In Search of the Miraculous

organism, and, if possible, the peculiar sensations connected with it must be defined.

"The study of the work of the human organism as a chemical factory shows us three

stages in the evolution of the human machine.

"The first stage refers to the work of the human organism as it has been created by

nature, that is to say, to the life and functions of man number one, number two, and

number three. The first octave, that is, the octave of food, develops in a normal way to

mi 192. At this point it automatically receives a 'shock' from the beginning of the

second octave, and its development goes on consecutively to si 12. The second

octave, that is, the air octave, begins with do 192 and develops to mi 48 where it

stops. The third octave, that is, the octave of impressions, begins with do 48 and stops

there. Thus seven notes of the first octave, three notes of the second, and one note of

the third octave represent a complete picture of the work of the 'human factory' in its

first or natural stage. Nature has provided only one 'shock,' that is, the 'shock' received from the entrance of the second octave which helps mi of the first octave to pass to fa.

But nature did not foresee and did not provide for the second 'shock,' that is, the

'shock' that would help the development of the third octave and thereby enable mi of

the second octave to pass to fa. A man must create this 'shock' by his own personal

efforts if he desires to increase the output of the fine hydrogens in his organism.

"The second stage refers to the work of the human organism when a man creates a

conscious volitional 'shock' at the point do 48. In the first place this volitional 'shock'

is transmitted to the second octave which develops as far as sol 12, or even further up

to la 6 and so on, if the work of the organism is sufficiently intense. The same 'shock'

also enables the third octave to develop, that is, the octave of impressions which in

this event reaches mi 12. Thus in the second stage of the work of the human organism,

we see the full development of the second octave and three notes of the third octave.

The first octave has stopped at the note si 12, the third at the note mi 12. Neither of

these octaves can proceed any further without a fresh 'shock.' The nature of this

second 'shock' cannot be so easily described as the nature of the first volitional 'shock'

at do 48. In order to understand the nature of this 'shock' it is necessary to understand the meaning of si 12 and mi 12.

"The effort which creates this 'shock' must consist in work on the emotions, in the

transformation and transmutation of the emotions. This transmutation of the emotions

will then help the transmutation of si 12 in the human organism. No serious growth,

that is, no growth of higher

bodies within the organism, is possible without this transmutation. The idea of this

transmutation was known to many ancient teachings as well as to some comparatively

recent ones, such as the alchemy of the Middle Ages. But the alchemists spoke of this

transmutation in the allegorical forms of the transformation of base metals into

precious ones. In reality, however, they meant the transformation of coarse 'hydrogens'

into finer ones in the human organism, chiefly of the transformation of mi 12. If this

transformation is attained, a man can be said to have 'achieved what he was striving

for, and it can also be said that, until this transformation is attained, all results attained by a man can be lost because they are not fixed in him in any way; moreover, they are

attained only in the spheres of thought and emotion. Real, objective results can be

obtained only after the transmutation of mi 12 has begun.

"Alchemists who spoke of this transmutation began directly with it. They knew

nothing, or at least they said nothing, about the nature of the first volitional 'shock.' It is upon this, however, that the whole thing depends. The second volitional 'shock' and

transmutation become physically possible only after long practice on the first

volitional 'shock,' which consists in self-remembering, and in observing the

impressions received. On the way of the monk and on the way of the fakir work on the

second 'shock' begins before work on the first 'shock,' but as mi 12 is created only as a result of the first 'shock,' work, in the absence of other material, has of necessity to be concentrated on si 12, and it very often gives quite wrong results. Right development

on the fourth way must begin with the first volitional 'shock' and then pass on to the

second 'shock' at mi 12.

"The third stage in the work of the human organism begins when man creates in

himself a conscious second volitional 'shock' at the point mi 12, when the

transformation or transmutation of these 'hydrogens' into higher 'hydrogens' begins in

him. The second stage and the beginning of the third stage refer to the life and

functions of man number four. A fairly considerable period of. transmutation and

crystallization is needed for the transition of man number four to the level of man