School Notebooks - #2 : The Method - H. van Doren
  Notebook #2 : THE METHOD


The four forms as 'machines'

The four forms as 'machines'







The four basic forms of the method,
as used in the "T" cards.
Nº 0. The point (structure or ambit). It is a-dimensional.
Nº 1The circle (process or cycle. Horoscope)
Nº 2 The mandorle (concomitance. The Tree).
Nº 3The triangle (transformation. The enneagram).







 
 
GENERAL MORPHOLOGICAL COMPOSITION
22
Major Arcana
10 individuals
(cards 1 to 10)
12 moments of process
(cards 11 to 22)
56
Minor Arcana
4 series
of 14 cards
each one
9 enneagrams
(cards 1 to 9: composition)
5 images
(cards 10 to 14: vibration scale)
(Complement to Sychic: the ambit)







WORK WITH THE 'T' MACHINE
1° The Question
(static)
  1. To fix the interest and to formulate the question correctly.
  2. To fix the major ambit.
  3. To fix the relations with the ambit.
  4. To fix the minor ambit.
2° The Process
(dynamic)
process Cycles and rhythms of the major ambit
  • periods
  • dodecanarean cycles, cuaternarean, etc.
  • rhythms of o-o, o- ,'
treeRelations of the individual with ambit
enneagramTransformation of the elements in the individual
3° The TriadsThe Triads descend when Sychic becomes Alchemy and ascend when Sychic becomes Cosmic.
In each Triad, the question is both static and dynamic.

The ten cards of Individuals (1 to 10) present analogies of different planes.

The twelve cards of Process (11 to 22) are additionally prepared to indicate three possible and independent forms of transformative work:

  • The lower parts of the cards show the whole process of the 'Alchemical Arts'.
  • The middle parts, the process of the Discipline called 'Our Yoga'.
  • The high parts, the process of 'Transcendental Meditation'

    (See: School Notebook #3 "THE TRANSMUTATION").

However, that is not relevant for the working with the Method. During the diverse studies and research, only the morphological designations are taken into account.






 
 
sunmoonsaturnjupitermercury
Generation
1
Regression
2
Selection
3
Instability
4
Displacement
5



venusneptuneuranusmarspluton
Tendency
6
Plan
7
Polarity
8
Energy
9
Vitality
10



ariestaurusgemini cancer
ConditionFusionDivisionDissolution



leovirgolibrascorpio
ActivationCirculationPrecipitationFormation



sagittariuscapricornaquariuspisces
CompenetrationDe-confusionConversionProjection



Selected material state: selected material state



 
 
1011121314
Maximum
Vibration
Adjustement
Medium
Vibration
Adjustement
Minimal
Vibration
treeS
Y
C
H
I
C



individual    INDIVIDUAL



  • Composition of the individual
  • Relation amongst its components
  • Transformation of elements
  • enneagramA
    L
    C
    H
    E
    M
    Y
    One enneagram is enough for the first Triad. Nine enneagrams are necessary to conduct studies at the second Triad level.



    THE 'T' MACHINEOrganised forEvery study of the first and second Triad
    Steps ofTranscendental Meditation
    Our Yoga
    Alchemical Arts
    To present analogies of different planes







    H O R O S C O P E

    horoscope







     
     
    THE HOROSCOPE : TRADITIONAL SYMBOLIC ASTROLOGY (COSMIC)

    horoscopeRHYTHMS

    rhythms

    • Dodecanarean cycles: complete cycles from aries to pisces
    • Quaternarean cyclesquaternarean cycles
    • Accommodating, relative, variable cycles: several vertical, diagonal, etc., orderings
    Example with a plant (tree - Plan in capricorn)

    3° Maturityexample with a plant2° Youth
    1° Birth







     
     

    The subject relates to him/itself in different moments of process.

    COMPOSITION

    • process 12 moments (each moment as a triad Triad).
    • quatern 3 (complete systems of Cosmic, Sychic and Alchemy).

    Links Relations

    As a moment of dodecanarean process (ascending zig-zag).

    Internally within a quaterna:

    There is a system that descends from the Cosmic to the Alchemical and from there to its Morphology as a step that includes the other three (this is valid only when just one quaterna is used).

    Moments of process considered as individuals:

    They relate to other moments of other planes (i.e. aries, leo, sagittarius).

    Positional relations:

    1. CONJUNCTION (or repetition). At the end of conjuction (0°) of the second process in relation to the first, is observed the tendency in the second one to replicate the first (determinism of the previous processes).

    2. TRINE (120° similitude individuals-processes) affinity between moments of different planes;

    3. SQUARE (relations of 90° with a different individual for each plane) = counteracts;

    4. OPPOSITION (relations of 180° with a different individual from a different plane) = counteracts or compensate;

    5. SEXTILE (relations of 60° with two individuals: one of its plane and another one of a different plane although both are similarindividuals but different regarding the central one).
      The central individual regarding the one of the same plane shows affinity of process and difference of time.
      The central individual regarding the individual of another plane shows difference of process and of time.
      The lateral ones show affinity of time but difference of process.

