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98 The Kabbalah ofthe Golden Dawn
that the negative energies are not putting pressure on the various auric
bodies, particularly the Etheric and Astral Bodies. The emotions are one
of the most obvious aspects affected by the various astrological influences
and which, in turn, influence the energy variance through the Etheric
Body.One must, therefore, be careful to be in harmony with these factors
through calculation before any real occult work can begin in earnest.
The Nephesch, in terms of Sephirotic reference, corresponds to the
Sephirah of Yesod. For Mathers says;95
The Automatic Consciousness, as it is called, is in Yesod,
and has to do with the lower passions and desires. Being
automatic, that is, moving of itself, it can hardly be said
to be Will. Now this is the danger which threatens the
man who yields to the temptations of the lower desires.
The two component parts of the Nephesch, according to eastern
tradition, are linked by the seven chakras. In the Golden Dawn these
were never directly referred to, though in western literature the planetary
influence, or whirls as they were called on the body, are well documented.
It is unfortunate the Golden Dawn tended to ignore them. In the Stella
Matutina, however, they were studied (within the New Zealand Temple,
Whare Ra, that is), and my own training under Taylor involved a very
detailed studv of what these centers represented. This is an area that
Mathers could have done much with; however those he taught who went
into the Stella Matutina adopted it with much vigor. The bulk of the following
section is taken from a paper called the "Sphere of Sensation"
which I wrote some years ago for the Thorh Hermes Temple in New
Zealand. I feel it takes a more balanced approach toward the Etheric Body
or Lower Nephesch, and in some instances approaches it from a completely
different level than given in this section.
95 Flying Rotl22.