Lesson 18: The Inner Diagram of Man

PENSUM

• The internal structure of Man
• The 3 traitors
• The internal structure of a Superhuman

What should be taught:

1. Explain the internal structure of the human body.
2. Talk about the 4 bodies of Sin and the 3 traitors. Their influence on the mental animal.
3. Naming of the internal bodies of man in Catholic, Theosophical and Hermetic terminology.

4 - Explain the parable of the horse, the carriage, and the driver.

The 7 Worlds and Bodies

1. Natural World

It is the three-dimensional world we all know.

1. Physical Body

It is a very useful vehicle because:

• It allows us to come into contact with the natural world and receive wisdom and teachings from it.
• It produces the sexual energy with which we can do the Great Work.
• We also encounter it as: planetary body or cellular body.

2. Vital World (Etheric World)

• It is the highest part of the natural world.
• It is the biblical Eden, the earthly Paradise, the Garden of the Hesperides, the land from the Arabian Nights.
• It is located in the 4th dimension.
  • The 4th dimension is Time.
• The dominant color of this world is light blue.
  • The light blue color we see in the mountains from afar is the color of ether.
• In Eden, there still live humanities that have not fallen and which we cannot see due to our degeneration.
• There we also find the temples of the Elementals of Nature.
  • E.g. the temple of the orange tree, the temple of the mint, the temple of the pine tree, etc.
• The Angels of Life work in this world.
  • These Angels are the Hierarchies that connect the Essence with the sperm that will carry out the fertilization.
• We can, through Jinas practices, put the physical body into the 4th dimension.

Jinas State

• The Jinas state is when the physical body passes into the 4th dimension (into Hyperspace).
• How does the body enter a Jinas state:
  • Through special internal practices.
  • Through certain portals that lead to the 4th dimension (e.g. Bermuda Triangle).
  • By artificial methods (e.g. Philadelphia experiment).
• For the body to enter a Jinas state, the vibration frequency of its molecules must be accelerated to reach the frequency of the 4th dimension.
  • The energy required for this to happen is provided by the subconscious.
  • That is why in Jinas practices little sleep is required.
• It takes several years of preparation to raise the body’s vibrational frequency by using aromas, taking herbal baths, etc.
• Also, 100% faith is required, since even one speck of doubt is enough to cause the practice to fail.
• Various Jinas phenomena:
  • To transport someone to a distant place.
  • To levitate or fly the physical body (like various saints and yogis during prayer or meditation).
  • For someone to walk on water (as Master Jesus did).
  • To pass through stones or walls (as Saint Peter did when he escaped from prison, or as the disciples of Buddha did when they passed through mountains).
  • To make the physical body invisible.
  • To change the physical body’s form, e.g. to take the form of an animal, to grow, to shrink, etc.

The Vital Body (Etheric Body)

• The upper (fourth dimensional) part of the physical body
• It is an energy body.
  • It is the energy that allows the physical body to have life.
  • The basis for all chemical, caloric, reproductive, perceptual, etc. processes that take place in the physical body.
  • When the physical body sleeps, the vital body charges it with solar energy that it collects from the atmosphere.
  • When someone dies, the vital body separates from the physical body, remains near it like a ghost, and decays at the same time as it.
• Clairvoyants see it as an aura of colors.
  • We can now photograph it with Kirlian cameras.
• It consists of 4 Ethers:
  • Reflective Ether (functions of will-imagination-memory)
  • Luminous Ether (functions of the senses)
  • Chemical Ether (biochemical functions)
  • Ether of Life (reproductive functions)
• In the physical body it has its seat in the spleen.

3. Astral World

• This is the world of emotions.
• It is located in the 5th dimension.
  • The 5th dimension is Eternity.
• Every time the physical body sleeps, we go to the Astral world.
  • We may go either consciously or unconsciously.
  • Dreams are astral experiences.
  • Prophetic dreams are explained by the fact that in Eternity (5th dimension) the past and the future are united in an eternal Present.
• People who are disembodied go to this world.
  • That is why we can meet the “dead” in our “dreams” and converse with them.
• It is the world of colors.
  • The colors there are much more intense and vibrant than in the natural world.
  • Also, in the Astral world there are colors that do not exist in the physical.
• It is a world of mysteries and magic.
  • There we can invoke the various Hierarchies.
  • In this world, the white and black Hierarchies are fighting.
• It has areas that are superior and areas that are inferior:
  • In the higher regions there is light, happiness, harmony, etc.
  • In the lower regions there are the hells where all the passions, lower desires, vices, suffering, etc. correspond.

