Arc(s), Ascending and Descending Also Luminous and Shadowy Arcs. A cycle of development, such as that of a planetary chain, can be divided into two halves, the first from the first globe to the middle of the most material globe, and the other extending from this midpoint upwards to the last globe. The first half is the downward or shadowy arc; the second is the ascending or luminous arc. The descending arc represents an involution of spirit and a concurrent evolution of matter resulting in a progressive materialization of spirit and a continuous grossening or concretion of the texture of matter; the ascending arc represents an evolution of spirit and involution of matter, resulting in a progressive dematerialization, spiritualization, or refinement of matter as it increasingly manifests the qualities of spirit. Yet spirit and matter are fundamentally one essence at different stages of development.
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Arc(s), Ascending and Descending Also Luminous and Shadowy Arcs. A cycle of development, such as that of a planetary chain, can be divided into two halves, the first from the first globe to the middle of the most material globe, and the other extending from this midpoint upwards to the last globe. The first half is the downward or shadowy arc; the second is the ascending or luminous arc. The descending arc represents an involution of spirit and a concurrent evolution of matter resulting in a progressive materialization of spirit and a continuous grossening or concretion of the texture of matter; the ascending arc represents an evolution of spirit and involution of matter, resulting in a progressive dematerialization, spiritualization, or refinement of matter as it increasingly manifests the qualities of spirit. Yet spirit and matter are fundamentally one essence at different stages of development.
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Definition
of Arc is extracted from the home
page of The Theosophical Society, International Headquarters, Pasadena,
California. A Society founded in 1875 in an effort to promote the expressed
awareness of the Oneness of Life.
"The Encyclopedic
Theosophical Glossary is presented to the public as a work in progress. The
manuscript, produced originally in the 1930s and '40s, is currently being
revised and expanded by the Editorial Committee. Theosophical University Press
is presenting this working version online because, even in its present
unfinished form, we feel that the contents will be of value to students of
theosophical literature, particularly of the works of H. P. Blavatsky. "
BCW - H. P. Blavatsky: Collected
Writings, BG -
Bhagavad-Gita, BP
- Bhagavata Purana, cf - confer, ChU - Chandogya Upanishad , Dial, Dialogues - The Dialogues of G. de
Purucker, ed. A. L. Conger, Echoes - Echoes from the Orient, by William Q. Judge (comp.
Dara Eklund),
Arc , ET - The Esoteric Tradition, by G. de
Purucker, FSO
- Fountain-Source of Occultism, by G. de Purucker, Fund - Fundamentals of the Esoteric
Philosophy, by G. de Purucker, IU - Isis Unveiled, by H. P. Blavatsky, MB - Mahabharata , MIE - Man in
Evolution, by G. de Purucker, Arc , ML
- The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, ed. A. Trevor Barker, OG - Occult
Glossary, by G. de Purucker, Rev - Revelations, RV - Rig Veda , SD - The Secret Doctrine, by H. P.
Blavatsky, SOPh
- Studies in Occult Philosophy, by G. de Purucker, TBL - Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge
(Secret Doctrine Commentary), by H. P. Blavatsky, TG - Theosophical Glossary, by H. P.
Blavatsky, Arc ,
Theos - The Theosophist (magazine), VP - Vishnu Purana , VS - The Voice of the Silence, by H. P.
Blavatsky, WG
- Working Glossary, by William Q. Judge, ZA - Zend-Avesta
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