Fohat:
[Note from Theos: What follows are some thoughts with respect to the nature of Fohat. We have done what we can to clarify certain concepts, but we have also left quotes from Madame Blavatsky in their original language and format because these words have drawn much energy to them and, as such, have real spiritual power when read in the original.
You will, most likely, find these concepts demanding on your focus and understanding. Study the following concepts to gain mastery of the material and thereby have a much needed perspective on the importance and integral and diverse nature of Fohat. It is important to understand Fohat before you consistently apply your energy in utilizing it. So spend some time with this material, eh?]
Fohat is considered a term of uncertain origin, although H. P. Blavatsky indicated it comes from the Tibetan language. Foh is a Tibetan-Mongolian word which can be translated as Buddha-life or Buddha-vitality. She further states it is “one of the most ~ if not the most important ~ characters in esoteric Cosmogony.” It can be found in many forms. To quote:
“Fohat is a generic term and used in many senses. Fohat is the light (Daiviprakriti) of all the three Logoi—the personified symbols of the three spiritual stages of Evolution. Fohat is the aggregate of all the spiritual creative ideations above, and of all the electro-dynamic and creative forces below, in Heaven and on Earth.
Fohat is “the animating principle electrifying every atom into life.”During the process of manifestation it is the cosmic energy which produces the differentiation of primordial cosmic matter to form the different planes. In the manifested Universe, Fohat is the link between spirit and matter, subject and object.” (1)
Fohat (Tibetan) A term used to represent the active (male) potency of the Sakti (female reproductive power) in nature. It is the essence of cosmic electricity. An occult Tibetan term for Daiviprakriti, primordial light: and in the universe of manifestation, the ever-present electrical energy ~ the ceaseless destructive and formative power. In the Hindu tradition Fohat reflects the energies of both Brahma, (the Builder), and Shakti, (the Destroyer). Esoterically, it is the same.
While the opposite poles of subject and object, spirit and matter, are but aspects of the One Unity in which they are synthesized, so too, in the manifested Universe, there is “that” which links spirit to matter, subject to object.
This something, generally unknown to Western speculation, is called by the occultists, Fohat. It is the “bridge” by which the “Ideas” existing in the “Divine Thought” of Creator are impressed on Cosmic substance as the “laws of Nature.” (Not to be confused with the Antahkarana, (the Rainbow Bridge), which is the manifestation of the Will to Harmonize, Ray 4 energy.)
Fohat is thus the dynamic energy of Cosmic Ideation; or, regarded from the other side, it is the intelligent medium, the guiding power of all manifestation, the “Thought Divine” transmitted to and made manifest through the Dhyan Chohans, (the Architects of the visible World).
Fohat, in its various manifestations, is the mysterious link between Mind and Matter, the animating principle electrifying every atom into life. (2)
Fohat is the cause of the differentiation of the primordial matter into the seven planes:
“Thrilling through the bosom of inert Substance, Fohat impels it to activity, and guides its primary differentiations on all the Seven planes of Cosmic Consciousness.” (3)
“In the phenomenal and Cosmic World, [Fohat] is that Occult, electric, vital power, which, under the Will of the Creative Logos, brings together the elemental atoms and makes them aggregate and combine. Fohat, running along the seven principles of AKASA, (4), acts upon manifested substance or the One Element, and by differentiating it into various centres of Energy, sets in motion the law of Cosmic Evolution, which, in obedience to the Ideation of the Universal Mind, brings into existence all the various states of being in the manifested Solar System.” (5)
On the earth plane, Fohat’s influence is felt in the magnetic and active forces generated by the strong desire of the magnetizer.
On the Cosmic plane, Fohat is present in the constructive power that carries out the Plan in Divine Thought through the formation of things ~ from the planetary system down to the glow-worm and simple daisy ~ with regard to their development and growth.
Fohat is, metaphysically speaking, the objectivized thought of the gods; the “Word made flesh,” on a lower scale; the active force in Universal Life. In its secondary aspect, Fohat is the Solar Energy, the electric vitality, (prana or spirit energy). Its earth plane correspondent is electricity.
Fohat is the personified electric vital power, the transcendental binding Unity of all Cosmic Energies, on the unseen as well as on the manifested planes. It is this action which resembles ~ on an immense scale ~ that of a living Force created by WILL, present in those phenomena where the seemingly subjective acts on the seemingly objective and propels it to action.
