The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING or more of the Mudras, as laid down in the “ Hatha Yoga Pradipika” and the “ Shiva Sanhita,” so that he may arouse the sleeping Kundalini, the great goddess, as she is called, who sleeps coiled up at the mouth of the Sushumna. But before we deal with either of these exercises, it will be neces- sary to explain the Mystical Constitution of the human organism and the six Chakkras which constitute the six stages of the Hindu Tau of Life. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN ORGANISM Firstly, we have the Atman, the Self or Knower, whose being consists in a trinity in unity of, Sat, Absolute Existence; Chit, Wisdom; Ananda, Bliss. Secondly, the Anthakarana or the internal instrument, which has five attributes according to the five elements, thus: Spirit . Atma. Air . . Manas.* The mind or thought faculty. . Spirit. {Fire . Buddhi. The discriminating faculty. Water . Chittam.* The thought-stuff. Earth . Ahankara. Egoity. . Air. The five organs of knowledge. Gnanendriyam. . Fire. The five organs of Action. Karmendriyam. . Water. The five subtle airs or Pranas. . Earth. The five Tatwas. The Atma of Anthak4rana has 5 sheaths, called Kos’as.+ w aaRwnd * Manas and Chittam differ as the movement of the waters of a lake differ from the water itself. + H. P. Blavatsky in “Instruction No. 1” issued to members of the first degree of her Eastern School of Theosophy (marked “Strictly Private and Confidential!”) deals with those Kos’as on p. 16, But it is quite impossible here 85