To better understand the Monads, let us try to recapitulate the qualities of each as simply as possible.
1 Protoneira –To gain abstract understanding of Being: To find the “right way” for things to be. Key Phrase: “To Conceive”.
2 Deuteroneira –To develop practical systems for dealing with Being: To nurture and assist in pragmatic ways. Key Phrase: “To Nurture”.
3 Tritoneira –To implement systems of dealing with Being: To put things in motion and expand them. Key Phrase: “To Pursue”.
4 Tetroneira –To gain abstract understanding of the relationships between things: to be creative and invent new ways of doing things. Key Phrase: “To Develop”.
5 Pemptoneira –To develop practical systems for dealing with the relationships between things: to understand and manipulate cause and effect. Key Phrase: “To Study”.
6 Ektoneira –To implement systems for dealing with the relationships between things: To gain practical facility with building and maintaining relationships. Key Phrase: “To Admire”.
7 Ebdomoneira –To gain abstract understanding of the role of individuality vs the whole: To appreciate individuality in creation. Key Phrase: “To Apply”.
8 Ogdoneira –To develop practical systems for dealing with the role of individuality vs the whole: To impose order on creation. Key Phrase: “To Establish”.
9 Enatoneira –To implement systems for dealing with the role of individuality vs the whole: To resolve conflicts and create new forms to allow systems of order to move forward in creation. Key Phrase: “To Resolve”.
The nine Monads can be thought of in terms of being a process –the steps in creation. As Above So Below they also express the steps which any process goes through. This pattern can be seen in the Key Phrases given for each: To Conceive, Nurture, Pursue, Develop, Study, Admire, Apply, Establish, and Resolve.
The Nine Monads and Pythagorean Numerology
In dealing with the Monads we portray them in ANTHROPOMORPHIC form in order to better understand them: we give them names, describe them as “she”, even picture them in human forms. Of course this is a vastly oversimplified way of looking at them, but it can be helpful in establishing an understanding of their qualities and the nature of their interaction, as well as in establishing an emotional connection to them.
Other ways of looking at the Monad can be more complex and harder to attach to: the Monads can be seen as the evolving mindset of the Creator reflected in the creation: they can be seen as successive waves of creation: they can be seen as the inherent process of creation, and thence As Above So Below as the steps all things go through in manifestation. All of these concepts are true, but are also rather abstract and thus hard for most people to comprehend let alone feel part of. And feeling part of your Monad is an important aspect of spiritual development and especially of Karmic Disentanglement (Lesson 3:8), since as these unfold they require establishing a sense of identity beyond the current lifetime and ultimately even beyond the individual Soul.