In Search of the Miraculous

required quality, so in the human organism the 'three kinds of food' must be mixed in

definite proportions.

"The final substance in the process of the food octave is the substance si

('hydrogen' 12 in the third scale), which needs an 'additional shock* in order to pass

into a new do. But as three octaves have taken part in the production of this substance

their influence is also reflected in the final result by determining its quality. The

quality and quantity can be regulated by regulating the three kinds of food received

by the organism. Only in the presence of a full and harmonious conformity between

all three kinds of food, by a strengthening or weakening of the different parts of the

process, is the required result obtained.

"But it is essential to remember that no arbitrary attempts to regulate food, in the literal sense of the word, or breathing can lead to the desired end unless one knows

exactly what one is doing and why, and what kind of result it will give.

"And furthermore, even if a man were to succeed in regulating two components of

the process, food and breathing, again this would not be enough, because it is still

more important to know how to regulate the food of the third story—'impressions.'

"Therefore before even thinking of influencing practically the inner processes it is essential to understand the exact mutual relationship of the substances entering the

organism, the nature of the possible 'shocks,' and the laws governing the transition of

notes. These laws are everywhere the same. In studying man we study the cosmos, in

studying the cosmos we study man.

"The cosmic octave 'Absolute-moon' has, according to the law of three, been

broken into three subordinate octaves. In these three octaves the cosmos is like man;

the same 'three stories,' the same three shocks.

"Where, in the cosmic octaves of radiation, the place of the interval fa-mi appears, in the diagram are marked the 'machines' which are found there in the same way as in

the human body.

"The process of the transition fa-mi can be represented in the most schematic way

thus: the cosmic fa enters this machine like the food of the lower story and begins its

cycle of changes. Therefore in the beginning it sounds in the machine as do. The

substance sol of the cosmic octave

serves as the substance which enters the middle story like the air in breathing, which

helps the note fa inside the machine to pass into the note mi. This sol on entering the

machine also sounds as do. The matter which has now been obtained is joined in the

upper story by the substance of the cosmic la, which enters the upper story of the

machine, also as do.

"As we see from this the following notes la, sol, fa serve as food for the machine. In the order of their succession, according to the law of three, la will be the

active element, sol the neutralizing, and fa the passive. The active

principle reacting with the passive (that is, becoming connected with it by

the help of the neutralizing principle) gives a certain definite result. This

is represented symbolically thus:

"This symbol points out that the substance fa in being mixed with the

substance la gives as a result the substance sol. And as this process

proceeds in the octave, developing as it were inside the note fa, it is

therefore possible to say that fa without changing its pitch acquires the

properties of sol.

"All that has been said about the octaves of radiation and about the

food octaves in the human organism has a direct connection with the

symbol consisting of a circle divided into nine parts. This symbol, as the

expression of a perfect synthesis, contains within itself all the elements of

the laws it represents, and from it can be extracted, and by its help transmitted, everything that is connected with these octaves and much else besides."

G. returned to the enneagram many times and in various connections.

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"Each completed whole, each cosmos, each organism, each plant, is an

enneagram," he said. "But not each of these enneagrams has an inner

triangle. The inner triangle stands for the presence of higher elements,

according to the scale of 'hydrogens,' in a given organism. This inner

triangle is possessed by such plants, for example, as hemp, poppy, hops,

tea, coffee, tobacco, and many other plants which play a definite role in

the life of man. The study of these plants can reveal much for us in regard

to the enneagram.

"Speaking in general it must be understood that the enneagram is a universal

symbol. All knowledge can be included in the enneagram and with the help of the

enneagram it can be interpreted. And in this connection only what a man is able to put

into the enneagram does he actually know, that is, understand. What he cannot put into the enneagram he does not understand. For the man who is able to make use of it,

the enneagram makes books and libraries entirely unnecessary. Everything can be

included and read in the enneagram. A man may be quite alone in the desert and he