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===Cosmology===
[[File:Seven_Revolutions,_Globes_and_Periods.png|450px|thumb|“We must constantly bear in mind that these Worlds inter-penetrate, that the Globes inter-penetrate, and that the way they are shown in the diagram [reduced to two dimensions] is analogous to taking all the wheels of a watch and laying them side by side in order to show how the watch keeps time.” ~ Max Heindel]]
The evolution of man is divided into seven Periods:<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen008.gif The 777 Incarnations]</ref>
*''involution'': the Saturn Period, the Sun Period, the Moon Period;
*the Earth Period (first half still ''involution'', second half towards ''evolution'');
*''evolution'': the Jupiter Period, the Venus Period, the Vulcan Period.
We are presently in the second half of the Earth Period: we have just passed the end of our involution and are beginning our [[spiritual evolution|evolution]], or the spiritualization of matter and our return to God our Father.

The three Aspects of God are Will, Wisdom and Activity. [[God the Father|The Father]] has completed His union with the first aspect, will. The Son, Christ, the highest Initiate of the Sun Period: has completed His union with the Second aspect of God, wisdom. [[Jehovah]], the Highest Initiate of the Moon Period, has completed His union with the third aspect, activity.<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen014.gif The Vehicles of the Highest Initiates & Ordinary Humanity]</ref>

The sevenfold constitution of man is related to five of seven worlds, different [[planes of existence]] having varying [[density]] and [[vibration]], states of spirit-[[matter]] not separated by [[space]] or [[distance]] but permeating one another, so that God and the other great beings pervade their own realms and those of greater density than their own, including our own. Some worlds are related to the [[planet]] and the higher ones to the whole [[Solar System]].<ref>Diagram: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/images/rccen002.gif The Seven Worlds]</ref> These seven worlds are the planes of evolution of each [[Solar System]] and constitute the seventh and lower cosmic plane; the six superior cosmic planes possibly each have a different and larger structural and dynamic expression in the physical [[universe]].
[[File:Cosmic_Planes.png|330px|thumb|The Supreme Being, the Cosmic Planes and God]]
*The World of God
*The World of Virgin Spirits: home of the virgin spirits, differentiated within God Himself as "sparks from a flame" at the beginning of manifestation, prior to the beginning of pilgrimage through matter
*The World of Divine Spirit: related to the threefold Spirit's Divine Spirit aspect; home of [[God the Father|The Father]], inhabited by the ''Lords of Wisdom'', a hierarchy of [[Elohim (gods)|Elohim]] astrologically associated with [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] 
*The World of Life Spirit: related to the Ego's life spirit aspect; home of the [[Christ]] ([[God the Son|The Son]], [[Christ the Logos|the Solar Logos]]); inhabited by the ''Lords of Individuality'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Libra (astrology)|Libra]]; higher [[Akashic Record|Memory of Nature]], events from the earliest dawn of our present manifestation, open only to Adepts and higher Spiritual Beings
*The World of Thought
**Region of Abstract Thought: inhabited by the ''Lords of Form'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Scorpio (astrology)|Scorpio]]; the "[[Third heaven]]" state of [[consciousness]]; Germinal idea(s); related to the Ego's human spirit aspect; the home of [[Jehova]], [[The Holy Spirit]]. This Great Hierarchy is the evolved form of the third aspect of God, the creative energy in [[Nature]], which is reflected in man as [[human sexuality|sex]] energy;<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/magen115.htm The Pros and Cons of Abortion: '''Holy Creative Force''']</ref> the misuse or abuse of that power, the [[holy]] creative force [of God] in man, for gratification of the passionate nature, and particularly perversion<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen054.htm Homo, hetero, auto, or poly perverse expressions of human sexuality and The Unpardonable Sin]</ref> (see also [[human sexual behaviour]]), constitutes the [[unpardonable sin|sin]] against the Holy “Ghost”. The "great transgression", the abuse of sex or generative force for sense gratification, must be expiated, under the Law of Cause and Consequence, through [[suffering]] in diseased and incapacitated bodies and minds, mainly afflicted with [[developmental disabilities]], as there is a close connection between sexual activity and mental activity as well as the power of speech<ref>Article: [http://www.rosicrucian.com/zineen/pamen029.htm Learning Disabilities]</ref> – and incurable [[cancer]] (see also [[carcinogenesis]] and [[cancer treatment]]) for those who abuse the sex function in a very marked and bestial degree. Thus the ignorant use of the generative force is primarily responsible for pain, sickness and sorrow. 
**Region of Concrete Thought: related to the [[Mental body|Mind]]; inhabited by  the ''Lords of Mind'', a Hierarchy of Elohim astrologically associated to [[Sagittarius (astrology)|Sagittarius]]; the "Second heaven" state of consciousness; Archetypes; memory of nature in the highest subdivision (covering the essence of a whole life or event); ocean of harmony: the [[musica universalis|Music of the Spheres]]
*The [[Astral plane|Desire World]], the world of [[color]]: related to the [[Astral body#The Desire body|Desire body]]; home of the [[Archangels]], astrologically associated to [[Capricorn (astrology)|Capricorn]]; the abode of deceased persons for some time subsequent to the event of death
**higher regions, Attraction, the "First heaven" state of consciousness
**intermediate region, Interest and Indifference
**lower regions, Repulsion, the "Purgatory" state of consciousness
*The [[Physical plane|Physical World]], composed of seven regions;
**[[Etheric plane|Etheric Region]]: related to the [[etheric body]]; home of the [[Angels]] (seen as being one step beyond the human stage, as humans are a degree in advance of the animal evolution), astrologically associated to [[Aquarius (astrology)|Aquarius]]; [[Akashic records]] in the ''reflecting ether'' (pictures at least several hundred years back or much more in some cases, almost as the pictures on a screen, scene shifts backward). The etheric region is subdivided in four regions according to the grades of [[density]] of the [[Aether (classical element)|aether]] permeating our physical planet [[Earth]]; Reflecting Ether, Light Ether, Life Ether and Chemical Ether.
**Chemical Region; the physical [[Earth]] as perceived through the five senses enhanced by the current [[Technology|technological]] equipment, subdivided in three regions according to the four main [[states of matter]]: [[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas]]eous, and [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]]. It is the current home of the [[self-consciousness|self-conscious]] humanity, astrologically associated to [[Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]]. The ''Chemical region'' of the physical world is home to four [[life]] waves, or ''kingdoms'', at a different stage in the [[Spiritual evolution|evolutionary]] path: [[mineral]] life is the first and lowest level of [[Spirituality|spiritual]] evolution on Earth;  then comes [[plant]]s, with actual life, then [[animal]]s ([[Poikilotherm|cold-blooded]] animals, then [[warm-blooded]]), and finally the [[human being]]. The beings belonging to each life wave either evolve through the work of the individual Spirit (human being) or are yet evolving under a group spirit and have acquired more or less [[subtle bodies]] according to the development stage of each life wave.

The worlds of [[matter]] (Physical world, Desire world and World of Thought/Region of Concrete Thought) are considered to be a reverse [[Reflection (physics)|reflection]] of the worlds of Spirit (World of Thought/Region of Abstract Thought, World of Life Spirit and World of Divine Spirit).