Earth Base

“In connection with a planet, they are called by a mysterious name which may not be revealed, as it conceals the mystery of the scheme which preceded ours, and of which ours is a reproduction”. TCF 780. AAB.

“Conditions of agony and of distress such as are found on our planet are found in no such degree in any other scheme”. TCF 417. AAB.

...So I see the fourth scheme as fourth 'Earth, Kundalini Base Scheme,' demonstrating as a non-sacred scheme of great suffering [planetary avitchi on earth], like no other scheme, i.e. transmuting energy from the etheric un-named scheme of systemic avichi the third major, eight rejected scheme, its triple kundalini fires of the previous SS… JPC. 

The above from my previous paper, 'Earth Kundalini Base, Eventual Heart Triangle'. The below passages from DK inform us of this our fourth scheme being a "reproduction" of the previous scheme which should remain un-named.  

It provides us further hints, covering the nature of pitris/devas, a certain group from the previous dissolving scheme who were carried into this as a reproduction. Their "mysterious" name is not given as it would reveal the "mystery of the scheme which preceded ours." DK goes on to tell us that there are energy/devas reaching the knowledge petals of the solar lotus via the manasic permanent atom Saturn scheme, which constitute a type of deva not much considered and are "not" lunar devas.  

They come in from that cosmic dying moon of a solar system relating to ours as the moon relates to earth chain. Let us consider that this forth scheme is a scheme of great suffering like no other, as DK says.  

I submit that the third dissolving un-named scheme, of "systemic avitchi," is as hinted, the scheme upon which ours is reproduced having absorbed the 'lower, negative' aspect of energised matter/substance. This deva essence, which is also "un-named" enters the knowledge petals of Solar, planetary, and human causal body! Thus pertaining to some part the lower aspect of the knowledge petals which in unfoldment must be balanced by the unfolding of the love petals.  

Clearly then, our Earth scheme is one of great suffering and a direct reproduction of "systemic avitchi" at this time and is a reproduction of the eighth rejected scheme, thus representing 'Earth base' which will eventually constitute a Heart triangle as the love petals in the solar lotus un-fold. 

HPB informs us this planet earth is known as Myalba. Saturn planet in connection with Saturn scheme transmits said triple energy, which includes the lowest negative un-named type into our system on a planetary level and to earth via humanity.  

We might consider that just as earth planet absorbed the lunar principles due to its failure, so to did earth scheme absorb schematic principles to make up for lost time as far as the Solar Logos is concerned on a systemic level. We are left, then, pondering upon a significant role in which our earth planet and scheme plays in planetary and schematic purpose. For though a whole scheme was indeed rejected, this state of affairs could not be left, and a major rectification is duly being made. JPC. July 2005. 

“Conditions of agony and of distress such as are found on our planet are found in no such degree in any other scheme”. TCF 417.

“Myalba is our earth - pertinently called "Hell," and the greatest of all Hells, by the esoteric school. The esoteric doctrine knows of no hell or place of punishment other than on a man-bearing planet or earth. Avitchi is a state and not a locality”. Voice Of The Silence. HPB.

“The Earth chain absorbed or synthesized the moon chain in the same sense as certain of the schemes will merge until only three will apparently be left”. TCF 414.

“This scheme, whose name must not as yet be revealed, is largely given over to deva control - the two groups of devas meeting there, and performing their function of animating the dense physical body of the Logos in the same way as the kundalini in man at this stage animates his dense physical vehicle”. TCF 648.

“In the dual sounding of the egoic mantram by the lowest of the three groups changes are brought about and the lunar Pitris (who concern themselves with the lower three vehicles) enter upon their work, the key being given to them by the solar Angels.

These lunar Pitris embody the substance of man's lower bodies, just as the solar Pitris sacrifice themselves to give him his egoic body, and his consciousness. 55, 56 They are substance in its dual aspect, and the Lunar Pitris in their higher grades are the positive energy of atomic substance, and in their lower are the negative aspect of the same substance. They might be considered, in connection with man, as triple in their ranks:      

The highest group of all receives the energy from the higher levels, and ensouls the spirillae of the three permanent atoms.      

The second group, being the positive energy that attracts, builds and forms the body of man on the three planes.      

The lowest group are the negative aspect of energized substance and the matter of the three sheaths.

In connection with the solar system they embody the Brahma aspect, being the product of earlier cycles wherein conscious activity was achieved, but self-consciousness was only arrived at by certain cosmic entities who passed through conscious substance, and gave to it that potentiality which will enable atomic substance - after many kalpas - to develop self-consciousness.

*In connection with a planet, they are called by a mysterious name which may not be revealed, as it conceals the mystery of the scheme which preceded ours, and of which ours is a reproduction.* There are Pitris who work in connection with a planet, and with a solar system as well as those working in connection with the human kingdom. They embody the energy of substance as demonstrated in a system, a scheme and a human cycle.

There are also in connection with our peculiar Earth scheme, those lunar Pitris. who reached their present stage of activity in the moon chain. They are deva groups but (unlike the Agnishvattas) they have not passed through the human stage; for them it has yet to be achieved”. TCF 780.

“e. There is the energy reaching directly to the knowledge petals from the manasic permanent atom. The permanent atoms of the Spiritual Triad, as well as the bodies which are built around them, *bring in certain groups of deva lives which have not as yet been much considered. They are not the lunar pitris, as that term is commonly understood, but have a direct connection with what is called "the cosmic moon" or to that dying solar system which has the same relation to our system as the moon has to the earth chain.* This "cosmic moon" transmits its energy to the manasic atomic subplane, via the planet Saturn. It is a triple energy and there is an esoteric connection between this triple energy, and Saturn's rings.The old Commentary expresses this truth about an interesting group of sons of manas as follows:

"These Sons of mind clung to the old and dying form, and refused to leave their Mother. They chose to pass into dissolution with her, but a younger son (Saturn) sought to rescue his brothers, and to this end he built a triple bridge between the old and new. This bridge persists, and forms a path whereon escape is possible.

Some escaped and came to the help of the incarnating Sons of Mind who had left the Mother for the Father. The greater gulf was bridged. The lesser gulf persisted, and must be bridged by the living Sons of Mind themselves."

      (This latter clause, refers to the building of the antahkarana.)