The Astral Body

• It is the body of emotions.
  • The various emotions that a person feels are expressed in their Astral Body as colors.
  • Clairvoyants see this phenomenon as an aura around the person that changes color, depending on what they are feeling. o For example, love appears as a blue aura. o For example, tenderness appears as a pink aura. o For example, compassion appears as a green aura. o For example, anger appears as a red aura. o For example, pride appears as an orange aura. o For example, jealousy appears as a dirty green aura. o For example, fear appears as a gray aura. o For example, sadness appears as a dark gray aura. o For example, hatred appears as a black aura.
• With this body we move around in the Astral World when our physical body is asleep.
  • The incarnated also move around with this body after death.
• In the physical body, it is located in the liver.
  • That’s why when the liver is healthy it is easier to consciously exit with the astral body.
  • A light cup of agave tea before bed helps with astral projection because it activates the liver.
• The senses of the Astral body are the chakras.
  • When the chakras are developed and activated they allow us to have more consciousness and clarity in the Astral world.
  • That is why vocalization is the “food” of the Astral body (since vocalization activates the chakras).
• We must distinguish between the Lunar and the Solar Astral Body.
  • The common man has the Lunar Astral Body. o It is a cold vehicle, like a ghost. o In esoteric Christianity it is symbolized by Judas.
    • Judas is the Demon of Desires.
    • He is the one who “sells Christ for 30 pieces of silver.” That is, he wastes sexual energy to satisfy his passions. o Through this body, each ‘I’ expresses its desires.
  • The Solar Astral Body is possessed only by those who have created it in Alchemy. o It is the Astral-Christ. o It is an immortal, radiant, heavenly body. o Through this, the Higher Emotion is expressed. o It allows the person who has it to reincarnate, as it grants them immortality in the Astral World.

Astral Travel

• Every person travels to the Astral world when the physical body sleeps.
  • It may be unconscious, without knowing that it is in the Astral.
  • It may be conscious.
• Some say that Astral Projection is dangerous, but this is not true because:
  • Every person experiences their Astral body when the physical body sleeps. They are simply just not conscious of this process.
  • Therefore, becoming aware of a physical function cannot be dangerous.
  • Since the Astral body is connected to the physical through the Silver Cord, there is no way that someone cannot return to their body, or that another entity can occupy their body while they are away.

Astral Unfolding Practice

• The basic practice for consciously going out into the Astral is as follows:

  • We lie down in our bed.
  • We relax the physical body and empty the mind.
  • We try to maintain our consciousness as we fall asleep.
  • When we feel that the physical body has fallen asleep, we get out of bed. o Mantras: There are various mantras that we can do mentally during practice. In this lesson we will teach the mantra: FA-RA-ON. o Invocations: We can also invoke before or during the practice some Hierarchies that have the power to help us with the Astral journey, such as: V.M. Lakhsmi (Governor of the Astral Light), Angel Anael (Prince of the Astral Light), V.M. Samael, our inner Philip, etc. o Posture: Two particular postures that V.M. Samael suggests for the Astral are: the Chac-Mool posture (on your back, with your knees bent and your feet flat on the bed) and the lion posture (lying on your left side, with your left palm over your face). o Help: There are certain aids that we can use in combination with the Astral practices, such as: drinking a Ruta Graveolen tea before the practice, cleansing the liver with various formulas, and having the 3 primary colors in our bedroom (blue, yellow, red), etc.

