397. Esoteric Psychology - Volume I - 40. Some Tabulations on the Rays - SOME NOTES ON THE FOUR KINGDOMS - A. BAILEY

Some Tabulations on the Rays

SOME NOTES ON THE FOUR KINGDOMS

1. The Mineral Kingdom is divided into three main divisions:

a. The base metals.

b. The standard metals.

c. The crystals and precious stones.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 588.

2. The Vegetable Kingdom is...

a. The transmitter of the vital pranic fluid.

b. A bridge between the so-called conscious and the unconscious.

c. In an esoteric relation to the deva or angel kingdom.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 564.

3. The four minor rays control the four kingdoms:

a. The 7th ray controls the mineral kingdom.

b. The 6th ray controls the vegetable kingdom.

c. The 5th ray controls the animal kingdom.

d. The 4th ray controls the human kingdom.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 588.

4. The 4th ray and the 4th kingdom form a point of harmony for the three lower kingdoms.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 588.

5. The 5th ray has a peculiar relation to the animal kingdom in that it is the ray governing the merging of that kingdom in the human.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 590.

6. The human kingdom is seeking to make manifest the desire or the love nature of the planetary Logos.

The three subhuman kingdoms seek to manifest the intelligent nature of the planetary Logos.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, pp. 1043, 1044.

7. The mineral kingdom is responsive to the lowest type of energy, the lowest aspect of fire.

The vegetable kingdom is responsive to that type of energy which produces the phenomenon of water.

The animal kingdom is responsive to the type of energy which is a combination of the two above mentioned, fire and water.

The human kingdom is responsive to the energy of fire at its highest manifestation in the three worlds.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, pp. 1071, 1072.

8. The period of radiation is longest in the mineral kingdom and shortest in the human kingdom.

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire , pp. 1075.

9. The mineral kingdom provides that negative yet vital something which is the essence of the human permanent atom.

The vegetable kingdom provides the negative energy for the astral permanent atom in the human kingdom.

The animal kingdom provides the negative force which when energised by positive force becomes the mental unit.

Sattva	Rhythm	Mental body	Mental Unit	Animal.
Rajas	Activity	Astral body	Astral permanent atom	Vegetable
Tamas	Inertia	Physical body	Physical permanent atom	Mineral

A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 1134.

10. Each kingdom in nature is positive to the one next below.