| Planetary Schools 
      EARTH - The
        School of Magnetic Response. Another name given to its pupils is "The graduates of
        painful endeavor" or the "adjudicators between the polar opposites."URANUS - The School of Magic of the tenth order. It is sometimes called "the planet
        of the violet [1178] force," and its graduates wield the power of cosmic etheric
        prana. A further hint to be taken in connection with the two names above given, is that its
        graduates are said to undergo examination upon the third subplane of the astral plane.
      VULCAN - The
        School for Fiery Stones. There is a curious connection between the human units who pass
        through its halls and the mineral kingdom. The human units on the earth scheme are called
        in mystical parlance "the living stones"; on Vulcan they are called "fiery
        stones."
      JUPITER -
        The School of Beneficent Magicians. This planet is sometimes called in the parlance of the
        schools, the "College of Quadruple Force units," for its members wield four
        kinds of force in constructive magical work. Another name given to its halls is
        "The Palace of Opulence" for its graduates work with the Law of Supply, and are
        frequently called "The Sowers."
      MERCURY -
        The pupils in this planetary school are called "The Sons of Aspiration" or
        "The Points of Yellow Life." They have a close connection with our Earth scheme,
        and the old Commentary refers to this in the words:
 
      "The
      points of golden flame merge and blend with the four-leaved plant of tender green, and
      change its color to a tinge of autumn yellow. The four-leaved plant through new and fresh
      [1179] inflow becomes the plant with seven leaves and three white flowers." 
      VENUS - The
        School with five strict Grades. This again is a planetary scheme closely related to ours,
        but its planetary Logos is in a more advanced group of students in the cosmic sense than
        is our planetary Logos. Most of its hierarchical instructors come from the fifth cosmic
        plane, and are a peculiar group of Manasadevas of very exalted rank. They are each
        depicted in the archives of our Hierarchy as holding a trident of fire surmounted by five
        green emeralds.MARS - The
        School for Warriors, or the open grades for soldiers. Four of these planetary schools are
        responsible for the energy flowing through the foremost exponents of the f our castes and
        this not only in India but in all parts of the world. Its teachers are spoken of as the
        "Graduates of the ruddy Fire," and are frequently portrayed as clothed in red
        robes, and carrying ebony wands. They work under the first Aspect logoic and train those
        whose work is along the lines of the destroyer.NEPTUNE -
        This school concerns itself with the development and fostering of the desire element and
        its graduates are called "the Sons of Vishnu." Their symbol is a robe with a
        full sailed boat portrayed over the heart, the significance of which will be apparent to
        those who have eyes to see. It is not
    permissible to touch upon the other planetary schools, nor would it profit. Certain
    further facts can be ascertained by the student of meditation who is aligned with his Ego,
    and in touch with his egoic group. [1180] The
    teaching given on our earth scheme in the Hall of Wisdom has been dealt with in many
    occult books, including Initiation, Human and Solar, and need not be enlarged upon
    here. Some of the aspects of this law are here indicated. The ground is by no means covered
    but enough has been shown to indicate its magnitude and extent. In closing, it must be
    pointed out that the Law of Karma is from some angles of vision the sum total of
    this Law of Attraction for it governs the relation of all forms to that which uses the
    form, and of all lives to each other. |