276 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



Principles. The so-called " secondary " colors, 

 which are " critical " states and triadic, are some- 

 times called " neutral points " in progression, but 

 they also have their dual phases; thus violet which 

 comes forth from the mingling of positive red with 

 negative blue, is the negative " neutral," and 

 yellow, which occupies the middle ground between 

 red and blue, is the positive " neutral." These 

 two colors represent the corresponding phases of 

 Mercury, and they are preeminent in the aura of an 

 Adept during the state of Samadhl when the Kun- 

 dal'ini has risen in the Sushumna. Violet really 

 veils the heat and light of the spiritual flame, and 

 derives its potency and delicacy from the exquisitely 

 subtle refinement of this electric fire, which is be- 

 yond the comprehension of our finite senses. 



It is ultra-violet, of course, to which this refers; 

 but all violet is intrinsically the same in nature and 

 in influence, though lowered in degree of power as 

 it is coarsened in descent through lower octaves to 

 visibility. 



Mme. Blavatsky declares numbers in connection 

 with Principles " are purely arbitrary, changing 

 with every school. Some count three, some four, 

 some six, and some seven." She further explains 

 that they do not follow in regular sequence, and 

 that every student is left by his Guru " to work 

 out for himself the number appropriate to each of 

 his Principles." In a certain sense this is true; yet 