• Other practices include:

  • The Key of Discernment: During the day we should ask ourselves as often as possible whether we are in the Physical or the Astral world and do something to ascertain it (e.g. pull our finger or make a small jump). This is recorded in the subconscious, and when we repeat it at night, we will realize that we are in the Astral. (See “Light in the Darkness”, chapter “The Sense of Surprise”)
  • Autosuggestion practice: Before we lie down, we say to ourselves: “I am going to sleep. Whatever I see will be in the Astral World because I will be with the Astral body. I will become aware.” (For Astral practices see “Zodiac Lessons”, chapter “Gemini”)

• How to remember our Astral experiences:

  • When we wake from sleep, we remain still because as soon as we move, the astral experiences begin to fade away from memory.
  • We look back, trying to remember what we did in Astral, where we went, who we talked to, etc.
  • At the same time, we mentally chant the Mantra RAOM GAOM, which has the power to open the subconscious to receive memories.
  • Then we can get up and write down what we remembered in a notebook. (See “The Perfect Marriage”, chapter “The Awakening of Consciousness”)
  • Breakfast for Memory: acidic fruits, ground almonds and honey. This provides the brain with the necessary atoms for memory.

4. Mental World

• It is the world of the Cosmic Mind, the world of knowledge.
• Located in the 5th dimension, in a region “higher” than the Astral.
• Every human thought takes on a corresponding form in the Mental world.
  • For example, if we think of a hat, a thought-form of a hat is created in the Mental.
  • The clearer the thought, the clearer the form it takes.
  • A person with awakened Consciousness can know what others are thinking by seeing the thought forms they create.
• All inventions are found in the Mental world.
  • Every inventor sees his invention first in the Mental world (through imagination) and then crystallizes it in the physical world.
• It has areas that are superior and areas that are inferior:
  • In the higher regions there is wisdom, happiness, harmony, etc. o This is Devachan (in Hinduism), Heavenly Jerusalem (in Christianity). o Those who deserve it go to these paradises for a period of “vacation” after death.
  • In the lower regions there is pain and suffering. o That is where all the evil thoughts, diabolical inventions, etc. are found. o There are the most dangerous black magicians, who deceive the initiated with their brilliant intellectualism.

The Mental Body

• Related to:
  • Thoughts, reasonings, concepts, ideas, etc.
  • In its highest expression with spiritual inspiration.
• It is the body of Concrete Thought.
  • The thoughts of the Mental body always have some form.
  • To think without form we must use the Causal body.
• In humanity, the Mental body is still in a primitive stage.
  • That is why in the common man the face of his Mental body has the form of an animal, depending on the animal defects that characterize him.
  • For example, if he is cunning, he will have the face of a fox.
  • For example, if he is lustful, he will have the face of a dog.
  • For example, if he is vain, he will have the face of a peacock.
• We must distinguish between the Lunar and Solar Mental Bodies.
  • The common man has the Lunar Mental Body. o It is a cold vehicle, like a ghost. o In esoteric Christianity it is symbolized by Pilate.
    • Pilate is the Demon of the Mind.
    • He is the one who always “washes his hands,” that is, justifies his mistakes. o Through this body, each ‘ego’ expresses its way of thinking, its criteria, its plans, etc.
  • The Solar Mental Body is only possessed by those who created it in Alchemy. o It is the Christ Mind. o It is an immortal, radiant, heavenly body. o Through this, the Higher Intelligence and transcendent logic are expressed.

Psychic Energy

• Between the 5th and 6th dimensions there is a “region” called “psychic energy”.
• Through psychic energy, either the Essence or the ‘I’ can be expressed.
• This is the highest point that the ‘I’ can reach.
• This energy uses red blood cells as a vehicle in the physical body.

5. Causal World

• It is the “Heaven” of various religions.
  • The ‘I’ cannot access this world.
• It is located in the 6th dimension.
• It is called “Causal” because that is where we encounter the causes of things.
  • In the lower worlds we see only the phenomena (the effects), but not the causes.
  • In Causation we find the Law of Libra and see Karma in action.
  • There is no cause without effect, nor effect without cause. In this world cause and effect are one.
• It is the world of Conscious Will.
  • There the Father’s will is done.
  • That is why it is a world of harmony.
• It’s the world of music.
  • The will is music. o That’s why classical music makes us want to do something good, while inferior music makes us want to do negative things.
  • There the Music of the Spheres is heard.
  • There we find the Temple of Music, where its guardian is the one who was known as Beethoven.
• There are the Akashic records.
  • In the Akashic Records we can see everything that has happened in the past, in past lives, in previous Races, the history of the planet, etc.
  • The entire past is alive within the Akashic records.
• The dominant color in this world is deep, intense blue.