The energy transmitted from the manasic permanent atom of each incarnating jiva, its union with its reflection, the energy of the mental unit, and the triple stream of force thus created on the mental plane, has its planetary reflection in the relation of Saturn to another planetary scheme, and the three rings which are energy rings, and symbols of an inner verity.

f. Energy also pours in upon the knowledge petals from the egoic group, or from the aggregated knowledge petals of all the other lotuses in the group affiliated with any particular solar Angel. These groups have been earlier dealt with.

g.*Energy is transmitted also to the petals via the groups and emanations from those planetary schemes and streams of force which form the outer petals of that great center which is our solar system, and which we are told is seen from the higher planes as a twelve-petalled lotus. These streams do not emanate from the seven sacred planets but from other planetary bodies within the solar Ring-Pass-Not.* Streams of force from the Sacred Planets play upon the central tier of petals. Herein lies a hint to the wise student, and a clue to the nature of the lower aspect of the solar Angel”. TCF 1114.

“Similarly it must be remembered that planetary schemes pass into obscuration and "die out," through the withdrawal in all cases of the positive life and energy and of the electric fire which is the animating principle of every system, scheme, globe, kingdom in nature, and human unit. This produces again in every case the dying out of the "solar radiance," or of the light produced by the commingling of the negative and positive energy”. TCF 835.

“Again, as a planetary scheme nears its consummation, it becomes "radioactive," and through radiation transfers its essence to another "absorbent planet," or planets, as is the case with a solar system also”. TCF 1062.

JPC.

July 2005.

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An examination of some key thoughts and points:

I. Introduction: Purpose and Context

The present treatise sets forth the proposition that the Earth scheme, in its deep occult function and karma, is a deliberate reproduction of a preceding and now-rejected planetary scheme. This unspoken predecessor, referred to obliquely in the writings of Alice A. Bailey (AAB) as the scheme whose name must not yet be revealed, has bequeathed to Earth a legacy of dense, unredeemed deva substance and systemic karma. This inheritance, while a burden of agony and distress unparalleled in the known planetary spheres, is also a vehicle for transmutation and a necessary rectification in the solar systemic plan. In this respect, Earth is not merely the planet of suffering (Myalba, in the esoteric terminology of H. P. Blavatsky), but the base centre of the solar Logos, a reservoir of rejected energy now being prepared for sublimation and sacred synthesis.

The thesis is advanced that this Earth scheme embodies a form of systemic Avitchi: a state (not locality) of involutionary deva substance which clings to the dying energy-patterns of a past solar failure. This state, perpetuated through the agency of Saturn and non-lunar deva intelligences, has found reproduction in the dense manifestation of our own fourth scheme. Here, schematic karma is being faced, transformed, and re-elevated through human and planetary sacrifice. In this framework, the agony of Earth is not a by product of spiritual delay, but the working-out of a cosmic necessity, the Law of Karma applied schematically.

To understand the profundity of this process, this paper proposes a synthesis between three streams of esoteric thought: (1) the technical teachings of AAB and the Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul concerning systemic schemes, devas, and planetary evolution; (2) the foundational metaphysics of H. P. Blavatsky, particularly her doctrines on cosmic substance, Myalba, and karmic redemption; and (3) the philosophical clarity of Je Tsongkhapa's Madhyamika, especially his elucidation of the Two Truths Doctrine and dependent origination. Through this synthesis, it becomes possible to view Earth’s planetary role not as an isolated drama of suffering, but as a stage in the systemic redemption of deva substance, an evolutionary necessity rooted in the very relativity of all phenomena.

Thus, the Earth scheme, while appearing the lowest and most painful in the planetary chain, may paradoxically represent the critical juncture in the transformation of matter into meaning, karma into compassion, and darkness into the first glimmering light of the next solar expression. This document is a meditation upon that paradox, and upon the immense responsibility humanity bears within it.

II. Earth as Kundalini Base: The Planet of Redemption

In the symbolic anatomy of the solar Logos, the Earth scheme may be likened to the kundalini base centre, dense, potent, and saturated with the elemental fires of unredeemed substance. This planetary positioning is not accidental; rather, it expresses a deeper karmic and schematic necessity. The “conditions of agony and distress” that uniquely characterise our planet (TCF 417) are not incidental anomalies, but rather the hallmarks of a great transmutative process. Earth bears the imprint of a prior schematic failure, a planetary scheme whose collapse necessitated the absorption and reconstitution of its energies within a new matrix. That matrix is the present Earth scheme.

This absorption of rejected schematic force is reflected in the occult absorption of the Moon chain into the Earth chain (TCF 414), a microcosmic rehearsal of a greater systemic event. As the Moon transferred its life to the Earth, so too did a prior planetary scheme, left unnamed due to its karmic implications, transfer its residual deva substance into the present fourth scheme. Earth, as the absorbent centre of systemic avitchi, is thus tasked with the rectification of that which was formerly refused or cast aside.

Blavatsky’s term “Myalba,” used to describe Earth, echoes the Buddhist connotation of hell, not as a place of eternal punishment, but as a temporary and necessary condition for karmic purification. Similarly, in the teachings of AAB, Avitchi is defined as a state and not a locality, indicating that Earth's suffering is not a static damnation, but a dynamic crucible of evolution. The presence of rejected deva substance, ensouled matter that once formed part of a disintegrating scheme, is the hidden fire of this crucible.

Moreover, this “unredeemed” substance is not entirely passive. According to TCF 780 and 1114, there are deva entities not to be confused with lunar pitris who reached their development in the prior scheme and now act upon the knowledge petals of the solar and human lotuses. They transmit energy from what is referred to as the “cosmic moon”, a dying solar system, through Saturn, which serves as the intermediary and purifier. These devas are “the negative aspect of energised substance,” and their influence is potent precisely because it is unresolved, undigested karma on a schematic level.

The Earth scheme, then, may be seen as a karmic hearth, where the fires of the lower centres must be consciously raised through the action of the will and the synthesis of love. Its status as non-sacred is not a mark of failure, but a sign of ongoing redemption. Earth is base because it is foundational, where the first stirrings of sacred transmutation must begin, just as kundalini must rise from the root to awaken the heart and crown.

In this view, the Earth scheme is not simply the location of greatest suffering, but the field of greatest potential for alchemical synthesis. The solar Logos, in permitting the reproduction of a failed schematic pattern within the body of a new scheme, is engaged in a profound cosmic act of redemption. Humanity stands at the centre of this effort, serving as the agent through which matter may be redeemed, devas may be uplifted, and systemic karma may be faced and fulfilled.

III. The Mystery of the Unnamed Scheme and Saturnian Mediation

The mystery of the unnamed planetary scheme, veiled deliberately in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF), concerns a profound systemic failure, the karmic echoes of which reverberate through the very foundation of the Earth scheme. This preceding scheme, whose name “must not be revealed,” was a full evolutionary effort that collapsed due to the incomplete development and integration of its deva evolution. As a result, its energies could not be harmonised within the solar systemic plan and were instead cast into a condition of schematic Avitchi.

