182 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
Great Logoi. They contain within Themselves all the great
Hierarchies which differentiate mor e and more as they
diffuse through the various Cosmic Planes. (See diagram 6).
There are forty-nine Hierarchies on the second Cosmic
Plane; on the third there are 343 Hierarchies. Each of these
is capable of septenary divisions and subdivisions, so that in
the lowest Cosmic Plane, where the Solar Systems manifest,
the number of divisions and subdivisions is almost infinite.
In the Highest World of the seventh Cosmic Plane
dwells the God of our Solar System and the Gods of all
other Solar Systems in the Universe. These gr eat Beings are
also threefold in manifestation, like The Supreme Being.
Their three aspects are Will, Wisdom and Activity.
Each of the seven Planetary Spirits which proceeds from
God and has charge of the evolution of life on one of the
seven planets, is also threefold and differentiates within
itself Creative Hierarchies which go through a septenary
evolution. The evolution carried on by one Planetary Spirit
differs from the methods of development inaugurated by
each of the others.
It may be further stated that, at least in the particular
planetary scheme to which we belong, the entities farthest
evolved in the earliest stages, who had reached a high stage
of perfection in previous evolutions, assume the functions of
the original Planetary Spirit and continue the evolution, the
original Planetary Spirit withdrawing from active
participation, but guiding its Regents.
The foregoing is the teaching relative to all the Solar
Systems, but coming down to the particular System to which
we belong, the following is the teaching which the
sufficiently trained Seer can obtain for himself by personal
investigation of the memory of nature.