Fohat is not only the living Symbol and Container of that Force, but is looked upon by the Occultists as an Entity ~ the forces “he” acts upon being cosmic, human and terrestrial, and exercising “his” influence on all those planes respectively.
Few world-symbols are more pregnant with real occult meaning than the swastica. The swastica or sauwastika is a geometrical figure and an ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia. It is used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
It is the emblem of the activity of Fohat, of the continual revolution of the “wheels,” and of the Four Elements, the “Sacred Four.” One initiated into the mysteries of the meaning of the swastica, say the Commentaries, “can trace on it, with mathematical precision, the evolution of Kosmos and the whole period of Sandhya.” Also “the relation of the Seen to the Unseen,” and “the first procreation of man and species.”
[Theos: Take some time to understand exactly how dangerous Hitler’s use of the swastica, (swastika), really was and how important it was to the Hierarchy that he be stopped. The danger of stopping him, conversely, was the rise of the Industrial Military Complex in the United States. That country is still held in thrall by it and is beginning to pose a similar threat to this plane of reality through the continuous proliferation of war.]
Additional Comments from Theos on the subject of Fohat:
The primordial force or vitality in the cosmos. It is that which links spirit and matter in the first stages of differentiation. In the manifested stages of the universe, Fohat is the force that causes the differentiation from the One to the many, while at the same time, it is the power that unites and combines the various units and atoms of the cosmos.
The derivation of the word “Fohat” has been the subject of considerable differences of opinion among theosophical writers. There is some agreement however for the suggestion that the word is of Turanian origin, more specifically Mongolian, from a verbal root Fo. (G. Purucker, Studies in Occult Philosophy, 1945, p. 584). According to Purucker, Fo or more properly Foh is used in that language as the name of Buddha.
Fohat can be described as “cosmic vitality” or the prana of the universe. It has been considered as the universal energy which includes all the forces of nature. It is the energizing force of the universe. Force is often seen as blind energy, but Fohat is not by any means blind, rather it is a directed and intelligent power, a power imbued with purpose.
Any general discussion of Fohat will be embroiled in paradox. When it is viewed broadly and analyzed, Fohat will be seen as a complex and sometimes bewildering series of powers and qualities that appear to have little or no unity in spite of having a common source.
Fohat is power in a dynamic form and is the creative purpose flowing through the manifested universe, but it can, in contrast to “creativity,” manifest as a fierce destructive force. Thus, as with all things in this universe, it is a duality being both the active “male” potency and “female” reproductive power. This duality has been likened to the function of a seal and wax. Sakti is the capacity to take an impression, (like wax), while Fohat is that which makes the impression, (the seal), making a replica of its own characteristics upon the receptive wax. Both Fohat and Sakti represent differentiations of the larger universal Fohat as the One Force.
Fohat on a wide scale is a dynamic pulsating energy, not unlike electricity, but not identified with it. Unlike electricity, Fohat is a vast and cosmic consciousness operating at every “level” of the cosmos and linking each plane to the other; spirit to mind and mind to matter. In such a sense Fohat might be described as the “law-giver” of the universe.
It is necessary to outline, as clearly as possible, a picture of how Fohat manifests and works, keeping in mind the fact that it is not that which manifests, but the invisible energy behind that manifested form. In the mineral kingdom Fohat emerges as a phenomena like electricity, (actually piezoelectricity), although the actual work done by electricity is by virtue of the movement of electrons, whereas piezoelectricity is created through the application of mechanical stress.
It also appears on the material level as prana where it organizes matter as living material. In the sentient animal form, Fohat is very complex, for superimposed on the two “forms” mentioned above is the creative reproductive power of kundalini.
We might consider the situation when matter existed in its most basic form, called in theosophy Mulaprakrti. Some purposeful force is needed to stir this basic matter to build more complex forms and combinations ~that force is Fohat; that force continues to be present as more and more complex forms emerge, although Fohat, of necessity, changes its character to suit the needs of each level of being.
“It is through Fohat that the Ideas of the Universal Mind are impressed upon matter.”
~ H.P. Blavatsky, Secret Doctrine, vol. I, p. 85.
Consult also, For a Greater Understanding of Fohat.