Chapter 449
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This verse in the Rig Veda (x. 5, 6): “The Seven Wise Ones [Rays of Wisdom, Dhyânis] fashion Seven Paths [or Lines, and also Races in another sense]. To one of these may the distressed mortal come”—a verse interpreted solely from the astronomical and cosmic aspect, is one of the most pregnant in occult meaning. The “Paths” may mean Lines (Maryâdâh), but they are primarily Beams of Light falling on the Paths leading to Wisdom. (See Rig Veda, iv. 5-13.) It means “Ways” or Paths. They are, in short, the seven Rays which fall free from the Macrocosmic Centre, the seven Principles in the metaphysical, the seven Races in the physical sense. All depends upon the key used.