THE PHYSICAL WORLD EXPLAINED BY MAX HEINDEL

In his book "The Rosicrucian Cosmos-Conception," Max Heindel on the physical plane wrote the following:

« In the Physical World, the solids, liquids and gases form the three denser subdivisions, the remaining four being ethers of varying densities.

The three dense subdivisions of the Physical World (the solids, liquids and gases) constitute what is termed the Chemical Region. The substance in this Region is the basis of all dense Form.

The Ether is also physical matter. It is not homogeneous, as material science alleges, but exists in four different states. It is the medium of ingress for the quickening spirit which imparts vitality to the Forms in the Chemical Region.

The four finer or etheric subdivisions of the Physical World constitute what is known as the Etheric Region.

The careful consideration given by the occultist to the characteristics of the Physical World might seem superfluous were it not that he regards all things from a viewpoint differing widely from that of the materialist. The latter recognizes three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases.

These are all chemical, because derived from the chemical constituents of Earth.

From this chemical matter all the forms of mineral, plant, animal, and man have been built, hence they are as truly chemical as the substances which are commonly so termed. »

(Chapter 1)

And to summarize, Max Heindel put the following diagram:

Unfortunately, Max Heindel's claims are false, because the scientists not consider three states of matter, but four, which are: solid, liquid, gaseous, and incandescent.

And the occultists also consider these four states, for example: in shamanism and astrology; they speak of the four elements, which are: earth, water, air and fire.

(And since Max Heindel had studied astrology a lot, I don’t understand how he didn’t realize that he was missing the fire element in his classification.)

Blavatsky also specified that of the seven main states of matter on Earth, only one state is ethereal, while the other two states that are still to be discovered have other characteristics.

And she also showed us, how the masters of wisdom designate these seven states of matter, but as only five of them are now known in the West, she also put their correspondences with the elements of nature and the names they have in the ancient Hindu teaching:

STATES OF MATTER	ELEMENT ASSOCIATED	TATTVAS (IN SANSKRIT)
unknown in the West	primordial or supreme matter (aether)	adi
unknown in the West	matter “without parents” self-existent	anupadaka or aupapaduka
ethereal	ether	akasha or alaya
incandescent	fire	taijasa or tejas
gaseous	air	vayu
liquid	water	apas
solid	earth	prithivi

(This table is in Instructions III given by Blavatsky to the Esoteric School and subsequently published in Collected Writings XII, p.614)

And about these seven states of the physical plane matter, Blavatsky pointed out that:

« Occult Science recognizes seven states of matter — four entirely physical [solid, liquid, gaseous and incandescent], the fifth (ethereal) semi-material, as it will become visible in the air towards the end of our Fourth Round, to reign supreme over the others during the whole of the Fifth Round.

The remaining two are as yet absolutely beyond the range of human perception. These latter will, however, appear as presentments during the 6th and 7th Races of this Round, and will become known in the 6th and 7th Rounds respectively. »

(The Secret Doctrine I, p.12)

And it should be noted that this fifth state (ethereal) is not the one mentioned by Max Heindel, since he associates it with the vital energy, while in the original Theosophy, this state is associated with the physical matter, and Blavatsky mentions the following about the ethereal state:

« Its characteristic is permeability and as that state manifests itself:

• Humans will develop a sixth sense that will allow them to see through matter,
• and also the objects will be able to pass through other objects (walls, chests, etc.). »

(DS I, p.258)

Whereas the vital energy and the vital body are associated with another plane of existence, that is the energy plane (prana), which, in the original teaching is NOT part of the physical plane, but it is a higher plane to the physical plane.

Therefore, you may see that Max Heindel taught false and very different things from what the Masters and their true disciples taught.

And the question that arises is:

Why did Max Heindel say those falsehoods?

And the answer is because he relied on what Charles Leadbeater and Annie Besant wrote, but without realizing that what these individuals were teaching was wrong.