating to itself somewhat of
life, of embodying, in itself as its own life some of this universal life.
PRINCIPLE IV. THE DESIRE BODY, KAMA-RUPA
In building up our man we have now reached the
principle sometimes described as the animal soul, in Theosophical parlance Kâma
Rűpa, or the desire-body. It belongs to in constitution, and functions on, the
second or astral plane. It
includes the whole body of appetites, passions,
emotions, and desires which come under the head of instincts, sensations,
feelings and emotions, in our Western psychological classification, and are
dealt with as a subdivision of mind.
The
Upper Triad
The upper three Principles are known as The Upper
Triad.
PRINCIPLE V. MANAS, THE THINKER, OR MIND
Often referred to as the Mental Body, this principle
is divided into Lower and Higher Manas or Higher Mind and Lower Mind
The word Manas comes from the Sanskrit word – man, the
root of the verb to think
THE LOWER MANAS
The lower aspect of the mind principle is concerned
with dealing with the world and combines with the Kama or desire principle to
form the personality.
THE HIGHER MANAS
This is higher spiritual mind which usually manifests
itself on the physical plane by influencing the lower mind. The lower mind can
ignore the higher mind.
A distilled essence of Manas is taken into Devachan –
the second death. The personality Kama-Mans is discarded during this process.
PRINCIPLES VI & VII - ÂTMA – BUDDHI, THE SPIRIT
Atma is piece of the divine within all of us with
Buddhi being the vehicle through which the Atman become an individual spiritual
entity.
Variations
The is some variation among esoteric writers as to the
precise divisions of the constitution of man. Here is an example in which the
Etheric and the Body of Prana or Energy are regarded as one principle and the
Lower and Higher Minds –Manas are regarded as separate principles. Astral is
here combined with the Desire Principle -Kama
Some writers postulate that Lower Manas is discarded completely or is
conditionally immortal depending on the life lived.
7 Atma Spiritual
6 Buddhi
5 Higher Manas Mental
4 Lower Manas
3 Kâma Astral
2 Prâna. Etheric Double Physical
1 Dense Physical Body
Other variations of the seven principle system can
also be found.
Double Physical
Seven Principles of Man By Annie Besant
The Constitution of Man By C W Leadbeater
Theosophy and the Number Seven
A selection of
articles relating to the esoteric
significance of
the Number 7 in Theosophy
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मूल थियोसोफिकल सोसायटी 1875 फाउंडेशन
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17 नवंबर Helena Petrovna Blavatsky द्वारा 1875,
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William Quan Judge और दूसरों.
थियोसोफिकल आंदोलन अब एक विविध रेंज के होते हैं
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