Should the average person think of God's Throne, at once his mind soars to the firmamental regions, perhaps to a distant star or constellation, or, more likely, to a secret and universal Center invisible because of human limitations.

Somewhere in those heights, popular imagination has throned Jehovah King of kings and, upon his right hand, the Son manifest to Earth as the child of Mary, but to the heavens as the Only Begotten before all worlds. In that somewhat inferior place the left hand of the Father, sits the Holy Spirit the mysterious other in that allgoverning group the Triune God, the Three in One.

Many passages of scripture lend themselves to this view, thus: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Here the Son and the Father are interchangeable, or, more precisely, the essential unity of the Messiah and Jehovah is announced. With this unity our view accords; in fact the Secret Science teaches the inner oneness of all beings.

Saith the Psalmist: "The Lord said unto me, thou art my son: this day have I begotten thee." In Hebrews, Paul the Initiate says of Jesus the Christ: "Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person, sat down on the right hand of Majesty on high." From this last the literalist gathers that but one throne exists, that of Jehovah: but, finding an inner interpretation, the occultist knows that, while many spiritual thrones exist in many degrees of glory, interiorly they are unified.

Concerning these thrones let us condense a teaching from the Secret Science. There are two orders of spiritual thrones, the solar and the planetary. The planetary thrones are seven, that of Jupiter being in position the loftiest. This is the throne of Spiritual Will, and from it the Spiritual Will principle of every other planet has inner impulse. That its influence may best reach downward, this throne is in the lowest of the seven divisions of the Jovian Atma. Next in position is the throne of Mercury, the throne of Buddhi. It has place in the lowest of the seven divisions of Buddhi the dominating principle of the planet. The influence of this throne is over the buddhic principle of every lower planet.

Next in position is the throne of Venus, that of Manas the dominant planetary principle. This throne has place in the lowest save one of the seven planetary divisions of Manas. That one is residuum for a future manvantara. The influence of the Venusian throne is over the Manas of every lower planet. The throne of Saturn is in the lowest division save two of its Kama-Manas. The excluded two divisions are to be residuum. The influence of the Saturnian throne is over the Kama-Manas of all lower planets. The throne of Mars is in the middle or fourth division of its dominant Kama. The excluded three divisions are to be residuum. The influence of the Martian throne is over the Kama of all lower planets.

The lunar throne, that of Jehovah, is in the secret lunar Sphere, and in that division of the Astral which, in its ancient septenary, was fifth in the ascending series. The lower four of the old seven are now in pralaya with the Moon's physical shell. Theoretically the influence of this throne is over the Astral of our lower planet but, during the regentship of Jehovah, it undertook in this world a far broader scope. The throne of Earth, that of the great Master of physical life, is in the highest division save one of the seven-fold physical. In after ages its influence will extend to the eighth planet. Concerning the three planets included in the tenary scheme, their thrones are not yet established.

The solar thrones are ten in number; the lowest in order being that of the violet Astral Hierarchy of Personal Will whose polar opposite - as explained on page 11, Arcane Science - is the Jupiter throne of Spiritual Will. This solar throne is in the fifth, ascending the septenary division of the solar Astral. It influences directly both the Jupiter Spiritual Will, and the Personal Will of the Lunar Sphere. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the red Kamic Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the Mercurian throne of Buddhi. This solar throne is in the fourth, ascending the septenary division of the solar Kama. It influences directly both the Mercurian Buddhi, and the Martian Kama.

Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the green Kama-Manasic Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the Venusian throne of Manas. This solar throne is in the third, ascending the septenary division of the solar Kama Manas. It influences directly both the Manas of Venus, and the Kama-Manas of Saturn. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the indigo Manasic Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the Saturnian throne of Kama-Manas. This solar throne is in the second, ascending the septenary division of the solar Manas. It influences directly both the Kama-Manas of Saturn, and the Manas of Venus. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the yellow Buddhic Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the Martian throne of Kama. This solar throne is in the basic division of the septenary of solar Buddhi. It influences directly both the Kama of Mars, and the Buddhi of Mercury. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the light blue Atmic Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the throne of Jehovah in the secret Lunar Sphere. This solar throne is in the basic division of the seven-fold solar Atma. It influences directly both the astral of the secret Lunar Sphere, and the Jovian Atma.

Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the orange, refined physical Hierarchy whose polar opposite is the throne of Messiah, that of this Earth. This solar throne is high in the seventh sub-division of the seventh, ascending the septenary of the solar Physical. It influences directly the physical of this planet. It is the throne of Majesty indicated by Paul as already quoted. It is the throne of the Father to whom Jesus ever looked for strength and guidance, and without Whom he could do nothing. The Initiate Apostle declares the Son to be the express image of the

Father, and evidently his seat "at the right hand" is a throne of great prominence.

Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the higher orange, eighth Physical Hierarchy. It has middle place in the seventh sub-division of the seventh, ascending the septenary of the solar Physical. It influences directly the physical of the planet Neptune. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the highest orange, ninth Physical Hierarchy. It is placed lower in the seventh subdivision of the seventh, ascending the septenary of the solar Physical. It influences directly the physical of the planet Uranus. Next in the order of solar thrones is that of the beyond orange, tenth Physical Hierarchy. It has basic place in the seventh sub-division of the seventh, ascending the septenary of the solar Physical. It influences directly the physical of the tenth planet.

Ignoring precedent we have placed the three great culminating solar Hierarchies and thrones above the Atma of the septenary division. Our reason is a deeply occult one to be explained in the next chapter.

We saw that the six planets, from Jupiter to the Lunar Sphere inclusive, each receives the direct influence of but two solar thrones. Also we saw that the Earth, and the three planets of the tenary scheme, each receives the direct influence of but one solar throne. From this it should not be supposed that any planet is deprived of indirect influences from certain solar thrones; neither should it be inferred that direct solar influence is due to partiality. Direct and indirect thronal influences are in harmony with certain laws of cosmic affinity which are basic indeed, and will not be touched upon at this stage of our teachings.

These thronal influences operate through the solar rays which, let it be said, are only the vehicles of thronal influence.

The orange physical ray proper to the seventh hierarchy, carries physical light, and indirect physical thronal influence, to the other planets in the septenary series, but direct thronal influence to this planet only. This orange hierarchial ray should not be confounded with the orange of the spectrum, for in fact it is the synthesis of the seven hierarchial colors. In this arc of our planetary round, and because of our deep immersion in matter, this hierarchial orange is invisible. The grosser white alone appeals to physical vision.

In the Secret Science the true color peculiar to the physical sun corresponds with gold, and proceeds from the photosphere shorn of that gross and intense physical fire which results in the white. The hierarchial orange mentioned was a characteristic color of self-luminous Earth in her first round, and will be that of her self-luminous seventh round. Also, that orange was the color peculiar to the first and deathless root race of the present planetary round, and is the color of the undying seventh root race to be.

As vehicle of the six other solar rays, the hierarchial orange carries the hierarchial astral ray, and its indirect thronal influence, to this Earth, and its direct thronal influence to the violet planet. This scheme the student should apply to the other planets of the septenary series. The rays from the eighth, ninth, and tenth hierarchies, carry to their respective planets the indirect thronal influence of all other solar hierarchies.

H.