GENERAL MICRO-PSI DESCRIPTION OF MATTER

When the micro-psi observer concentrates on the interior of a crystal or a metal, a specimen of which is placed before him, he often claims to notice a grey mist or fine haze of light enveloping it, sometimes followed by discharges of rays or streams of "points of light" shooting out from the material in all directions. With greater magnification, the mist becomes particulate, being found to consist of myriads of similar points of light in chaotic motion. The observer may catch sight of globes of scintillating points, tossing and waving about as if blown by an invisible wind. On closer examination, these are found to consist of very closely packed groups of points of light held in rigid geometrical configurations such as tetrahedra, octahedra, and hexagons. Some may exhibit periodic motion as if forced to move in orbits; others may fly across the field of vision in cascades, like showers of meteors in the night sky. Small groups of points of light appear joined by thin, luminescent streams of energy, or "lines of force." Provided that not too high a level of magnification is used, a global organization and pattern emerge for the points of light. Collectively, they create the impression of a rigid, geometrical figure. Its shape is characteristic of a particular element in the substance being examined with micro-psi vision, for this form (and only this form) is observed for the element, irrespective of whether the specimen is in a solid, liquid, or gaseous state and of whether the element is in a pure state or in a chemical compound. This object appears to the micro-psi observer to be the basic structural unit of which the substance is composed. It will be called a "micro-psi atom" (or M.P.A.). Besant and Leadbeater classified all M.P.A.'s into seven types:

1. Spike Group. The unit consists of a number of identical, spike-shaped projections containing groups of points of light. These spikes vary in number from one to sixteen (depending on the element) and radiate symmetrically from a central globe, which also contains groups of lighted points (fig. 1.1, a).

2. Dumb-bell Group. The M.P.A. has a central rodlike section containing a row of groups of points of light. At each end there is a globe with other clusters of lighted points in it. The two globes are identical, and twelve funnel-shaped forms radiate from each of them. The funnels are symmetrically arranged about the centre of a globe like flower petals, each pointing slightly upwards or downwards, alternatively. The whole unit has the appearance of a dumb-bell (fig. 1.1, b).

3. Tetrahedron Group. The M.P.A. has four funnels that contain ovoid bodies and open out on the faces of a regular tetrahedron. They may radiate from a central globe enclosing groups of points of light. In three elements belonging to this type of M.P.A., there are also four spikelike forms directed towards the corners of the tetrahedron (fig. 1.1, c).

4. Cube Group. The M.P.A. consists of six funnels, containing ovoid bodies and opening on the faces of a cube. It may also have a central globe. In the case of two elements, the M.P.A. has eight spikes as well. These point towards the corners of the cube (fig. 1.1, d).

5. Octahedron Group. The M.P.A. is an array of eight funnels that open on the faces of a regular octahedron. It is rounded at the octahedral corners and a little depressed between the faces in consequence of this rounding. It has the appearance of a "corded bale." All elements except one have a central globe, and two elements display in addition six spikes that point to the corners of the octahedron (fig. 1.1, e).

6. Bars Group. The M.P.A. consists of fourteen bar-shaped projections. They radiate from a common point towards the corners of a cube and towards the centres of its faces. All bars have the same composition of groups of lighted points. There is no central globe (fig. l.l,f).

7. Star Group. The M.P.A. has the form of a flat, six-pointed star, like a starfish. Each of the six "arms" of the star has the same composition of lighted points (for a given element). The arms radiate from a central sphere containing five intersecting, tetrahedral arrays of identical groups of points of light (fig. 1.1, g).

It should be emphasized that, in all the geometric forms mentioned above, nothing resembling actual tetrahedral cubes, etc., is visible to the micro-psi observer. These figures represent merely the geometrical scaffolding supporting the funnels, spikes, and other features. The micro-psi observer may change the perspective in which he seems to view an M.P.A., but its intrinsic shape does not change during the period of observation. Diagrams such as figure 1.1 are not drawn to scale, so only qualitative features have significance. This is because the observer has difficulty in judging relative sizes of bodies and in comparing their distances apart. Also, structural features of widely varying size require different degrees of magnification, so the diagrams reproduced in this book are not necessarily realistic representations of micro-psi images in terms of scale.

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