The Nature of the Human Spirit
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Which principle is responsible for memory, power of discrimination, and judgment?

  • Air principle (correct)
  • Earthy principle
  • Water principle
  • Fiery principle
  • Which principle is responsible for conscience and intuition?

  • Earthy principle
  • Water principle (correct)
  • Air principle
  • Fiery principle
  • Which principle is responsible for egotism and the instincts of self-preservation and propagation?

  • Air principle
  • Water principle
  • Earthy principle (correct)
  • Fiery principle
  • What can the incipient adept do to enlarge the qualities of the spirit?

    <p>Study the properties of the elements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to know one's own microcosm for initiation and magic practice?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The fiery principle is responsible for memory, power of discrimination, and judgment?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The air principle is responsible for strength, power, and passion?

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    True or false: The water principle is responsible for egotism and the instincts of self-preservation and propagation?

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    True or false: The earthy part of the spirit is responsible for conscience and intuition?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Serious studies and deep meditation can enlarge the qualities of the spirit with respect to the analogous laws of the four-pole magnet?

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    What are the properties ascribed to the fiery principle?

    <p>strength, power, passion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the properties ascribed to the air principle?

    <p>memory, power of discrimination, judgment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the properties ascribed to the water principle?

    <p>conscience, intuition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the properties ascribed to the earthy part of the spirit?

    <p>egotism, instincts of self-preservation, propagation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it important to know one's own microcosm for initiation and magic practice?

    <p>It is important for the initiation and magic practice as well as for the whole of the secrets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    By now, the disciple ought to have realized how very important it is to know one’s own microcosm for the initiation and especially for the magic and the mystic practice, as a matter of fact, for the whole of the ______.

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    Most of the authors, from sheer ignorance or for other cogent reasons, have omitted this extremely important part, the ______.

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    For this reason, we can make the fiery principle responsible for ______, power and passion;

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    Memory, power of discrimination and judgment are ascribed to the ______ principle.

    <p>air</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Conscience and intuition are ascribed to the principle of ______.

    <p>water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    The Spirit

    • The spirit of man is created in the image of God, comprising body, soul, and spirit.
    • Body and soul serve as a veil or garment for the spirit, which is the immortal part and the image of God.

    Elemental Qualities of the Spirit

    • The spirit has four specific elemental qualities: fiery, airy, watery, and earthy.
    • Fiery principle represents the will (volition) and is responsible for strength, power, and passion.
    • Airy principle represents intellect (mind) and is responsible for memory, power of discrimination, and judgment.
    • Watery principle represents life and feeling, and is responsible for conscience and intuition.
    • Earthy principle represents the union of all three elements in the consciousness of the ego, and is responsible for egotism and instincts of self-preservation and propagation.

    The Fifth Principle: Etheric Principle (Akasa)

    • The etheric principle manifests itself in the highest aspect as faith, and in the lowest form as the instinct of self-preservation.
    • Each elemental principle has many other aspects corresponding to the law of analogy of polarity or positive and negative elements.

    Importance of Knowing the Microcosm

    • Knowing one's own microcosm is essential for initiation, magic, and mystic practice, as well as for understanding the whole of the secrets.
    • Many authors have omitted this important part, the foundation, due to ignorance or other reasons.

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