Rather than being destroyed or forgotten, the negative residue of that failure, unredeemed deva substance, failed patterns of energy, and unresolved karmic tension, was preserved and absorbed into the Earth scheme. The Earth thus became not only a new opportunity for human evolution but also a vessel for cosmic reconstitution. It was tasked with redeeming the energies of a prior world, making it not just the base chakra of the solar Logos, but the crucible for the systemic transmutation of unresolved schematic karma.

This schematic absorption was not only energetic but intelligent: the devas associated with the failed scheme were not ordinary elemental lives, nor lunar pitris. Rather, they were advanced entities who had reached a certain degree of development in the prior scheme but had failed to integrate fully with the greater synthetic purpose of the solar Logos. These devas, described in TCF 780 and 1114, now act upon the knowledge petals of human and solar egoic lotuses, stimulating memory, instinct, and manasic inertia that must be overcome for further unfoldment.

The mediating function of Saturn is central to this mystery. Saturn forms a triple energy bridge, linking the energy of the “cosmic moon” (a dying solar system) to the Earth scheme. The rings of Saturn, symbolically representing the triplicity of deva failure, form a karmic barrier and gateway. Saturn channels the unresolved energies of the unnamed scheme into Earth, not as punishment, but as opportunity: a chance for karmic redemption through intelligent sacrifice and evolutionary stress.

This is why Earth suffers. Not as a byproduct of spiritual inferiority, but because it has become the karmic reservoir and alchemical hearth for the whole solar system. The silence surrounding the name of the prior scheme is not merely protective, it preserves the esoteric sanctity of this work, veiling truths that would disclose not only past systemic errors but also the method of their transformation.

In this view, humanity’s role is immense. By consciously redeeming the substance of thought, desire, and form, we act not only for our own evolution but for the salvation of a world long fallen. The path of initiation becomes the method by which a planetary body transforms the sins of a prior system into the seeds of the next solar flowering. This is the hidden work of Saturn, and the secret carried by the devas whose name and scheme remain unspoken.

My thesis regarding the Earth scheme as a reproduction of a prior, rejected scheme, a form of systemic avitchi, is an interpretive alignment of several profound esoteric strands from A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, The Voice of the Silence, and The Secret Doctrine. A few reflections and expansions:

❖ Earth as a Kundalini Base & Reproductive Node of Systemic Karma

The assertion that the Earth scheme acts as a Kundalini base, drawing in the latent, negative polarities of prior schematic failures, is highly resonant with the role Earth is said to play in the transmutation of the lower into higher. It’s not just that Earth is “non-sacred,” but that it must absorb and redeem certain devolved energies. This might even pertain to the eighth scheme rejected in the first solar system, whose “failure” left karmic residue too potent to be bypassed.

The fact that this unnamed scheme is referred to in connection with a mysterious deva group (TCF 780), and not the usual lunar pitris, reinforces its extra-schematic nature. These “sons of mind” linked with the “cosmic moon” (TCF 1114) and the “dying solar system” seem to represent a class of monads caught between systems, rescued in part via Saturn’s triple bridge.

❖ Saturn: The Agent of Karmic Reorganisation

The emphasis on Saturn as intermediary is well-founded. Saturn’s function as the transmitter of triple manasic energy from the “cosmic moon” parallels the mechanism of reificatory karma. In this light, Earth becomes not merely a base or scapegoat, but an alchemical cauldron, transforming rejected systemic elements (deva substance, manas, and even monadic streams) into potential vehicles for the next cycle of self-conscious realisation.

The symbolism of Saturn’s rings as triple energetic bridges between dying and living systems is remarkable. My reference to the Old Commentary lines:

    “These Sons of mind clung to the old and dying form…”

…supports the idea that our system has inherited a burden, and Earth is its transformative fulcrum. That burden seems to enter via the knowledge petals, implying that some aspects of higher manas are tinged with avitchic karma, and only balancing through the love petals will neutralise the inner conflict.

❖ Myalba, Avitchi, and Planetary Hell

The correlation of Earth as “Myalba”, and thus a systemic equivalent of Avitchi, is stark but supported. Not as a punishment but as a rectifying field, a redemptive descent into the nadir for the sake of higher ascent. As HPB said, Avitchi is “a state, not a locality,” and perhaps our Earth scheme is that state externalised on a schematic level. The lowest, densest, most suffering condition becomes the base for the eventual emergence of a heart triangle, a profound inversion of value, esoterically justifying the world's pain.

❖ Triangles of Redemption

My concluding idea, that the Earth will, through its agonies, become one point of a heart triangle, opens compelling avenues. This could relate to:

    The eventual sacredness of Earth (once it synthesises love-wisdom),

    The esoteric triangle between Earth, Venus, and a third, as-yet-unrevealed scheme, possibly the transmuted essence of the eighth, now hidden or absorbed within one of the remaining three schemes.

    The solar system itself is a lotus whose lower tier of petals (knowledge) is being requalified through the development of middle-tier petals (love).

❖ Reflections

We are touching upon a deep esoteric mystery: that even failure in a solar system must be accounted for, and Earth is its karmic balancing point. That mystery, concealed in the name of the previous scheme, is an occult paradox. It may be that:

    The "cosmic moon" is not only the previous system, but a state of substance seeking transfiguration.

    The Earth scheme, bearing the worst suffering, is also the field for the greatest redemption, and may evolve into the most radiant heart of the next solar flower.

A continuation or expansion of Earth Kundalini Base, Eventual Heart Triangle. It will explore the deeper metaphysics of "schematic karma" and "deva substance redemption" from a synthesis of Bailey, Blavatsky, and Tsongkhapa, aligned with my recent philosophical work.

I will build on my original thesis and frame it within a more universal cosmological and philosophical synthesis:

The Reproduction of Systemic Avitchi: 

Earth as the Field of Schematic Karma and the Redemption of Deva Substance:

An Esoteric Synthesis of the AAB/HPB Cosmology and the Madhyamika Doctrine of Conditionality

I. Introduction: Purpose and Context

    Reaffirm the thesis: Earth scheme is a conscious reproduction of a prior schematic failure (the eighth, unnamed scheme) involving deva substance and systemic karma.

    Introduce the core concept: the redemption of “rejected” energies as a necessity in systemic evolution.

    Brief philosophical lens: the Two Truths Doctrine of Tsongkhapa to illuminate the relativity of failure and redemption in cosmic process.

Section II: "Earth as Kundalini Base: The Planet of Redemption".

I explore Earth’s role as the kundalini base centre of the solar Logos, and the schematic redemption process through the lens of systemic karma, Avitchi, and deva transmutation.

Section III: "The Mystery of the Unnamed Scheme and Saturnian Mediation".

