8  1. The Primordial is the Ray and the direct emanation of the Sacred Four.  S. D, I, 115 [1st ed: 88], 116 [1st ed: 88].
The Sacred Four are:
                                               Unity
     a. Father...........Mahadeva.......1st Logos.........Will......Spirit.
                                              Duality
     b. Son..............Vishnu..............2nd Logos.......Love-Wisdom.
                                              Trinity
     c. Mother.........Brahma.............3rd Logos.......Intelligent activity.
                                          Sacred Four
     d. The united manifestation of the three—Macrocosm.
2. The manifested Quaternary and the seven Builders proceed from the Mother.—S. D., I, 402.
a. The seven Builders are the Manasaputras, the Mind-born sons of Brahma, the third aspect.  S. D., III, 540.
     b. They come into manifestation to develop the second aspect.  S. D., I., 108 [1st ed: 79].
     c. Their method is objectivity.
3. The re-awakened Energies sprang into space.
     a. They are the veiled synthesis.......................S. D., I, 362 [1st ed: 339].
     b. They are the totality of manifestation...........S. D., I, 470 [1st ed: 436].
     c. They are pre-cosmic..................................S. D., I, 152 [1st ed: 127], 470 [1st ed: 436].