These three Monads all deal with issues of application of understanding to group situations. Tritoneira applies understanding of ideal forms and ways of being to group situations and creates motion and communication. Ektoneira applies understanding of relationships to group situations and uses these to create strong personal attachments. Enatoneira applies understanding of the nature of individuality in group situations to create peaceful solutions.
By considering these three MANDALAS we will see a pattern revealed: Inner understanding which leads to practical application of that understanding in one’s life, leading in turn to application of that understanding to the world around one. Thus we see that the origin of things begins within and over time is applies without.
This is an important understanding –and one which eludes many, because in daily life things often don’t seem this way.
As we learned back in Lesson 1:1 the physical world appears very solid and external to the self, but it is not. The physical takes its form from the spiritual, and is generated from within. The energy of which the material world is composed reacts to thought and emotion, and is shaped by these just as the Scarab’s carapace is shaped from within as well. This is why magic works –both intentionally and also unintentionally- and why it is so important for us to study the Soul and Monad and to have a good relationship with our Higher Selves
A person’s ordinary perception –that they react to the world- is exactly opposite to the study of Spirit tells us: that it is the world which reacts to us. Once we understand this, our way of interacting with the world becomes very different and much more intentional.
Understanding the Nine Monads through the Ennead Matrix
Another means of studying the interaction of the Nine Monads is through the “Ennead Matrix”. The Ennead Matrix comes to us through the followers of EMMANUEL SWEDENBORG. The idea is based upon Swedenborg’s writings, but has been developed by others –notably Dr. Ian Thompson and Dr. Leon James.
The Ennead Matrix is a kind of MAGIC SQUARE which is used to examine the forces of creation and manifestation through the Nine principle Numbers.
There are several variations on the Ennead Matrix in use by the Swedenborgians, and the one we give below is not exactly like any of them –as with so many things it is our own understanding of the concept. Exactly how the interplay of forces represented by the Ennead Matrix is described by Swedenborgians varies widely, and we have put it into terms which we understand and which make it relevant to us.