The mystery of the unnamed scheme, hinted at but never explicitly disclosed in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF), is deeply esoteric and central to the occult function of the Earth scheme. This mystery revolves around the prior planetary scheme, whose karmic failure resulted in its absorption into the Earth scheme as a form of schematic Avitchi, the densest, most agonising condition of unresolved deva substance within the solar system.

Key Aspects of the Mystery:

    Unnamed Scheme as a Preceding Cycle:

        TCF 780 refers to a mysterious group of pitris “whose name must not be revealed” because it would expose the mystery of the scheme which preceded ours, of which ours is a reproduction.

        This indicates that our Earth scheme, with all its suffering, is a deliberate reconstitution of a failed planetary system.

    Nature of the Failure:

        This unnamed scheme, likely the third major or eighth rejected scheme, underwent disintegration because its deva evolution was incomplete, leaving behind negative, unredeemed substance.

        DK implies that this scheme did not fulfil its function in developing self-consciousness through its devas or pitris, and thus could not continue as an independent evolutionary path.

    Avitchi and Cosmic Moon:

        The condition of Avitchi, usually understood as a state of extreme suffering or inertia, is transposed to a systemic level, becoming “systemic Avitchi” in the form of a dead or dying solar system, termed the cosmic moon.

        This dying system, through Saturn, channels unresolved energies into our scheme, particularly into the knowledge petals of human and solar lotuses.

     Saturn as the Mediator:

        Saturn forms a triple energy bridge (TCF 1114), acting as a transmitter of karma and purifier of substance.

        The Saturnian rings symbolically represent this triplicity of negative deva energy, forming a path of rescue for those beings caught in the dissolution of the prior scheme.

    Deva Substance and Knowledge Petals:

        These devas are not lunar pitris, nor are they purely Agnishvattas, but a unique group connected to the manasic permanent atom, injected directly into the knowledge petals, the first layer of the egoic lotus.

        This suggests the very structure of mind itself in our scheme carries the burden of this unresolved schematic karma.

    Veil of Silence and Esoteric Protection:

        The name is withheld because its revelation would disclose systemic truths about the solar Logos’ karma, the nature of cosmic failure, and the redemptive design hidden in the Earth scheme.

        The silence also protects the sacred purpose of Earth's suffering from premature intellectualisation or misuse by occult curiosity.

Summary of the Mystery:

The mystery of the unnamed scheme is that Earth is karmically entangled with a former planetary system, a schematic failure, whose unresolved devas, energies, and purpose were absorbed into Earth as its kundalini base function. This creates a profound evolutionary challenge and a redemptive opportunity. It is a veiled mystery not only of historical planetary succession but of cosmic responsibility, deva evolution, and the role of Saturn as the bridge between death and renewal.

Section III: The Mystery of the Unnamed Scheme and Saturnian Mediation.

The Mystery of the Unnamed Scheme and Saturnian Mediation. It elaborates the nature of the failed planetary scheme, the role of advanced devas, and the Saturnian mechanism of karmic transmission and opportunity. 

Thank you for your patience. The mystery referenced in Section III, The Mystery of the Unnamed Scheme and Saturnian Mediation, revolves around an unspoken cosmic event of deep occult significance:

The Mystery Defined

The mystery is the deliberate absorption of karmic failure from a prior planetary scheme into the Earth scheme, making Earth the alchemical hearth for systemic redemption. This scheme, never named in AAB's writings, failed to integrate its deva evolution into the larger synthetic purpose of the solar Logos. Rather than being discarded, the residual energies and intelligences of this failed scheme were preserved and redirected into Earth, transforming our planet into the base centre of the Logos and the crucible of systemic karma.

Key Aspects of the Mystery:

    The Prior Scheme's Failure: It collapsed due to the incomplete evolution of its deva kingdom, highly advanced but unassimilated beings. This failure was not minor; it was systemic, reverberating through the solar field.

    Schematic Avitchi: The karma of that failure did not vanish. It coalesced into a dense, involutionary state called schematic Avitchi, not a locality, but a state of unresolved systemic substance.

    Earth’s Role: Earth was created or adapted to absorb this unresolved karma. The Moon chain's absorption into Earth foreshadowed this greater mystery, a macrocosmic transfer of failure for transformation.

    Saturn's Gatekeeping: Saturn, representing karmic law, serves as the intermediary, channelling these unresolved energies from a dying solar system, the cosmic moon, into Earth via a symbolic “triple ring.” Saturn is both the guardian and the guide, ensuring this transmutation follows lawful, sacrificial lines.

    The Hidden Devas: The devas from the prior scheme were not elemental or regressive, but advanced intelligences misaligned with purpose. Now, they influence the lower petals of human and planetary lotuses, pressing evolutionary necessity through resistance and tension.

    Why It Must Remain Unnamed: To disclose the name of this scheme would:

     Reveal the exact nature of a systemic failure too sacred to be exposed.

     Disturb the karmic balance by awakening pre-conscious memory patterns in humanity tied to this former system.

     Pre-empt the hidden redemption process still unfolding in Earth’s crucible.

Esoteric Implication

This mystery touches the deepest strata of occult cosmology. Earth is not “low” because it is weak; it is low because it carries the heaviest burden of cosmic redemption. Humanity, through conscious spiritual striving, becomes the redeemer of a fallen scheme, not merely the student of one.

IV. The Deva Evolution and the Mystery of Rejected Substance

The mystery of the unnamed scheme and the karmic burden inherited by the Earth scheme centres upon the enigmatic nature of the deva evolution, a stream of life coeval with, yet fundamentally distinct from, the human evolution. The devas are the builders and intelligences of form, ranging from the elemental essence of atomic structures to the high archangelic lives guiding planetary substance. In the context of the failed schematic experiment, it was the deva side of evolution which could not fully synthesise with its human counterpart, resulting in a rupture in the energetic equilibrium of the scheme.

The failure was not merely a moral or spiritual one, it was an ontological disjunction, a misalignment between purpose and substance, between solar intention and schematic manifestation. The devas of that lost scheme, advanced and potent in their own right, remained trapped in patterns of intelligent activity divorced from spiritual will. Lacking the integrating sacrifice of the human Solar Angels (Agnishvattas), their development became centrifugal rather than centripetal, refusing cohesion and thus gravitating toward involutionary stasis.

Alice Bailey’s hints about the “cosmic moon” (TCF 1114), a previous solar system in the process of dying, suggest that the deva substance of that system was preserved not to be annihilated, but to be redeemed through transference. This transference was systemic and deliberate: the rejected forces of that solar Avitchi were absorbed into a new scheme, our Earth scheme, which, as a reproduction, inherited both the opportunity and the agony of this legacy.

