The octave

The octave is the observable manifestation of all processes in creation.

Musicians will know that the octave is composed of increasing (or decreasing) rates of vibration, and that there are innumerable possible octaves. If we examine one octave, we will see that there are two intervals in the increase in the rate of vibrations. These occur between MI and FA and again between SI and the final DO. The rate of vibrations slows down and then speeds up again. This is shown in the musical scale by the absence of the semi-tone.

If we apply the law of octaves, or the Law of Seven as it is also known (the seven tones of the musical scale + DO again = an octave), to all processes, we can start to observe the Law of Seven in the world around us and in ourselves. This will allow us to verify for ourselves that the Law of Seven governs all processes.

We can become aware that at the point MI – FA the octave deviates form its original course; it takes a new direction. This is why nothing we start ever turns out the way we intended. We start something and then an accidental happening slightly changes the course of what we were

doing, and in our normal state we convince ourselves that this was actually more or less what we wanted.

If we start to observe ourselves sincerely, we will see that things only very rarely turn out as we originally intended. On the rare occasion that things do turn out as intended, quite by accident, we use this to convince ourselves that we are in fact masters of our destiny.

At the second interval, SI – DO, the force of the nearly-completed octave is usually enough to allow SI to pass into the next DO. However, we may also be able to observe the difficulty of completing projects. The final step can be the hardest, and often we leave things in a nearly finished state.

Ifwe want to begin work on ourselves we need to become aware of octaves in nature and in ourselves. It is enough to observe to begin with. Later, it may be possible for an experienced person, or ourselves, to provide the necessary shock to allow an octave to pass through an interval. We may then become able to achieve things that are not possible for man in his ordinary state.

We will also need to become gradually more aware of the two different types of octave: ascending octaves and descending octaves. For example, the Ray of Creation, the diagram that illustrates the universe, is a descending octave. Man’s spiritual path is an ascending octave. Often, what is taken for progress is in fact degeneration on a descending octave, as can be seen in the case of our own civilisation.