Sunday, August 27th, 1978

WISDOM'S GOLDENROD, ALAN BERKOWITZ CLASS NOTES

(TYPED)

AUGUST 27b, 1978

METAPHYSICAL CHART; VESICA

TOPIC: Metaphysical Chart

SUBJECT: Vesica

SUBSUBJECTS: Samkhya/Buddhist/Greek Vesicas, Nidana Chain, Number, Mundane Gods

BOOKS READ FROM OR REFERENCED:

• J.N. Findlay, Plato: The Written and Unwritten Doctrines

• Pausanias, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Description of Greece

• Orpheus, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus

• Proclus, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato

• Proclus, Thomas Taylor (tr.), Proclus' Elements of Theology

• Thomas Taylor (tr.), Demophilus, Sallustius, Proclus, Sallust on the Gods and the World; and the Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus

DIAGRAMS embedded in these notes:

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-1-AB. Samkhya Tattvas correlated with Dignities of Last Four Houses and Vesica.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-2-AB. Five Elements, Capricorn and Pisces, and Stupa.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-3-AB. Sea and Water in Plato and Bible correlated with Various Aspects of Manifestation.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-4-AB. Nidana Chain correlated with Houses 9, 10, 11.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-5-AB. Sun in Aquarius as Cosmic Nama Rupa and Origin of Skandhas.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-6-AB. Vesica.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-7-AB. Twelve Metaphysical Signs and Vesica Charts.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-8-AB. Metaphysical Chart with Cosmic Order in Houses 9-12.

• FIGURE 1978 0827b-9-AB. Four Triads of the Mundane Gods.

TYPED AND REFORMATTED by IT 2022

NOTES:

• RETYPED HANDWRITTEN NOTES (hence V08). From Alan Notes 02 1977 to 06 1979.PDF.

• This is 1978 08/27b, a class on the Vesica, and the second entry associated with this date. 1978 08/27a = Orphic Theology; Mundane Gods.

• All spelling, capitalization, and punctuation corrected, all abbreviations and astrological glyphs spelled out.

1978 08/27b at Wisdom's Goldenrod

Metaphysical Chart; Vesica

[Alan Notes 0827 1978 Begin]

8/27/78 Vesica Chart

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-1-AB. Samkhya Tattvas correlated with Dignities of Last Four Houses and Vesica. Prak. = Prakriti; Aham = Ahamkara; TM + B's = Tanmatras and Bhutas; 5 MB's = 5 Mahabhutas; Pur = Purusa. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

Question: How can Pisces be constitutive of manas (4th quadrant of vesica) when manas is a priori to it?

Tail [in Sagittarius] -- your prakriti is derived from the Intellectual monad.

Moon [in Capricorn] -- sentient soul = 5 psychical senses

Jupiter [in Capricorn] = body, an image appearing within sentient soul

[Moon and Jupiter] go together.

Head [in Aquarius] -- karma achieved

Saturn (7th) [in Aquarius] -- tanmatra(s)

Sun [in Aquarius] -- bhutas

Mercury Mercury [in Pisces] -- arisal and disappearance of Mahabhutas

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-3-AB. Sea and Waters in Plato and Bible correlated with Various Aspects of Manifestation. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

Water retains and holds on to all prior activity in life.

Last six nidanas are objective portion of manas -- Buddhists did not extend chain into Pisces -- their nidanas graphed on 'our' chart are:

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-4-AB. Nidana Chain correlated with Houses 9, 10, 11. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

Explains Buddhist as idealists -- did not go 'below' manas.

Greek and Samkhya schemes can be spread from Sagittarius to Pisces, but Buddhist is idiosyncratic.

p. 427 Findlay [Note: See J.N. Findlay, Plato: The Written and Unwritten Doctrines.]

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-5-AB. Sun in Aquarius as Cosmic Nama Rupa and Origin of Skandhas. Grks = Greeks. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

Buddhists never get to Pisces -- do not require external objects in their system.

Last 6 nidanas (left 1/2 of vesica) = wheel of existence, production of images.

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-6-AB. Vesica. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

The doctrine of the skandhas is their way of dealing with the 12th house without admitting it.

Rest of skandhas as in Pisces are psychical interpretations.

Greek vesica -- Jupiter, Vesta, Mercury, Ceres, Neptune, Minerva, Venus, Juno, Vulcan, Mars, Apollo, Diana.

Numbers are prior to Ideas -- the combination of Ideas is due to Number, which is prior -- unities of Ideas = Numbers -- prior to Being.

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-7-AB. Twelve Metaphysical Signs and Vesica Charts. Meta. = Metaphysical. Facsimile scan from AB class notes.]

Number determines the way Being is unfolded.

Greek Vesica

[FIGURE 1978 0827b-9-AB. Four Triads of the Mundane Gods. 4 traids = 4 triads; F E W A = Fire Earth Water Air. Facsimile scan from AB class notes. Note: In 1978, when this diagram was drawn, these Gods were being referred to as Mundane or Cosmic (see H45 and H53 in AD Mandalas for a couple of examples).]

12 mundane gods (from Pausanias, Mystic Hymns, Proclus, Sallust) [Note: Pausanias, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Description of Greece; Orpheus, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus; Proclus, Thomas Taylor (tr.), The Six Books of Proclus, the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato and Proclus' Elements of Theology; Thomas Taylor (tr.), Demophilus, Sallustius, Proclus, Sallust on the Gods and the World; and the Pythagoric Sentences of Demophilus.]

Jupiter as soul of universe (Demiurge) = Jupiter in Sagittarius, source of life = your 'I am' consciousness -- purusa, first house of vesica.

Vesta -- samskaras of universe as Prajnaparamita -- samskaras in a seed form in Taurus are unfolded in Scorpio = pre-Adamic earth of alchemy. Preserves samskaras = hearth.

Mercury --

[Alan Notes 0827 1978 End]