    Consequences of the positional relations:

    1. In conjunction, there is repetition. There is morphological inertia.
    2. In trine may be rectification or reinforcement of process.
    3. In square there is no freedom of action.
    4. In sextile there is no freedom of action, least of all with a different individual from another plane.

    Processes

    • Transmutative processes: the individual liberates himself from his origin.
    • Evolutionary processes: the individual transforms himself without loosing his identity.
    • Regressive processes: The individual involutions.
    • Crystalisation processes: the individual is fixed.

    Conventions:

    • The angular circle of the triangle at level C. designates the position of the Quaterna (left A.; up S.; and right C.). The circle inscribed within the square shows the position of the card in the Quaterna (left-down M.; left-up C.; right-up S.; and right-down A.). The reading order is first, the triangle, then the square.

    • In each card the planes are divided and connected with each other. In this way the central plane when connecting with C. for instance, it indicates a cosmic card and, the middle plane, when connecting with the other two planes, shows a sychic card. It is always the middle plane that indicates the plane in which it is itself placed.

    • The reading goes ascending from Aries to Pisces (providing they are evolutive and transmutative processes.







     
     
    T H E   T R E E

    the tree







    THE TREE: TRADITIONAL SYMBOLIC KABALAH (SYCHIC)
    the tree
      Individuals

    1. Polarity
    2. Plan
    3. Selection
    4. Instability
    5. Energy
    6. Generaction
    7. Tendency
    8. Deviation
    9. Regression
    10. Vitality

      Paths
      (examples of mental situations)

    11. Autonomy
    12. Dependency
    13. Complementation
    14. Posibility
    15. Evolution
    16. Purpose
    17. Direction

         /   Purification
      O   
         \   Confusion

    18. Premeditation
    19. Volubility
    20. Intent
    21. Fatality
    22. Improvisation
    23. Dispersion
    24. Degradation
    25. Fall
    26. Resolution
    27. Frustration
    28. Remorse
    29. Conservation
    30. Resentment
    31. Mutation
    32. Death








     
      Example: glands  
    example: glandsHypophysis - Pineal
      
    ParathyroidsThyroid
      
    AdrenalsLiver
      
    PancreasGonads
    and Ovaries
      



    Examples of mental levels

    example: mental levelsObjective conscience
    Conscience-of-self
    Ordinary vigil
    Semi-sleep
    Sleep



    Descendant rayAscendant ray
    Both rays follow the same direction on the horizontal line
    and then diverge.







    TRADITIONAL FIGURE
    traditional figure of the tree







     
      Example of the plant : (tree)

     example: the plantVitality - Other living elements (+)

    Fertilisers (or having that function)

    Disinfectants
    (or having that function)

    Light and temperature

    Atmosphere and pressure
     The Plant (Tree)

    Water

    Soil
     Regression - Other living elements (-)







    E N N E A G R A M

    Enneagram

    MICROSYSTEM OF RELATIONS AMONGST COMPONENTS
    (SEQUENCE: 142857)
    COMMON RELATION OF THE COMPONENTS
    (SEQUENCE: 123456789)


    The octave and the development of what comes from an ambit are altered (and alter) with what comes from another ambit.
    (sequence: DO1/RE/MI-shock-FA/SOL/LA/SI
    ...............................................^ DO2/RE/MI-shock-FA/SOL/LA/SI
    ............................................................................^ DO3/RE/MI/FA/SOL/LA/SI)

    THE ACTION OF ANOTHER AMBIT WITH WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL INTERACTS THROUGH ANOTHER PATH.






    THE ENNEAGRAM: TRADITIONAL SYMBOLIC ALCHEMY (ALCHEMY)

    'Machine' to study the composition of the individual. Its constituents inter-connected and related. Elements that modify the components and allow the internal transformation of the individual.

    enneagram







     
     
    Order of the internal process
    Entrance and outlets of elements, only through 3, 6, and 9. On occasions, an element on passing through the components is modified and when reaching the level of another entrance, suffers a new transformation by the action of the new entering element. That phenomena is called "shock".
    Micro-systems of relations amongst the components according to sequence 142857.
    Components







    Example of a plant: (tree)

    1. Roots (adsorption)
    2. Green stem (conduction and photosynthesis - breathing)
    3. Light and air
    4. Leaves (photosynthesis -breathing, transpiration and glucose production)
    5. Apical meristema (auxine production and hormonal-growth regulation)
    6. Temperature (chemo-synthesis)
    7. Cambium (flower and fruit growth)
    8. Marrow-roots-stocking and support (starch)
    example: the plant


    Conduction systems:
    ....... Xylem: row sap inorganic
    ------ Phlegm: elaborated sap and organic


     



    SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS
    ©Translation by H. van Doren

    © Translation from the original
    Spanish "Cuadernos de Escuela",
    first published in Santiago de Chile, 1973
    by ©Editorial Transmutación™ # 41.403
    All rights reserved for all countries.
    ©Home Page H. van Doren 1998

    The printing of this book was completed on
    6 December 1973 in Impresora Camilo Henríquez Ltda.,
    General Gana 1415, Santiago de Chile