The Causal Body

• It is the body of the Human Soul (Mother).
  • The Human Soul is the Will.
  • He is the knight who must fight to conquer the princess (the Divine Soul).
  • Our Essence is a small piece of the Human Soul that we have incarnated.
• It is the body of Abstract Thought.
  • With the Causal body we can think without form.
  • E.g. purely philosophical, ethical, religious issues, etc.
• We must distinguish between the Lunar and the Solar Causal Bodies.
  • The common man has the Lunar Causal Body. o In esoteric Christianity it is symbolized by Caiaphas.
    • Caiaphas is the Demon of Evil Will.
    • He is the one who always wants to do his own will and hates the will of the Father. o Through this body each ‘I’ wants to do its evil will. o That is why the common man does not have his own true Will. o The common man cannot “do” anything. Rather, everything happens to him through the laws of Chance, Recurrence, and Karma-Dharma.
  • The Solar Causal Body is only possessed by those who created it in Alchemy. o It is the Will-Christ: the Body of Conscious Will. o It allows the person who has it to “do,” that is, to create the conditions. o It is an immortal, radiant, heavenly body.

6. Buddhic World

• It is the world of intuition.
  • Intuition is the ability to know without thinking.
• It is located between the 6th and 7th dimensions.
• It is the world of unity, of Cosmic Consciousness.
  • In the Buddhic world, life is one and we are all one.
  • Therefore, it is a world of love and brotherhood.

The Buddhic Body

• It is the body of the Divine Soul (Buddhi).
• Buddhic is Consciousness.
  • It is the Spiritual Soul.
  • She is the Beautiful Helen.
  • It’s the Valkyrie.
• Buddha is the Intimate Christ: our Personal Redeemer.
  • It is the mediator between the Human Soul and the Spirit (the Causal and the Atmic).
• “While the Human Soul works and suffers, the Divine Soul plays.”

7. Atmic World

• It is the world of Being, of Pure Spirit.
• It is located in the 7th dimension.
  • The 7th dimension is the zeroth.
  • It is the mathematical point from which the 6 dimensions unfold.
• It is the world of Mathematics.
  • There we see everything in a comprehensive, completely objective way.
  • For example, we see things not only from one side, but simultaneously from the inside, from the outside, from above, from below, from the sides, etc.
  • For example, we understand how many individuals each thing consists of, what level of consciousness each individual has, etc.

The Atmic Body

• It is the body of the Divine Spirit (Atman).
• Atman is our True Inner Being.
• He is the Intimate, the Innermost, our inner God.

The Structure of the Self-Realized Man

(See “The Dissolution of the Ego”, chapter “The Seven Worlds”)

• Man is an incomplete being.
  • In reality, the current man is not the true complete Man, but an intellectual animal.
• The Self-Realized Man is one who has embodied his Being.
  • In order for someone to embody their Being, they must first construct the Solar Bodies.
  • Without the Solar Bodies, one would not be able to withstand the high tension of Being.
• The Superman is the Man who then managed to incarnate God.
  • This means that he is not only Self-Realized, but he is also Resurrected.
• The intellectual animal:
  • He only has the Lunar Bodies.
  • Does not have his Being incarnated.
  • The only spiritual principle that is embodied is the Essence, which is a piece of the Human Soul.
• We must distinguish between Lunar and Solar Bodies.
  • The Lunar Bodies are cold, like ghosts, shining like candles in the inner worlds.
  • The Solar Bodies are immortal, heavenly, shining like the Sun in the inner worlds.

• Even when someone has built the Solar Bodies in previous lives, they must reactivate them and do a recapitulation by working on sexual alchemy.

The 3 Traitors and the 4 Bodies of Sin

• The 3 Traitors are the Lunar Bodies.
  • They are the 3 Egyptian Demons: Apophis, Hai and Nemesis.
  • They are the 3 traitors of Hiram Abif.
  • They are the 3 Erinyes.
• They are sub-human elements that lie behind the legion of ‘egos’.
  • The Initiate must destroy them in the First Labor of Hercules, working in the hells of the Moon (on the Second Mountain).

Judah

• He is the Demon of Desires.
• It is the Lunar Astral Body.
• He is the one who sells Christ for 30 pieces of silver, that is, he wastes sexual energy to satisfy his passions.

