The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE EQUINOX I. Anandamayakos’a, Body of Bliss, is innermost. It is still an illusion. Atma, Buddhi and Manas at most par- ticipate. 2. Manomayakos’a. The illusionary thought-sheath includ- ing Manas, Buddhi, Chittam, and Ahankara in union with one or more of the Gnanendriyams. 3. Viiifianamaydkos’a. The consciousness sheath, which con- sists of Anthakdrana in union with an organ of action or of sense—Gnan- and Karm-endriyam. 4. Pranamayakos’a. Consists of the five airs. Here we drop below Anthakarana. 5. Annamaydkos’a. Body of Nourishment. The faculty which feeds on the five Tatwas. Besides these there are three bodies or Shariras. 1. Karana Sharira. The Causal body, which almost equals the protoplast. 2. Sukshma Sharira. The Subtle body, which consists of the vital airs, etc. 3. Sthula Shirara. The Gross body. THE CHAKKRAS According to the Yoga,* there are two nerve-currents in to attempt to extract from these instructions the little sense they may contain on account of the numerous Auric Eggs, Akasic envelopes, Karmic records, Dévachanic states, etc. etc. On p. 89 of “Instruction No. III” we are told that the Sushumna zs the Brahmarandhra, and that there is “an enormous difference between Hatha and Raja Yoga.” Plate III of Instructions No. II is quite Theosophical, and the third rule out of the Probationers’ pledge, “I pledge myself never to listen, without protest, to any evil thing spoken falsely, or yet unproven, of a brother Theosophist, and to abstain from condemning others,” seems to have been consistently acted upon ever since. * Compare with the Kundalini the Serpent mentioned in paragraph 26 of 86