2002-1-19 04:10:00
The Question:
The Seventh Ray is called The Seventh Ray of Ceremonial Order or Magic.
What are the three sub-aspects?
Susan Carter writes:
Synthesis
Order
Magic For those that don't like the word magic I would substitute Miracle.
Assaf
Logic
Order
Action
Melva
Transmutation/Alchemy
Initiation
Rites/Order
These are all good answers and a case could be made for each of them. All of you used the word "order" and this is indeed the core sub-aspect. When you look through the microscope at the cellular and molecular level and see order and arrangement that puts anything we humans have created to shame, you are seeing the order of the Seventh Ray in all its glory.
This great order created by the Seventh Ray has created the miracle of birth and creation on the physical plane so we as timeless entities can enter into time.
So, what are the other two aspects? Before the order can be created the various parts of the greater whole must be gathered, or synthesized. Thus the word "synthesis" as picked by Susan is indeed appropriate. But it does involve mind or logic as mentioned by Assaf and transmutation is involved ass mentioned by Melva.
So you gather and synthesize to create order. . . then what?
Next the magic of greater life is produced. This is the magic of life as molecules and cells are synthesized into order, it is the magic of the order of ceremony and it will be the magic of the future Molecular Relationships.
Behind magic is initiation as mentioned by Melva and action as mentioned by Assaf.
So the three core sub-aspects are Synthesis-Order-Magic. I cannot improve upon Susan's choice of words here. You are the first to achieve that Susan and I think you deserve a gold star.
We'll cover the second half of the assignment shortly.
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