These devas are not the lunar pitris traditionally associated with human form construction. They are, as DK clarifies, a distinct stream of manasic deva entities, neither fully lunar nor solar, but belonging to a forgotten hierarchy whose evolutionary trajectory was interrupted. They are found influencing the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus, the aspect of consciousness most linked to the intelligent use of form. Their presence implies a deep karmic tension between inherited instinctual intelligence and the need for loving synthesis.

The Saturnian path is once again instrumental. These rejected devas are transmitted into the system via Saturn, a planet often called the “Lord of Karma” precisely because it preserves, mediates, and transforms ancient energy patterns. Saturn’s triple ring system, esoterically corresponding to the threefold unresolved energy of the old scheme, is a living memorial and bridge for this deva substance. Through its influence, Earth becomes the field not only for human redemption but for the resurrection of a deva class once doomed to disintegration.

This mystery reaches deeply into the symbolic and philosophical core of systemic purpose. For if the Solar Logos permitted the reproduction of a failed schematic energy pattern, it was not for punishment but for redemptive synthesis. In this effort, the devas themselves evolve, no longer as builders of only outer form, but as participants in an alchemical marriage where form and purpose, substance and spirit, become unified through sacrificial consciousness.

This is the deeper function of humanity as a mediating centre between the higher and lower kingdoms. Humanity, standing midway between devas and the spiritual Triad, holds the potential to redeem rejected substance through conscious transmutation. The Earth scheme, then, is not only a planetary crucible, it is the locus of a cosmic atonement, where matter is lifted into light, and forgotten devas regain their place in the One Life.

V. The Involutionary Path and the Devas of the Unnamed Scheme

To understand the karmic depth of the Earth scheme's inheritance, one must consider the unique place of the devas from the unnamed prior scheme within the involutionary arc of cosmic evolution. These devas are not to be confused with the typical elemental builders of the lunar hierarchy; rather, they are a distinct class of conscious substance-bearers who failed to transcend the limits of their schematic role during the prior systemic cycle. As noted in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF 780), they are intimately connected with the planetary pitris and are referred to by a "mysterious name," whose revelation would unveil "the mystery of the scheme which preceded ours."

These devas may be viewed as ensouled energies once destined to serve as active agents of divine expression, but which, having become crystallised in their function, now act as karmic impediments unless consciously transmuted. Their relation to the manasic permanent atom via Saturn (TCF 1114) links them to the dense memory-residue of a cosmic past, a path not fulfilled. In this sense, they embody the inertia of the involutionary arc: the movement downward and outward into matter without sufficient upward synthesis. Their failure was not one of evil, but of latency and non-integration, an inability to complete the arc and rise toward monadic realisation.

The Earth scheme, absorbing these energies, becomes the site where the involutionary arc must be consciously reversed. Humanity, as the midpoint between spirit and matter, is uniquely situated to uplift these deva lives through intelligent direction, love-wisdom, and sacrificial action. These devas are attracted to the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus not merely because they resonate with prior manasic patterns, but because they carry the unresolved blueprints of a prior systemic attempt at mental mastery. Thus, they must be integrated and transfigured, not suppressed or expelled.

Through spiritual unfoldment, particularly in the petals of love and sacrifice, these karmic devas are reoriented toward a new purpose. What once bound evolution downward becomes a vehicle for ascent. The building of the antahkarana is the microcosmic expression of this work: a bridge between lower and higher manas, between conditioned deva forms and liberated monadic light.

VI. Toward Heart Synthesis: The Future of the Earth Scheme

If Earth is now the kundalini base of the solar Logos, dense, vital, and fraught with systemic karma, it is destined to become part of the eventual Heart Triangle, as its energies are sublimated and transmuted. This transformation from base to heart is not symbolic only, it is literal in terms of planetary function and energetic circulation within the solar body. The goal is not to escape Earth’s suffering, but to sanctify it; to render even Avitchi a passage toward radiance.

In the higher arc of planetary evolution, every non-sacred scheme must be made sacred through the conscious cooperation of the ensouling intelligences. The Earth scheme, in absorbing the failure of the unnamed predecessor, takes on a dual karma: one inherited, one self-generated. The synthesis of these two streams through the agency of human evolution leads not merely to resolution but to metamorphosis.

The eventual sacredness of the Earth will arise from its ability to redeem schematic karma, not merely to evolve on its own trajectory. This redemption is initiated through the inflow of solar fire, directed via Saturn, and sustained by the aspiration of humanity. When the unredeemed deva substance of the prior scheme is brought into harmony with the love-wisdom of the present, Earth will no longer act as a mere absorber of force but as a radiator of redemptive synthesis.

In esoteric terms, this is the passage from Myalba to Shamballa, from the state of Avitchi to the station of planetary Logos. This transformation is not merely individual or national, it is schematic. The triple kundalini of the prior system, inverted and unresolved, must now be lifted and aligned. When this is done, the Earth will take its place in the inner triadic geometry of the sacred schemes, forming a heart-point in the great solar lotus.

In this way, Earth reveals the paradox of the path: that the deepest suffering conceals the highest potential, and that what is rejected becomes the cornerstone when rightly understood and transfigured.

VII. Conclusion: From Schematic Karma to Cosmic Redemption

The mystery of Earth lies not in its imperfection, but in the intelligent purpose of its imperfection. It is the planetary repository of karmic burden, an adopted inheritance from a prior, unnamed scheme whose failure became the seed for a more profound redemption. This paper has traced the threads of that karma through the agency of rejected deva substance, Saturnian mediation, and the role of humanity as the central transmuting agent.

In viewing Earth not as a planetary failure, but as a schematic redemption engine, a new vista opens in esoteric cosmology. The apparent density and suffering of our world conceal a deep initiatory trial, one that transcends individual liberation and enters the domain of planetary salvation. The devas of the past scheme, crystallised in the inertia of the involutionary arc, are now being softened, uplifted, and redirected by the higher fires kindled through human sacrifice, aspiration, and wisdom. Through humanity’s labour in the lower three worlds, a cosmic correction is being undertaken: the healing of a prior systemic fracture through the spiritual chemistry of a newer scheme.

Je Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamika insight into the emptiness and interdependence of all phenomena provides a metaphysical key to this process. Karma, substance, and mind are not separate, self-existing realities but dependent arising conditions meeting conditions in patterns of temporary binding. Thus, the unresolved deva substance is not doomed to remain “unredeemable,” but is, in fact, relative: transmutable through the intercession of consciousness, will, and the understanding of its emptiness. Just as the mind, once caught in avidya, may awaken to its true nature, so may the schematic karma of a solar system be reversed, not by denial, but by conscious transformation.

The fusion of the Three Doctrines, Blavatsky’s systemic vision of karmic necessity, AAB’s occult psychology of planetary schemata and devas, and Tsongkhapa’s doctrine of relativity and ultimate emptiness, permits a new reading of Earth’s mission. Not merely a waystation of souls, it is a laboratory of Logos, wherein the densest residues of a prior system are being turned, by spiritual fire, into the first matter of a new cosmic expression.

