53 The joint activity of solar and lunar Pitris.—S. D., II, 258.     1. "The spark hangs from the flame by the finest thread of Fohat.

		a. The three-tongued flame that never dies..Triad.

		b. The four wicks     Quaternary.

		c. The thread of Fohat     Thread of Life.

2. It journeys through the seven worlds of maya.

		Macrocosmically     the seven planetary schemes.

		Planetary     the seven chains of a scheme.

		Microcosmically     the seven globes of a chain.

Note and meditate upon:—
"...the divine Septenary hanging from the triad, thus forming the Decad and its permutations.  Seven, five and three."
3. It stops in the first, and is a metal and a stone; it passes into the second and behold—a plant; the plant whirls through seven forms and becomes a sacred animal."
Compare S. D., I, 266.
Note the kabalistic aphorism:—"A stone becomes a plant; a plant, a beast; a beast, a man; a man, a spirit; and the spirit, God.—S. D., I, 267.
4. From the combined attributes of these, Manu, the Thinker, is formed.—See S. D., II, 179, 187.
5. Who forms him?  The seven lives and the One Life.—See S. D., II. 268.
The seven groups of lives who form the three lower bodies.  The lunar Pitris or fathers of the material forms.
6. Who completes him?  The fivefold Lha.
Who unites the higher Spiritual Triad and the lower self?

		a. The fivefold Gods of the intelligence.

		b. The fifth principle of mind.

7. Who perfects the last body?  Fish, sin, and soma.

		a. Fish, sin and soma collectively compose the three symbols of the immortal being.

		b. Fish—symbol of the buddhic principle, the manifested life on earth.  Note the avatara of Vishnu.  The sign of Pisces, the fish.  Jesus the fisher of men.

		c. Sin—The fall of man, involution of Spirit.

		d. Soma—Moon.  The work of lunar Pitris, providing bodies.  Read stanza VII, 6, S. D., I, 285.