Pilate

• He is the Demon of the Mind.
• It is the Lunar Mental Body.
• He is the one who always “washes his hands,” that is, justifies his mistakes.

Caiaphas

• He is the Demon of bad Will.
• It is the Lunar Causal Body.
• He is the one who wants to do his own will and hates the will of the Father.

The 4 Bodies of Sin

• The 4 Bodies of Sin are the 3 Traitors plus the physical-vital body:
  • Lunar Causal Body
  • Lunar Mental Body
  • Lunar Astral Body
  • Physical - Vital Body

The Parable of the Chariot

• In certain Eastern parables, man is internally likened to a chariot.

The Chariot

• It symbolizes the physical body.
  • The driver must take care of it and keep it in good condition so that it can take the Lord where He wants.

The Horses

• They symbolize emotions.
  • The driver must control them with the reins (will) so that with their strength they can push the carriage.

The Guide

• It symbolizes logic.
  • He must be awake, because if he falls asleep then the horses will run without direction and throw the carriage off the cliff.

The Lord

• It symbolizes the Being.
  • The driver must learn to listen to the Voice of the Lord in order to direct the chariot to where He wants.

Suggested Practice with the 7 Bodies

• At the end of the class we will do a simple pranayama and a guided practice with the 7 bodies:
  • First, we all do 6 rounds of pranayama together, inhaling through one nostril, holding the breath for a moment, and exhaling through the other.
  • Then we do some relaxation, empty the mind, etc.
  • We concentrate on the heart and ask our Being and our Divine Mother to help us in this practice.
  • We meditate on the physical body, trying to realize that it is a very useful vehicle, but that in reality we are not that. Then we say, “I am not the physical body” three times and forget it.
  • We do the same with the vital, astral, mental, causal, buddhic and atmic bodies.
  • Then we try to identify with the Being and say “I am THAT” three times.
  • As guidance in this practice, we can read directly the words of V.M. Michael from the book “The Awakening of Consciousness”, Practice #2.
  • The practice will last approximately 25 minutes.
• Finally, we should encourage individuals to do the astral travel practice every time before going to sleep.

Second Chamber Information

Only for our own understanding, not to be discussed in the First Chamber.

The Tools and Foods of the Bodies

• There are certain techniques or tools to manage Consciousness at each level.
• Also, there are various foods for the internal bodies.

Geometric Dimensions

(See “The Book of the Dead”, chapter “The Angels of Death”)

If we extend a point (0 dimensions) we have a line (1 dimension).

If we extend a line (1 dimension) we have a plane (2 dimensions).

If we extend a plane (2 dimensions) we have a volume (3 dimensions).

• Point: Zero Dimension

• Line: One Dimension — consists of infinite points. (length)

• Surface: Two Dimensions — consists of infinite lines. (length, width)

• Volume: Three Dimensions — consists of infinite surfaces. (length, width, height)

• Hypervolume: Four Dimensions — consists of infinite three-dimensional bodies. (length, width, height, time)

• A person’s entire life, from conception to death, constitutes their four-dimensional body.

• The four-dimensional body of a table would be its entire duration, from the moment it was constructed to the moment it was destroyed.

• Although the world has 7 dimensions, every being perceives some of them.
• For example, a snail:
  • It has only one brain (motor-instinctual-sexual).
  • It only perceives one dimension.
  • The world is therefore a “line” on which it moves. This “line” is: from the unpleasant to the pleasant.
• For example, a dog:
  • It has two brains (motor and emotional).
  • It perceives two dimensions.
  • For example, walking towards a house, he sees the house constantly growing, but since he has no intellect, he cannot think that it is a “house” that is constantly the same size and that only its perspective changes, making it appear to be growing.
• The man:
  • It has three brains (motor, emotional and intellectual).
  • It perceives three dimensions.
  • Although with his eyes he only sees two dimensions (like a dog), with his intellect he creates concepts of things that allow him to perceive the third dimension.
  • For example, walking towards a house, he sees the house constantly growing, but he has mentally constructed the concept of “house” that allows him to think that it is a fixed object and that what changes is not the “house” but its perspective.

