The range of expression for each Soul contains lives which vary from serial killer to saint: the range of expression for each Monad contains Souls at every stage of the cycle of incarnation. Consequently the way in which the Monad’s themes and patterns may be expressed is subject to the greatest variety.
In addition, the differences which exist between the Monads show most strongly in the less developed Souls. The more spiritually developed the Soul, the more it will resemble other spiritually developed Souls, regardless of their Monad –because these Souls are expressing the inner Divine nature common to all Monads, who are after all microcosms of God/dess. Thus highly developed Souls resemble each other more than they resemble other Souls from their own Monad.
You may have noticed that it is the same with religions. Members of all religions run the gamut from the simplistic to the sublime. The simplistic tend to make much of the differences between their religion and others, seeing these differences as the most important aspects of their faith. The spiritually advanced members of all religions tend to hold very similar ideas to each other, despite some variations, and resemble each other much more than they resemble the more simplistic members of their own religion. This is because the inner nature of things is ultimately One: it is the outer form which varies.
Thus as we retrace our steps back through the cycles of incarnation, from life to Soul to Monad, we find ultimately One source: God/dess. And in God/dess ultimately is the nature of all things.
GLOSSARY
THREE TIMES THREE –“Three Times Three” is an expression used to indicate
the maximum extension of creative/magical power. In Numerology the number Three
represents (among other things) Magic and creative force. Multiplied by itself
Three represents the power of magic operating at an exponential level. Three
Times Three is also Nine, the number which represents the furthest extension of
creation before returning to source and beginning again –or the greatest
distance creative/magical force can reach. This idea is used in the popular
magical formula “By all the power of Three Times Three, as I do will So Mote It
Be”.
ENNEAD OF HELIOPOLIS –The Ennead of Heliopolis are the nine major Deities connected to the religious rites of the ancient Egyptian city of On (Heliopolis –modern day Cairo). Specific Egyptian Temples often venerated a group of related Deities –such a group is termed a Pesjet, and could be of any number. The Pesjet of On are the Deities connected with the creation myths associated with the Heliopolitan God Ra. The nine Deities of the Pesjet are: Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nuit, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nepthys. Some versions of this Pesjet also include Horus. According to the myth Ra arose from a lotus in the primeval waters of Nun. An androgynous Deity Father-Mother Ra produced the first Gods, Shu and Tefnut, by masturbating. Shu (Air) and Tefnut (Moisture) became the parents of Geb (Earth) and Nuit (Sky). Geb and Nuit became the parents of Osiris (Asar), Isis (Aset), Set and Nepthys (Nebet Het) –and in some versions of Horus (Hor or Heru) as well. Shu stepped in to separate the amorous embrace of Geb and Nuit and holds them apart –thus air is between Earth and the heavens. The Temple of Heliopolis was believed to mark the spot where Ra first arose from the primeval waters. The original creator God in the myth was Atum (or Temu). As the Sun God Ra became more prominent He became identified with Atum in the myth, eventually displacing Him. In time Atum came to be thought of as an aspect of Ra, representing the Setting Sun, while Khepera represented the Rising Sun.