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Civan as thus described is said to h& Xish-halam^ i.e., without parts or 

 adjuncts, perfect in Himself, the absolute Loi'd. But He is capable of 

 manifestation, and in order to energise in souls, and in the various 

 constituents of that eternal aggregate of impurity which constitutes the 

 bond, He assumes a Ca-kala nature, i.e. one composed of a species (if 

 spiritual body. 



NOTE XIII. 



The Bride, Para-gatti = ^ivan's ' Primal Energy.' 



In order that the supreme Pati may energise in soul and in the Pagani 

 (Malam) from which the universe is evolved, there proceeds forth from 

 him an energy (Catti, S. Cakti) which in its various manifestations Avill 

 requii'e attentive consideration. The doctrine is thus summed up : " The 

 supreme Catti, or essential energy that subsists in and one with Civam, 

 sends forth in successive developments (1) the energy of desire, (2) the 

 energy of wisdom, and (3) the energy of action. These powers in opera- 

 tion constitute the sacred body of Caiva. This ' the uncontaminated one 

 approaches, manifesting himself as inscrutable grace, and thus joins 

 himself to the pure maya.' He then ajiproaches ' impure maya, the 

 causal one, and establishes bodies, organs, worlds, and fruition in all their 

 plenitude in oi'der that deeds eternal and inexorable may be consumed,' 

 as it is curiously phrased. Thus souls are embodied, involved in the bond 

 from which, when deeds are consumed, they will be evolved. This is the 

 mystery of the develojjed and undeveloped forms of the Supreme. What 

 is specially important here is that the supreme divinity (Pati) manifests 

 himself and operates in the universe through his Catti, or energy, only. 

 ' Civan and (^atti are as the sun and its radiance.' This noun is in 

 Sanskrit feminine, and thus the effective energy of Civan is represented 

 as a female, a goddess, and it is very wonderful what an amount of 

 mythology and ritual has been accumulated around this one word. The 

 question is repeated again and again, How is Pati, who is pure spirit, to 

 mingle with and energise in souls and amid impurities ? and the answer 

 is, that he does so by sending forth an energy that is like a ray of light, 

 a mighty influence that quickens, illuminates, and purifies all things, and 

 this energy, personified as a goddess, has led to all the developments of 

 (^atti worship. This is in fact the way in which the (^aiva philosophy 

 bridges over the gulf between the finite and the infinite. (Compare 

 <^'iva-iiana-Bodham, p. 54, Madras, 1825.) 



