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THE POWER OF KARMA and the success due to worldly attainments. Its lower aspects are envy and greed. It is the link between nature and supernature. Without it, there could be no stable basis upon which, and through which, the higher forces could act. Its planet is SATURN; the binder, and also the reaper ; he who limits physical manifestation from which is reaped the seed of spiritual attainment. The Saturn force must be faced and conquered upon this planet. Its metal is LEAD.
INDIGO is not blue, but a colour by itself. It represents Spiritual Mind: the power of the spiritual plane brought to earth and manifested through man, as contrasted with human mind or intellect. It is human intellect joined to the soul and permeated by the spirit, forming the HIGHER TRIAD or INCARNATING EGO. Whilst green represents the highest point to which physical intellect of man can reach, INDIGO represents this same intellect overshadowed and inspired by something from above-the Divine Mind. It is the power of inspiration higher than the green can give, which enables man to project his consciousness into realms above those capable of being reached by intellect alone. The planet is VENUS, and like her, it has two aspects, whilst it always represents the spiritual mind, it is often submerged and held down to worldly