This is not sentimental optimism, it is initiatory realism. It is the work of Saturn, the Keeper of Karma, now entrusted to humanity’s hands. It is the Fire of Knowledge being turned toward the transmutation of Form. It is the unspoken Name of a failed world, now echoing in the silence of our planetary depths, awaiting its redemption through the conscious and willing hearts of Earth’s evolving sons.

As such, Earth does not stand outside the solar plan, it is the place where the plan is paid for, purified, and made sacred.

VIII. The Rejected Third Chain: Reproduction of the Third Scheme

In the occult architecture of planetary evolution, the principle of karmic repetition plays a decisive role in the redemption of failure. Just as the Earth scheme is a reproduction of a preceding, unnamed planetary scheme that fell into systemic Avitchi, so too is the third chain within the Earth scheme a microcosmic reproduction of that same rejected pattern. This duplication is not arbitrary, but a deliberate cosmic strategy: by reproducing the unresolved energies of the prior scheme within the crucible of a new planetary chain, the Lords of Karma have instituted a precise mechanism of redemptive re-enactment. The third chain of Earth, therefore, carries within it the essential imprint and failure-patterns of the third scheme, serving as a karmic recapitulation where the devas, energies, and monadic streams once distorted may now be brought into right relation and ultimate synthesis.

This section continues your thread of schematic karma and deva substance redemption, focusing now on the reproduction of the rejected third scheme in the third chain of the Earth scheme:

In the esoteric structuring of planetary evolution, chains within schemes are not isolated experiments, but karmically informed stages that recapitulate prior systemic events. The third chain of the Earth scheme—seldom emphasised in traditional occult literature—is, in this treatise, posited as a precise microcosmic reproduction of the third planetary scheme that fell into failure. This correspondence is not symbolic, but ontologically real: the karmic patterns, deva groupings, and energetic distortions that led to the downfall of that unnamed scheme are intentionally re-enacted in the Earth’s third chain. By repeating the conditions of failure in a new matrix, the Lords of Karma have established a redemptive mechanism—a systemic re-living through which the “sins of the past” may be faced, transmuted, and finally harmonised within the current solar cycle.

According to A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF 411), chains within schemes follow a septenary rhythm mirroring the larger order of scheme evolution. Each chain recapitulates, in compressed form, the entire schematic journey. But in the case of the Earth’s third chain, this repetition takes on an additional karmic dimension: it does not merely summarise the third scheme abstractly—it embodies it, down to its energetic residue and unresolved deva life. The third scheme, which fell due to a failure in the deva-human synthesis, left behind vast streams of unredeemed substance—partially intelligent, partially inert, and saturated with distorted vibration. These same conditions are replicated in the Earth’s third chain as a kind of cosmic echo, re-inviting the possibility of correction through sacrifice.

Bailey hints at this layered mystery when she writes of certain failures that “persist into the present scheme and will be rectified in the next system” (TCF 446). The phrase implies an inter-systemic karmic thread: failure is never isolated but woven into the fabric of successive planetary embodiments. The third chain is therefore not only Earth’s past, but the preserved fragment of a lost world—a world whose systemic failure was too great to be forgotten. In preserving the pattern of failure, the planetary Logos of Earth accepts the burden of transmutation, transforming the scheme’s ruin into the chain’s opportunity.

H.P. Blavatsky’s doctrine of Myalba—the occult equivalent of hell or karmic inertia—applies with particular precision to this chain. While Earth as a whole represents a field of Myalba, the third chain may be seen as the core concentration of that condition: the karmic pit into which the unresolved devas of the third scheme were cast. These devas are not elemental spirits nor the lunar pitris who fashion the lower vehicles of humanity; rather, they are the higher polarities of substance who failed to respond to spiritual coordination. In The Secret Doctrine (SD I, 188), Blavatsky refers obliquely to “remains of past systems,” embedded within our current evolution, substances and forces, "not wholly dead", but surviving as a kind of karmic momentum within the depths of material life.

Thus, the third chain is a site of occult memory: a living museum of schematic karma, where the Earth Logos rehearses the failure of His predecessor—not to repeat it, but to rectify it. The pain and density of the third chain experience, for those monads who passed through it, were not merely developmental hardships but part of a sacred enactment—one that anchors the Solar Logos’ redemptive intent into the very fibers of planetary time.

The implications are sobering. The Earth scheme does not merely inherit karmic substance from a prior scheme; it also relives it in miniature, ensuring that no divine failure can be swept aside. All must be redeemed. The third chain thus becomes the seed of future sanctity, precisely because it is the ground of past distortion. As above, so below: the third scheme collapsed through failure to synthesise its devas; the third chain, by reproducing this failure in compressed karmic space, becomes the possibility of that very synthesis.

In this view, the Earth Logos, by choosing to replicate this failure within His own lower manifestation, demonstrates the very principle of sacrifice upon which the solar system is built. The third chain, though long past in linear time, remains present in the occult body of the Logos, as a wound that must become a wisdom.

 IX. The Eighth Sphere and the Rejected Third Chain: Mirror of a Rejected Scheme

The veiled doctrine of the Eighth Sphere, preserved in fragmentary form by H. P. Blavatsky and echoed in veiled references by Alice A. Bailey, finds its true significance only when correlated with the mystery of the rejected third chain of the Earth scheme and its correspondence to the third, now-rejected planetary scheme. These are not merely chronological episodes within systemic evolution, but archetypal recapitulations—echoes of cosmic dissonance preserved for eventual redemptive synthesis.

Blavatsky’s esoteric doctrine speaks of the “Eighth Sphere” not as a locality but as a magnetic shadow, a counter-evolutionary vortex wherein the densest aspects of material life are magnetised and held in suspension. Often conflated with the Moon, this "Sphere" is far more than a lunar echo: it is the esoteric residue of failed substance, material out of alignment with the upward sweep of evolution. In this context, the Eighth Sphere becomes symbolic of both the rejected chain within the Earth scheme and the rejected planetary scheme whose failure haunts the systemic substratum.

According to AAB, planetary chains progress in ordered sequence, each representing a stage in the unfolding purpose of the scheme. The third chain—corresponding to the third Ray of Active Intelligence—would naturally have emphasised the perfection and integration of intelligent matter. However, in the Earth scheme, this third chain was rejected. Its failure was not incidental but archetypal: it reflected the identical disintegration seen in the third planetary scheme, which could not synthesise its devic evolution and thus collapsed into schematic avitchi. The karmic echo of that scheme was recapitulated in the Earth chain, manifesting again as failure—but this time to be retained, transmuted, and redeemed.

