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Astrology of the Seven Rays

Ray I Will to Power- Aspect of the Will which conquers death. But is

nevertheless the Ray of the Destroyer. or it destroys death since in reality there is nosuch thing. It is only part of the !reat Illusion" li#itation of the hu#an consciousness"

connected to the $rain and not the heart. A$olition of death and of the destruction of

for# is a #anifestation of Ray I. Ray I is the Will which initiates. %&oday highestreali'ation is initiation(

Ray II )ove and Wisdo#- Will to unify and synthesi'e" to produce coherence

and #utual attraction. Also to esta$lish relationships. Will to unification. &he fact of

unification as seen fro# the $eginning of e*istence forever and ever in the +ind of !od"

whose will %!od,s( e#$races the past" present and future. Whose #ind is total and not in

ter#s of evolution of the hu#an #ind. %ighest e*pression today is #ystical vision(

Ray III Active Intelligence- Will of conditioned purpose. arry forward a

recogni'ed plan with a goal intelligently conceived. Will to /volution. +oving towards

trying to 0now the Will of !od. %&oday the highest e*pression is education ordevelop#ent through e*perience(

Ray I1 ar#ony through onflict- Will to destroy li#itation" $ut not the sa#e asthe Will to destroy negation or negative li0e Ray I. Shatters and $rea0s up li#itations the

#o#ent that a point of real har#ony or atone#ent has $een reached. Seeds of Death

e#erge through the #ediu# of this Ray and the !ri# Reaper" Death is $ut an aspect ofthis Will" conditioned $y the I1 Ray. Will of ar#oni'ation. %ighest e*pression is theintuition(

Ray 1 oncrete Science or 2nowledge- 2now that3 +atter is Spirit at its lowest

point of #anifestation and Spirit is +atter at its highest. u#an perfection is carried

forward consciously upon the #ental plane" the fifth plane. &his Ray is inherent insu$stance and actuates all ato#s of which all for#s are #ade. &his Ray,s energy is

intelligence and it is the seed of consciousness $ut not any we understand. It is inherent

in life of #atter" it is that living so#ething for which we have no na#e which was the

product of the first solar syste#" the $eginning. +a4or asset of !od" the ather and thehu#an +onad %core(. Will to Action. %ighest e*pression is li$eration through death or

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Ray 1I Devotion or Idealis#- Will which e#$odies !od,s ideas. Provides the

#otive and power $ehind the wor0ing out of whatever #ay $e the purpose of creation.

What this purpose is we have not as yet the faintest idea. Ideas are related to the Willaspect. /#$odies do#inate potency. /*presses !od,s desire. Basic energy e#anating

fro# the cos#ic astral plane. Desire is related to consciousness $ut Will is not. Will to

ausation. %ighest e*pression is idealis#" the incentive and cause of hu#an activity(

Ray 1II ere#onial 5rder- Will which drives through into outer #anifestation"contains or e#$odies $oth the periphery %edge( and center point. Ritualistic Synthesis. It

is necessary to e*press itself" to #anifest in an orderly rhyth#ic way or #anner.

6ecessity to e#$race what is a$ove as well as what is $elow. It is the energy which the

Being e#anates as it ta0es for# and lives. Will towards /*pression. %ighest e*pressionis organi'ation(