that this wisdom is unfit and dangerous to the ordinary human mind and liable to perversion and loss of virtue if revealed to vulgar & unpurified spirits. Hence the ancients veiled this Wisdom with symbolism and allegory, lest it fall into hands of the immoral. Only the initiated or the pure can comprehend its subtle mysteries. Therefore Tantric philosophy is often veiled in symbolism, myth & allegory.
Behind all manifested phenomena is the Unmanifest Self, which is hidden, hidden and hidden. Worldly intelligence seeks this Sanctuary in vain. All is undecipherable to the unprepared. He can see nothing, read nothing in its interior ! Such a knowledge must perforce be occult, because the mysteries of the Universe are not for the laity. To a mind divinely intoxicated, Tantra becomes the Voice of the Universe which dicates its furthur thought. That Point where Truth, Art & Science meet is only accessible to the Tantric divinely intoxicated mind !
The Sevenfold Mode of Cosmic Existence
Tantra recognises the septenary priciples that pervade the Universe. They are
Matter
Mind
Life
Supermind
Existence
Consciousness
Bliss
The ancients had called these seven principles the seven colours of the light of Divine Consciousness, the seven Rays of the Infinite. They constitute the entire fabric of the Universe, Not only are they one in their reality but inseparable in the sevenfold variety of their action. The lower trilogy of Life, Mind and Matter are only instruments of the higher divine quartenary of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss-Supermind. Mind is merely an