XI.  Kumbha (or Aquarius).—­When represented by numbers, the word is equivalent to 14.  It can be easily perceived then that the division in question is intended to represent the “Chaturdasa Bhuvanam,” or the 14 lokas spoken of in Sanskrit writings.

XII.  Mina (or Pisces).—­This word again is represented by 5 when written in numbers, and is evidently intended to convey the idea of Panchamahabhutams or the 5 elements.  The sign also suggests that water (not the ordinary water, but the universal solvent of the ancient alchemists) is the most important amongst the said elements.

I have now finished the task which I have set to myself in this article.  My purpose is not to explain the ancient theory of evolution itself, but to show the connection between that theory and the Zodiacal divisions.  I have herein brought to light but a very small portion of the philosophy imbedded in these signs.  The veil that was dexterously thrown over certain portions of the mystery connected with these signs by the ancient philosophers will never be lifted up for the amusement or edification of the uninitiated public.

Now to summarize the facts stated in this article, the contents of the first chapter of the history of this universe are as follows: 

1.  The self-existent, eternal Brahmam.

2.  Pranava (Aum).

3.  The androgyne Brahma, or the bisexual Sephira-Adam Kadmon.

4.  The Sacred Tetragram—­the four matras of Pranava—­the four
    avasthas—­the four states of Brahma—­the Sacred Dharaka.

5.  The five Brahmas—­the five Buddhas representing in their totality
    the Jivatma.

6.  The Astral Light—­the holy Virgin—­the six forces in Nature.

7.  The thirty-six Tatwams born of Avidya.

8.  The universe in thought—­the Swapna Avastha—­the microcosm looked at
    from a subjective point of view.

9.  The nine Prajapatis—­the assistants of the Demiurgus.*

10.  The shape of the material universe in the mind of the Demiurgus—­
     the dodecahedron.

11.  The fourteen lokas.

12.  The five elements.

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* The nine Kabalistic Sephiroths emanated from Sephira the 10th and the
head Sephiroth are identical.   Three trinities or triads with their
emanative principle form the Pythagorean mystic Decad, the sum of all
which represents the whole Kosmos.—­Ed. Theos.
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The history of creation and of this world from its beginning up to the present time is composed of seven chapters.  The seventh chapter is not yet completed.

—­T.  Subba Row
Triplicane, Madras, September 14, 1881

The Sishal and Bhukailas Yogis