(See “The Solar Bodies”, chapter “Consciousness”)

• The dimensions that we cannot yet perceive as space, we feel as time.
  • For example, the dog senses the 3rd dimension as time.
  • Everything that appears before him has the feeling that it comes from the “future”, and everything he stops seeing has the feeling that it has passed and become the “past”.
  • For example, while walking, he sees a house and passes it. For the dog, this house is a phenomenon that has passed, belongs to the past, and whenever he encounters it again, he will have the feeling that a new house has come from the future.
  • We, because we can create the concept of “home”, know of course that this is not a phenomenon related to time, but to the dog’s movement in space.
  • Similarly, humans experience the 4th dimension as time, while in reality it belongs to space.
  • For example, when an event happens, we think it comes from the “future” and then it passes and becomes the “past”.
  • If we could perceive the 4th dimension, we would see that all that we call “past” and “future” is not related to time, but to movement in four-dimensional space.
  • For example, we say that “it snowed yesterday” or that “tomorrow at 7:00 it will rise”, but all of this already exists now, in this moment, in the 4th dimension.

Astral Unfolding

• Can someone consciously go out into the Astral:
  • With esoteric practices for Astral Unfolding.
  • Involuntarily maintaining consciousness as he falls asleep.
  • By using certain plants or substances.
  • Through hypnosis.

Special Plants for Astral Unfolding

• There are various plants with which one can consciously go out into the Astral.
  • Some of them act in a positive way and are plants that the White Brotherhood uses in specific cases, such as: peyote, yage, etc.
  • Nevertheless, V.M. Samael discouraged their use by students, recommending instead patience and persistence with the practices of Astral (due to the risk of mythomania, etc.). (See “Aztec Christic Magic”, chapter “The Secret Temple of Chapultepec”)
  • Many of these plants act in a negative way, activating the Kundabuffer organ and causing an astral projection that is subjective, such as: marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, etc. (See “The Wisdom of Being” and “Great Rebellion”, chapter “Drugs”)

Astral Unfolding through Hypnosis

(See “The Solar Bodies”, chapter “The Astral Body”)

• The Astral unfolding that one can achieve through hypnosis also belongs to the category of negative and subjective unfoldings.

The 4 Ethers of the Vital Body

(1) Ether of Life

Functions: reproduction. It is developed with: meditation, prayer, breathing exercises, Runic exercises, good nutrition, no stress. It is destroyed by: stress, abuse.

• It’s almost three-dimensional.
• It is the blue color we see in the mountains and is the aura that covers our universe.
• It stabilizes the Prana that comes from above and the vibration that rises from the Earth.

(2) Chemical Ether

Functions: assimilation of useful substances and elimination of useless substances from the body. It grows with: purity, conversion, good nutrition, no abuses. It is destroyed by: poor diet, abuse.

• It fulfills the various chemical functions needed for the organism to live.
• It gives us the characteristics that correspond to us according to our zodiac sign.

(3) Luminous Ether

Functions: senses (natural and supernatural), heat (burning calories), colors. It develops with: self-remembering, self-observation. It is destroyed by: identification, charm, sentimentality.

• It is the unfolding of the light that emanates from the Mental and Astral worlds.
• It allows us to have light (Consciousness) in the physical world and the inner worlds.
• It is a function of our Divine Mother: if we are conscious, then She helps us through this ether.

(4) Reflective Ether

Functions: imagination, will, memory. It develops with: mysticism, prayer, contemplation. It is destroyed by: unconsciousness.

• It is an unfolding from the Electronic world from which life as an essence emanates.
• Through this we receive in each return the vital values deposited in the three brains.
  • It connects us to the karmic consequences we must pay for the misuse of these values in past lives.
• It is the Uncreated Light (Consciousness) that we create within ourselves.
• It is a function of our Intimate Christ.

• When we practice the Christic Teachings, then the Vital body is completely reorganized and its two higher ethers grow.

• When the initiate separates the two higher ethers (Luminous and Reflective) and takes them with him into the Astral Body, then the experiences he has in the Astral Body become more conscious and intense and he remembers them better.

  • This is done through the initiatic process and the death of the ‘ego’.
  • We can also, before we sleep, ask our Being to bring with us to the Astral Plane the Lady of Memories along with the two higher ethers so that we may remember all the experiences we will have.