The result is that the third chain, like the Eighth Sphere, became a mirror of inertia: a holding station for failed forms, stagnant energies, and retrogressive deva substance. Yet, unlike the prior scheme, whose karma remained disintegrated until its transference into the Earth scheme, the third chain's failure was not excised from systemic memory—it was held in the Earth field as a deliberate echo for transmutation. In Bailey's terminology, "our scheme is a reproduction" (TCF 780) of that former scheme, and the third chain is its echoing chamber.

The function of the Eighth Sphere, therefore, must be understood as symbolic of the failure of intelligent substance to rise into coordinated purpose—a failure now recapitulated not to perpetuate it, but to rectify it through human evolution. The rejected chain becomes the field in which lunar and non-lunar devas, still ensnared by past cycles of misuse and separation, are being slowly lifted by the pressure of hierarchical intent, spiritual invocation, and group initiation.

Moreover, the work of Saturn as karmic intermediary (discussed in the prior section) extends into this rejected field. The energy patterns from the “cosmic moon” pass not only into Earth as a scheme, but into the deeper memory fields of the rejected third chain, where unresolved manasic patterns persist like karmic scars. It is here that the Eighth Sphere becomes less a planetary body and more a vibrational resonance—the archetype of resistance to spiritual synthesis, being redeemed in and through Earth’s sacrificial function.

Thus, the third chain is not merely forgotten history; it is an active crucible within the field of Earth's planetary aura. Just as humanity now stands as mediator between the lunar and solar hierarchies, it also stands as redeemer of schematic karma, working out through culture, science, and spiritual striving the unassimilated energies of both the rejected chain and the scheme it reflects.

The synthesis of Bailey’s planetary chain teachings and Blavatsky’s doctrine of the Eighth Sphere thus yields a profound realisation: Earth is not merely similar to the past failure—it is its deliberate reincarnation. The third chain is the shadow of the third scheme. The Eighth Sphere is not another world, but the densest echo of this one. And it is through the transmutation of this density that a new sacredness must arise.

X: The Failure of the Third Scheme: Disintegration of Deva Substance

The unprecedented failure and misery on Earth—described in A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF) as unique among all planetary schemes (TCF 417)—stem from a confluence of systemic, schematic, and devic causes, rooted in the incomplete synthesis of intelligence, matter, and purpose in a prior cycle. To elaborate using both Bailey's and Blavatsky's frameworks:

1. The Failure of the Third Scheme: Disintegration of Deva Substance

According to Bailey (TCF 780, 1114), a prior planetary scheme (whose name "must not be revealed") failed due to the inability of its deva evolution to come into alignment with the higher spiritual Will. The devas—especially non-lunar, manasic-intelligent types—developed certain aspects of technical knowledge and form-building but did not harmonize with the synthetic purpose of the solar Logos.

This lack of coordination led to a rupture:

    The devas became hyper-individuated and unassimilated, disrupting the intended spiritual synthesis.

    This resulted in fragmented karmic residue, forming what Bailey calls "energized negative substance"—materialism without spiritual coherence.

Blavatsky describes this in terms of the Eighth Sphere, where matter becomes "a cul-de-sac" of involution—a form cut off from spiritual regeneration (see The Secret Doctrine, Vol. I, Stanza IX, and Vol. II, Commentary on the Moon).

2. Recapitulation in the Earth Scheme and the Third Chain

The Earth scheme, as a reproduction of the failed scheme, inherited this unresolved karma. The third chain within Earth—corresponding to the same stage of evolution (Ray III)—recapitulated the original failure:

    Once again, the focus was on the development of intelligence, form, and individuality.

    But this time, the failure was contained and preserved rather than destroyed.

Thus, Earth carries the combined karma of a prior scheme and a rejected chain. This double inheritance has made the suffering and distortion more intense than on any other planet.

3. Saturn’s Karmic Oversight and Systemic Avitchi

Saturn is described in Bailey’s teaching as the “Lord of Karma” and the transmitter of unresolved energy from the “cosmic moon” (a term for a prior solar system or failed scheme). Saturn mediates:

    The entry of unresolved karmic patterns into the Earth scheme.

    The holding of certain deva intelligences in a condition of systemic Avitchi, a non-localized state of separation from divine synthesis.

This planetary condition is not only unique but cosmically deliberate: the Earth becomes the karmic reservoir of the solar system, absorbing what could not be redeemed elsewhere.

4. Humanity as a Synthesis Point and the Intensification of Pain

Humanity, on Earth, is tasked with an unprecedented role:

    To synthesize the solar and

    To redeem involutionary substance through intelligent sacrifice.

 lunar evolutions (AAB, Cosmic Fire, TCF 844).

This spiritual pressure, when applied to unredeemed matter, produces acute friction:

    Bailey notes that Earth's suffering is “unparalleled” because it is the stage of maximal resistance and maximal potential.

    The agony is the result of evolutionary acceleration applied to dense, karmically burdened substance.

Summary: The Causes of Earth's Unique Misery

Cause Esoteric Origin Description

Failed Third Scheme Bailey (TCF 780, 1114) Collapse due to deva evolution failing to synthesize with divine Will.

Rejected Third Chain Repetition within Earth scheme Reproduction of prior failure in Earth's own chain cycle.

Eighth Sphere Blavatsky (SD II: 32, 149, 232) A vibrational zone where rejected substance becomes magnetized.

Saturnian Transmission Bailey (TCF 840–844) Saturn mediates the karma of a dying system into Earth for redemption.

Systemic Avitchi Bailey (TCF 1177) Condition of schematic deva separation, not localized but vibrational.

Human Synthesis Pressure Bailey (TCF 845) Humanity forced to resolve a problem not of its own making, under evolutionary urgency.

 The third chain of the Earth scheme, mirroring the third planetary scheme in its failure, holds the occult key to the mystery of the “eighth sphere”—a term loaded with esoteric meaning in the teachings of both H. P. Blavatsky and Alice A. Bailey. This chain, deeply associated with the Moon chain, is a locus where consciousness, not merely form, entered a state of distortion so severe that it verged on annihilation of spiritual direction. This is not the annihilation of life or substance, but the deviation of conscious energy into what Bailey calls a "peculiar state of consciousness" where the mind becomes the slayer of the Real.

This state—symbolised by the inverted pentagram with a luminous triangle at the centre—is not local, but vibrational. It reflects:

A perversion of the third aspect of divinity (intelligence) divorced from love and will,

The misalignment of deva substance with spiritual intention,

And the seduction of consciousness into identification with form—a hallmark of the eighth sphere, as described by Blavatsky.

