Higher Bodies
Gurdjieff's classification of Higher Bodies can be better represented on this scale. Physical body has the properties of the "Earth" level (that is, it has a density of 48 and it is subject to 48 laws). In comparison, a higher plane body would have a lighter density and it would be subject to a lesser number of laws (the amount varies on the level that the body falls under).
In the book Gnosis I, author Boris Mouravieff (translation attempt) explains the names given to the notes of the solfege:
- DOminus (God)
- SIdereus orbis (Starry sky/Ensemble of all Worlds)
- LActeus orbis (the Milky Way)
- SOL (the Sun)
- FAtum (Fate: the Planetary World, with direct influence on human destiny)
- MIxtus orbis (the Earth, under the mixed rule of Good and Evil)
- REgina astris (the Moon, ruler of human fate)
The names of the notes have historically been attributed to the hymn 'Ut queant laxis' by Paulus Diaconus, where UT is used instead of DO. Mouravieff explains UT as indicating the uterus in the birth of flesh, and SI as representing "the door of the second Birth, according to the Spirit".
Read more about this topic: Ray Of Creation
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