The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 105

on the Scale of Vibrations in other words the degrees
of the Fourth Dimension.
And these degrees form
what occultists call
"Planes" The higher the
degree of rate of vibration,
the higher the plane and
the higher the
manifestation of Life
occupying that plane. So
that while a plane is not "a
place" nor yet "a state or
condition" yet it possesses
qualities common to both.
We shall have more to say
regarding the subject of
the scale of Vibrations in
our next lessons, in which
we shall consider the
Hermetic Principle of
Vibration.
You will kindly remember,
however, that the Three
Great Planes are not actual
divisions of the phenomena
of the Universe, but merely
arbitrary terms used by the
Hermetists in order to aid
in the thought and study of
the various degrees and
Forms of universal activity
and life. The atom of
matter, the unit of force,
the mind of man and the
being of the arch-angel are

all but degrees in one scale
and all fundamentally the
same, the difference
between solely a matter of
degree and rate of
vibration - all are creations
of THE ALL and have their
existence solely within the
Infinite Mind of THE ALL.
The Hermetists sub-divide
each of the Three Great
Planes into Seven Minor
Planes and each of these
latter are also sub-divided
into seven sub-planes, all
divisions being more or
less arbitrary, shading into
each other and adopted
merely for convenience of
scientific study and
thought.
The Great Physical Plane,
and its Seven Minor Planes,
is that division of the
phenomena of the Universe
which includes all that
relates to physics, or
material things, forces and
manifestations. It includes
all forms of that which we
call Matter and all forms of
that which we call Energy
or Force. But you must
remember that the
Hermetic Philosophy does