Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire by Manly P. Hall

Author:Manly P. Hall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: INscribe Digital
Published: 2016-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

PART III—THE SACRED FIRE IN THE SPINE AND BRAIN

Santee called the medulla spinalis (spinal cord) the central axis of the nervous system. In a person of average size the spinal cord is about eighteen inches in length, weighs approximately one ounce, and terminates opposite the first lumbar vertebra. The upper end of the spinal cord, passing upward through the foramen magnum (the large opening in the occipital bone of the skull) ends at the medulla oblongata. Running through the spinal cord is a tiny central channel referred to as the sixth ventricle. This is described as follows; “It is just visible to the naked eye, but it extends throughout the cord and expands above the fourth ventricle. In the conus medullaris it is also dilated, forming the ventriculus terminalis (Krausei).”

According to the Eastern system of occult culture, there are 49 sacred nerve centers in the human body, of which the seven most important and key centers are placed near the spine at various intervals. The total number, 49, is the square of 7, and is also the number of rounds and sub-rounds of a planetary chain. When seen clairvoyantly, all of these centers resemble flowers or electric sparks. Each one of the seven main plexuses has six of lesser importance surrounding it, thus forming six-pointed stars diagrammatically, although the centers are not arranged in star-like order in the body

Concerning the continued recurrence of the sacred number seven in connection with the organs and parts of the human body, H. P. Blavatsky writes; “Remember that physiology, imperfect as it is, shows septenary groups all over the exterior and interior of the body; the seven orifices, the seven ‘organs’ at the base of the brain, the seven plexuses the pharyngeal, the laryngeal, cavernous, cardiac, epigastric [some as solar plexus], prostatic, and sacral plexus, etc.” These seven are the negative spinal plexuses of first importance, but disciples of the mysteries are warned not to attempt the development of these centers, because they are negative poles. All of the real plexuses which the true disciple of the highest knowledge should try to unfold are located within the skull, for the body is a negative pole of that spiritual body contained within the cranial cavity. As the body is controlled by the brain, the true adept works with the brain, avoiding the negative poles of the brain centers which are located along the spine. Proper development of the seven brain discs, or spiritual interpenetrating globes, results in the awakening of the spinal flowers by an indirect process. Beware of the direct process by concentrating upon or directionalizing the internal breath towards the spinal centers.

Madame Blavatsky might have added to her list of septenaries the seven sacred organs about the heart, the seven ductless glands of first importance, the seven methods by which the body is vitalized, the seven sacred breaths, the seven body systems (bones, nerves, arteries, muscles, etc.), the seven layers of the auric egg, the seven major divisions of the embryo, the seven senses (five awakened and two latent), and the seven-year periods into which human life is divided.

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