Occult Chemistry: Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements

The atom is formed by the flow of the life-force original: "Fohat," known to Theosophists as the primary force from which all physical forces, such as electricity, are derived and vanishes when that force ebbs. When this force arises in "space" referring to the occult teaching that the life-force "digs holes in space"—the apparent void which must be filled with substance of some kind, of inconceivable thinness—atoms appear. If this flow were artificially stopped for even a single atom, the atom would disappear; nothing would be left. Presumably, if that flow were checked for even an instant, the entire physical world would vanish, just as a cloud melts away in the highest heaven original: "empyrean". It is only the persistence of that flow the "first life-wave," the work of the third Logos or Divine Creative Intelligence which maintains the physical basis of the universe. A maya a Sanskrit term meaning "illusion", truly.

In order to examine the construction of the atom, a space is artificially created by a specific act of will known to students of the occult, it is possible to create such a space by pressing back and walling off the matter of space. Then, if an opening is made in the wall constructed in this way, the surrounding force flows in, and three "whorls" spirals or coils immediately appear. These surround the "hole" with a triple spiral of two and a half coils, returning to their origin by a spiral within the atom. These are immediately followed by seven finer whorls. These seven follow the spiral of the first three on the outer surface, but return to their origin by a spiral inside that, flowing in the opposite direction. Together, they form a caduceus a symbol of two snakes winding around a central staff with the first three.

Each of the three coarser whorls, if flattened out, makes a closed circle; each of the seven finer ones, similarly flattened out, also makes a closed circle. The forces which flow in them, again, come from "outside," from a fourth-dimensional space referring to the astral world. Each of the finer whorls is formed of seven even finer ones, set successively at right angles to each other, each finer than the one before it; these we call spirillae Latin for "little spirals." Each spirilla is animated by the life-force of a specific plane of existence. Four are currently active in humanity; their activity can be prematurely forced through yoga practice..

It will be understood from the description above that the atom cannot be said to have a wall of its own, unless these whorls of force are described that way. Its "wall" is actually the "space" that has been pressed back. As was said in 1895 regarding the chemical atom, the force "clears itself a space,"