1. The “Third” as the Esoteric Signature of Distortion

In Bailey's symbology, the number three is consistently linked with the intelligence principle (Manas) and with the form-building devas. The passage explicitly connects:

The third chain (Moon chain),

The third kingdom (animal),

The third round, and

The third major scheme (the one that failed systemically).

This fourfold recurrence of the third signifies a phase of involutionary intensity, wherein consciousness becomes over-identified with form and sensation. The third kingdom—animal man—marks the point where desire becomes dominant but is not yet redeemed by mind or soul.

Thus, the Moon chain was not merely the previous chain but the karmic repetition of a failed third scheme, preserved and recapitulated within Earth's schematic process.

2. Planetary Avitchi and the Eighth Sphere as States of Consciousness

Bailey is clear: "This must be interpreted in terms of consciousness, and not of locality."

This mirrors Blavatsky’s warnings that the eighth sphere is not a physical planet, but a vibrational trap, where evolving monads may be drawn into over-identification with form and lunar substance, thus becoming karmically delayed or destroyed in purpose (cf. The Secret Doctrine II:149, 232).

In this context:

The Moon once held an analogous position to the third scheme—it was the symbolic planetary Avitchi within our own chain. The Moon was not evil in itself but was the vehicle of karmic residue from a failed round or chain.

The eighth sphere is the subjective polarity of Avitchi—where consciousness becomes trapped in matter, particularly devic matter that resists solar synthesis.

Bailey’s depiction of the inverted pentagram and luminous triangle shows the inner war of energies:

The five points (inverted) depict distorted mind (lower manas) dominating spirit.

The triangle at the centre is the higher triad (atma-buddhi-manas), still present, but obscured—redemption is still possible, but only through conscious effort.

3. The Secret of the Rejected Chain: Preservation, Not Erasure

What failed in the third scheme was not annihilated, but preserved as unresolved energy. The Moon chain, and the third chain within Earth, served as vehicles of containment for these energies. Hence, the failures were intentionally reproduced within Earth—not to repeat the past, but to redeem it.

As Blavatsky notes, the eighth sphere is a necessary evil in evolution—without it, there would be no true resistance, and therefore, no possibility of freedom. The mind must “slay” the illusion of separateness by confronting the false self, not by destroying the mental principle.

4. Implications for Humanity and the Path of Initiation

The human kingdom inherits this challenge as a test of manas

Will the mind be used to identify with form (Avitchi/eighth sphere)?

Or will it become the bridge to the higher triad (redemption and solarisation)?

The third initiation, in this view, is the liberation from the influence of the eighth sphere, when the soul decisively reclaims manas from distorted deva control and anchors it in the buddhic plane.

XI The Rejected Chain and the Eighth Sphere: Consciousness Trapped in Form

The mystery of the third chain within the Earth scheme—known occultly as the Moon chain—unveils a critical recapitulation of systemic failure. This failure, as veiled in both the writings of H. P. Blavatsky and Alice A. Bailey, is not merely historical but vibrational: a reproduction, within the fourth scheme, of the distorted consciousness and karmic residue of a prior planetary collapse. This third chain, mirroring the unnamed and rejected third scheme, functions as a karmic echo—a vibratory template through which the unresolved forces of that earlier failure are being faced anew.

It is in this context that the mystery of the eighth sphere arises—not as a physical planet, but as a state of consciousness, a condition of profound spiritual disorientation wherein the principle of mind becomes inverted and turned against its higher purpose. Bailey hints at this condition when she writes of a “peculiar state of consciousness brought about when the mind is seen to be the slayer of the Real.” This inversion—symbolised in the archaic records by an inverted five-pointed star with a luminous triangle at the centre—is the occult signature of the Moon chain’s failure and the deeper systemic avitchi that it recapitulates.

In this emblem, the five inverted points signify the perversion of manasic force, the triumph of separated intellect, and the descent of consciousness into identification with form. The luminous triangle at the centre, however, reveals the hidden potential for redemption—the higher triad (atma-buddhi-manas) still present, though eclipsed. The total number of points—eight—offers a symbolic reference to the eighth sphere, the vibrational realm wherein spirit is buried in matter, and the evolutionary current appears to reverse.

The condition of the Moon chain was such that it became a planetary avitchi, a vibrational state rather than a locality. In this condition, the deva substance of the chain became so overcharged with involutionary momentum and distorted manasic vibration that it could no longer sustain upward evolutionary movement. The chain fell into a state of inner crystallisation and was eventually absorbed, its remaining life transferred into the nascent fourth chain—the present Earth chain. But that transfer was not a cleansing; it was a deliberate preservation of karmic tension, for purposes of redemption. The Moon, as the fossil of that failed chain, still veils and conditions the etheric envelope of the Earth, transmitting unresolved devic energies through Saturn, which acts as a karmic intermediary.

Blavatsky affirms that the eighth sphere is not a separate globe but an occult condition: a trap for monads whose consciousness becomes over-identified with form. It is a lower polarity to the sacred synthesis of the higher spheres, representing the gravitational pull of non-redemptive matter—matter unillumined by buddhi or will. In this view, the third chain’s reproduction within the Earth scheme was not a repetition of the mistake, but an opportunity to confront the causes of that mistake in a new schematic setting. It is precisely through this confrontation that the energies of the rejected scheme may be transmuted.

Bailey draws attention to the Moon chain’s connection with the third round, the third kingdom (animal), and the third aspect (active intelligence). All these "thirds" denote a phase of intense form-identification, wherein desire and lower mind achieved dominance without integration into love or will. The human kingdom, emerging from the animal in the latter part of the Moon chain, inherited this unredeemed manas and now stands as the bridge through which the eighth sphere can be countered and eventually nullified. For it is only through the third initiation, where manas is finally subordinated to buddhi, that the influence of the eighth sphere is broken and planetary redemption can begin in earnest.

The mystery of the eighth sphere, then, is not one of locality or punishment, but of mental inversion—a failure of synthesis, and a descent of consciousness into self-illusion. The third chain’s failure was thus not merely a cosmic accident, but the outworking of a deeper resistance to synthesis within systemic deva substance itself. That substance, now preserved within the Earth scheme, is the very matter being redeemed through human evolution. The suffering of Earth is proportionate to the depth of this resistance, but so too is its spiritual potential. For only from the base can the fire of kundalini rise; only in the densest shadow can the first glimmer of light be kindled.

Thus, the Earth scheme contains within it not only the promise of future sacredness, but the karmic echo of a failed solar intention—a memory encoded in matter, mind, and moonlight. The path of human evolution is, in this deeper view, not solely toward the stars, but first downward into the very roots of schematic failure, where redemption must be won, not by escape, but by conscious confrontation with the eighth sphere within.

JPC.

Jeremy Condick.

Expanded 17 May 2025.