April 13, 2007
Washington State science EALRs and WASL serve to introduce a student to the teachings and understanding of the trinity of Theosophy. The Washington State science symbol presents the function of the trinity. In Christian Theology, the Trinity is the union of three divine persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit in one Godhead. For Theosophy, the Trinity is described with many terms, but always in the union of three. Some examples are
- Will (God), Wisdom (Son), Activity (Holy Spirit)
- First Logos, Second Logos, Third Logos
- First Outpouring, Second Outpouring, Third Outpouring
The Washington State science symbol is the Theosophical symbol of the Trinity representing the unification of the external inputs (Son) with the system (God) to initiate the transformation. The WASL science provides repeated scenarios introducing the concept of matter + energy = transformation, which could be also termed P x E(2) x I(5) = Human Capital Development (Carkhuff Formula). My next post will demonstrate this pattern and show how the science WASL is assessing selective attention capabilities. For today, the OSPI science symbol will be explained.
- Process = Systems (God/Will)
- Input = Inquiry (Son/Wisdom)
- Output = Applications (Holy Spirit/Activity)
The OSPI symbol is presented in the female form, which is in reverse of the male form; this is because McCune and others teach that the male is the reason for the current state of affairs (see drawing depicting OSPI symbol, male version and alignment to Theosophy’s egg-shaped man). The female will bring back balance to the Earth. The idea of the symbol is to demonstrate how the system (Godman) is united with the outputs (Holy Spirit) through the external inputs (Son-Word). According to Carkhuff teachings in his book The New Science of Possibilities, the inputs are represented by God or gods through "people and their communities and cultures; in organizations, corporations, and marketplace economies. He is in machines as well as nature, information as well as individuals, mathematical cells as well as biological ones" (p.259). The inputs are the energy sources needed to transform dense matter to its etheric (spirit) form. A student's generated responses or outputs, which are influenced by the learning material and information (inputs), are processed when united with the system (matter-Godman); however, the ability to transform matter with energy sources is dependent on the system's evolutionary state. When studying Theosophical doctrine you will find that the oval is a representation of the human evolutionary process in accordance to race.
The oval is presented with the following depictions of man: Negro (Plate V and Plate VII), Mongol (Plate VIII and Plate X), and Aryan (Plate XXI and Plate XXIII). These are the representations of the three root-races and each system's matter density. As you will notice, the Negro Plate VII is very dense, unlike the Aryan Plate XXIII, which demonstrates the purity of the Aryan verses the Negro. If you look closely, you will notice the features are representative of the African American in Plate V, the Asian in Plate VIII and the Caucasian in Plate XXIII. Notice the illumination in Plate XXI is so that you cannot see the human figure. This is also the case for Plate VII (Negro); however, there is no illumination because the matter is so thick. To read more about the Plates and to view all the Plates link to the book Man Visible and Invisible by C.W. Leadbeater. Note: a hard copy of the book will show the human features more clearly, to purchase go to Amazon.com.
