The theory of celestial influence : man, the universe, and cosmic mystery

The Fourth Way THE THEORY OF CELESTIAL INFLUENCE 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1. THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE 15 I. THE ABSOLUTE 15 II. THE MILKY WAY IN THE WORLD OF SPIRAL NEBULAE 18 III. THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THE MILKY WAY 24 2. THE TIMES OF THE UNIVERSE 35 I. THE RELATION BETWEEN SPACE AND TIME 35 II. THE DAYS AND LIVES OF WORLDS 41 III. MOMENTS OF PERCEPTION 47 3. THE SOLAR SYSTEM 51 I. THE LONG BODY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 51 II. THE SOLAR SYSTEM AS TRANSFORMER 56 III. THE INTERACTION OF SUN AND PLANETS 63 4. SUN, PLANETS AND EARTH 67 I. THE THREE FACTORS OF CAUSATION 67 II. THE SIX PROCESSES IN NATURE 71 III. THE FOUR STATES OF MATTER 75 5. THE SUN 82 I. THE PHYSICAL BEING OF THE SUN 82 II. HYDROGEN INTO LIGHT 87 III. POSSIBILITIES IN THE SUN 92 6. THE HARMONY OF THE PLANETS 96 I. THE PLANETARY OCTAVES 96 II. THE MEANING OF THE HARMONY 99 III. THE CIRCULATION OF LIGHT: VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE 105 7. THE ELEMENTS OF EARTH 110 I. ELEMENTAL OCTAVES 110 II. SPEEDS OF DIFFUSION 118 Ill. THE TRIPLE CREATION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 122 8. THE MOON 129 I. THE MOON AS BALANCE-WEIGHT 129 II. THE MOON AS MAGNET 134 III. THE MOON AS EARTH'S OFFSPRING 139 9. THE WORLD OF NATURE 143 I. THE SIX REALMS OF NATURE 143 II. NATURE IN SPACE: NATURE IN GEOLOGIC TIME 147 III. THE PERCEPTION OF ANIMALS 152 10. MAN AS MICROCOSM 158 I. THE ANATOMICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR REGULATORS 158 II. TYPES: ENDOCRINE AND ASTROLOGICAL 165 III. THE BLOODSTREAM AS INDEX OF MAN'S BEING 173 11. MAN IN TIME 178 I. THE SLOWING DOWN OF HUMAN TIME 178 II. THE MILESTONES OF LIFE 184 III. THE CALENDAR: SUPERHUMAN AND SUBHUMAN TIMES 188 12. THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (I) 194 I. GROWTH 194 II. DIGESTION 198 III. ELIMINATION, AND THE ROLE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS 202 13. THE SIX PROCESSES IN MAN (II) 211 I. CORRUPTION 211 II. HEALING 215 III. REGENERATION 220 14. HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY 226 I. PERSONALITY, ESSENCE AND SOUL 226 II. SELF-REMEMBERING, CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY 232 III. THE PLAY OF HUMAN TYPES 243 15. THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZATION 249 I. FUNCTIONS AND CASTES: CELLS AND MEN 249 II. THE SOUL OF A CIVILIZATION: THE FOUR WAYS 257 III. THE DECLINING ABSOLUTE, OR COMPARATIVE RELIGION 264 16. THE SEQUENCE OF CIVILIZATIONS 267 I. CIVILIZATION'S EARTHLY HOUR 267 II. BIRTH AND REBIRTH OF CULTURES 273 III. THE AGE OF THE CONQUEST OF TIME 282 17. THE CYCLES OF GROWTH AND WAR 291 I. PHYSIOGNOMY: THE MIRROR OF MERCURY 291 II. VENUS AND FERTILITY 296 III. MARS AND WAR 300 18. THE CYCLES OF CRIME, HEALING AND CONQUEST 307 I. THE ASTEROIDS, ECONOMICS AND CRIME 307 II. JUPITER, OR THE HARMONICS OF MOONS 311 III. SATURN AND CONQUEST 315 19. THE CYCLE OF SEX 321 I. FASHION: THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PHASES OF URANUS 321 II. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX 324 III. SEX AS THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION 328 20. THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION 335 I. FAVOURABLE PERIODS 335 II. THE WORK OF SCHOOLS 341 Ill. SCHOOL AS A COSMOS 348 21. MAN IN ETERNITY 356 I. DEATH 356 II. RECURRENCE 359 III. BEYOND RECURRENCE 364 APPENDICES 371 I. THE LOGICAL AND SUPER-LOGICAL MINDS IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUMINATION (INTRODUCTION) 371 II. TABLE OF TIMES AND COSMOSES (2) 374 III. THE THEORY OF OCTAVES (6) 375 IV. PLANETARY TABLES (6) 376 V. TABLE OF ELEMENTS (7) 378 VI. TABLE OF HUMAN FUNCTIONS (10) 379 VII. TABLE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (12) 380 VIII. THE CYCLE OF CIVILIZATIONS (16) 382 IX. PLANETARY CYCLES AND HUMAN ACTIVITY (17) 388 X. THE CYCLE OF WAR (17) 390 XI. RELATION BETWEEN THE JOVIAL AND SOLAR SYSTEMS (18) 392 XII. THE CYCLE OF SEX (19) 393 XIII. THE CYCLE OF REGENERATION (20) 393 XIV. BIBLIOGRAPHY 396 PLATES 25 I. The Solar System in the Milky Way 25 II. The Long Body of the Solar System 26 III. The Generation of Energy in the Sun 59 IV. The Conjunction of Venus 60 V. The Circulation of Light 125 VI. The Elements, the Realms of Nature and the Planets 126 VII. Man as Microcosm 159 VIII. The Clock of Human Life 160 LINE-DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT 28 1. Cross-section and Appearance of the Milky Way 28 2. The Solar System 52 3. Primary and Secondary Coils : Part of the Solar System, in Time 57 4. Field of Force created by a Rotating Sphere 83 5. Atoms of Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon, etc. 87 6. The Octave of the Planets 107 7. The Circulation of Light 108 8. The Design of the year 190 9. Triads of Digestion & Elimination 203 10. The Octaves of Molecular Compounds 206 11. Fascination, Divided Attention, Self-Remembering 237 12. The Types of Humanity 244 13. The Sequence of Civilisations in Europe 276 14. The Round of Types 331 15. School as Cosmos 351 16. The Scheme of the Universe 370 Fourth,Way,eBooks