In Search of the Miraculous

"In a descending octave, on the other hand, the greatest 'interval' occurs at the very beginning of the octave, immediately after the first do and the material for filling it is very often found either in do itself or in the lateral vibrations evoked by do. For this reason a descending octave develops much more easily than an ascending octave and

in passing beyond si it reaches fa without hindrance; here an 'additional shock' is

neces-

sary, though considerably less strong than the first 'shock' between do and si.

"In the big cosmic octave, which reaches us in the form of the ray of creation, we can see the first complete example of the law of octaves. The ray of creation begins

with the Absolute. The Absolute is the All. The All, possessing full unity, full will, and full consciousness, creates worlds within itself, in this way beginning the

descending world octave. The Absolute is the do of this octave. The worlds which the Absolute creates in itself are si. The 'interval' between do and si in this case is filled by the will of the Absolute. The process of creation is developed further by the force of the original impulse and an 'additional shock.' Si passes into la which for us is our

star world, the Milky Way. La passes into sol—our sun, the solar system. Sol passes into fa—the planetary world. And here between the planetary world as a whole and

our earth occurs an 'interval.' This means that the planetary radiations carrying various influences to the earth are not able to reach it, or, to speak more correctly,

they are not received, the earth reflects them. In order to fill the 'interval' at this point of the ray of creation a special apparatus is created for receiving and transmitting the

influences coming from the planets. This apparatus is organic life on earth. Organic life transmits to the earth all the influences intended for it and makes possible the

further development and growth of the earth, mi of the cosmic octave, and then of the

moon or re, after which follows another do— Nothing. Between All and Nothing passes the ray of creation.

"You know the prayer 'Holy God, Holy the Firm, Holy the Immortal'? This prayer

comes from ancient knowledge. Holy God means the Absolute or All. Holy the Firm also means the Absolute or Nothing. Holy the Immortal signifies that which is

between them, that is, the six notes of the ray of creation, with organic life. All three taken together make one. This is the coexistent and indivisible Trinity.

"We must now dwell on the idea of the 'additional shocks' which make it possible

for the lines of forces to reach a projected aim. As I said before, shocks may occur

accidentally. Accident is of course a very uncertain thing. But those lines of

development of forces which are straightened out by accident, and which man can

sometimes see, or suppose, or expect, create in him more than anything else the

illusion of straight lines. That is to say, he thinks that straight lines are the rule and broken and interrupted lines the exception. This in its turn creates in him the illusion

that it is possible to do; possible to attain a projected aim. In reality a man can do nothing. If by accident his activity gives a result, even though it resembles only in

appearance or in name the original aim, a man assures himself and others that he has

attained the aim which he set before him-

self and that anyone else would also be able to attain his aim, and others believe him.

In reality this is illusion. A man can win at roulette. But this would be accident.

Attaining an aim which one has set before oneself in life or in any particular sphere of

human activity is just the same kind of accident. The only difference is that in regard

to roulette a man at least knows for certain whether he has lost or won on each

separate occasion, that is, on each separate stake. But in the activities of his life,

particularly with activities of the kind that many people are concerned in and when

years pass between the beginning of something and its result, a man can very easily

deceive himself and take the result 'obtained' as the result desired, that is, believe that he has won when on the whole he has lost.

"The greatest insult for a 'man-machine' is to tell him that he can do nothing, can

attain nothing, that he can never move towards any aim whatever and that in striving

towards one he will inevitably create another. Actually of course it cannot be

otherwise. The 'man-machine' is in the power of accident. His activities may fall by

accident into some sort of channel which has been created by cosmic or mechanical

forces and they may by accident move along this channel for a certain time, giving the

illusion that aims of some kind are being attained. Such accidental correspondence of