Science has concluded that behind apparent chaotic systems, there appear to be majestic, underlying patterns of order. Complex systems that have infinite detail and geometric shape are known as ‘fractals’ and are considered to be found almost everywhere in nature, such as coastlines, mountains and even galaxy clusters. Chaos theory attempts to explain the order in disorder and to understand that every subtle change affects everything else. Where this scientific thinking is leading is impossible to determine, but nonetheless science is beginning to recognise the interconnectedness between apparently random events. Up to this point science had predicated a relatively ordered universe where exact physical laws operated universally. Chaos theory was to change this forever. Simply put, modern scientific thinking has evolved from a mechanical, clockwork universe to one that is infinitely complex, yet quite possibly interconnected.

The findings of science have provided us with a valuable insight as to the nature of the physical universe. The fact that science has somewhat revealed the nature of light, energy and electricity is possibly indicative that a major breakthrough into the realms of the etheric, of the protyle realms, is not too far away. If so, this will herald a new chapter in the annals of modern science, possibly as groundbreaking as anything that has come before. This discovery will enable science and esoteric philosophy to become more engaged with each other.

It was possibly Plato who stated that ‘God geometrises’, that there is a pattern and an order in the universe, and that there is a design in nature, even though the complexities of these patterns seem impossible to interpret. Only the trained eye of the see-er (seer) can begin to appreciate the majestic interrelationship of life, and how universal laws play upon the shifting kaleidoscope of galaxies, solar systems, rays, hierarchies, planets, planes, human and sub-human lives.

If, then, we accept that there is a pattern, a governance, an order and a direction in life then we must also accept, if only hypothetically, that there is a central Life that informs the host of lives that embody the manifested universe.

Since time immemorial the esoteric sciences have alluded to an unfolding universal pattern of infinite beauty and governed by spiritual law in which Deity bestows its beneficence through the ‘great Hierarchy of Being’. The Ageless Wisdom speaks of the ‘great Hierarchy of Being’ as a living world of supreme, intelligent, spiritual Lives, linking galaxy with galaxy, star with star, system with system, and planet with planet through the electrical interplay of energy. Christianity, Judaism, and Kabbalistic scriptures too speak of great angelic hierarchies fulfilling certain roles in the heavenly spheres.

Through this universal coherency the governance of God is administered within the greater Whole. And, throughout this vast and unimaginable system flows the living Breath of God sweeping all onwards and upwards to ever greater expansions of consciousness. For, ultimately, the law of the universe is to all eternity the good of all.

In truth, there is little that any of us can truly articulate upon such a profound, immense and impenetrable subject as the governance of God. There is much that must remain veiled. The danger of too much knowledge is far worse than too little. But, in the use of the law of analogy, some small faint glimmerings of truth can emerge as to the Godhead and to the universal interrelationship of life.

So, as we develop in consciousness beyond the confining walls of the personality, we begin to grasp the concept of group relationships, and from this point we move steadily to an appreciation of our small part within the planetary whole and beyond, until, finally, we ‘escape’ the solar system itself and move progressively towards a universal awareness. And, like the philosopher-poet Robert Browning in his poem ‘Paracelsus’, we recognise that:

“Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise

From outward things, whate'er you may believe.

There is an inmost centre in us all,

Where truth abides in fulness; and around,

Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in,

This perfect, clear conception which is truth.”