Course XXXIX - Teaching 16: Mercury

The planets Mercury and Venus are on the parallel plane, but on the opposite plane to their evolutionary course. While Mercury is in state of upward evolution, Venus is in state of downward evolution.
Seemingly mythological symbols conceal the very high spirituality of Mercury, for they show him like a winged-footed man, with his body curved backwards. His left hand holds a stick with a coiled serpent and his right hand is raised, like emblem of the complete development of potential powers both masculine and feminine. Also, his winged helmet is symbol of permanent clairvoyance. Also the Walkirias, born from Wotan’s mind, symbolizing higher vision, wear winged helmet like Mercury, which also in accordance with to the legend is born from Jupiter’s mind.
The planet Mercury is the last separated from Mother Mass. Since the Solar System had partially achieved its material development, it took experiences made a priori and its development was very quick. This was not arbitrary because the mission of Mercury’s chain is that of being the seat of those Hosts that, on the Earthly Round, rule over the destinies of the system as a whole. They are the same Hosts that in the second Earthly Round dwelt on the First Round.
The Hosts of Numbers, Sound and Line act in the first Round. The thoughts of the Architects are reflected on the wonderful line of Hosts, traced by sound and numeration of Sounds. These Hosts already think, speak and take certain form; this occurs in the second Round.
In the beginning of the first Round, these Hosts remain in state of ecstasy or constant concentration that enables them to create other numberless Hosts. We should interpret the creation of new Hosts in this sense: cosmic or primordial matter, on which the ecstatic Architects shape their ideal, puts then in a position to attract to themselves those very high entities that are ready to form a new system. But even though these entities are ready to collaborate on the plane of formation of planets and in their development, neither these entities nor the Hosts created by the planets are ready to take a body of connection that may precipitate them into matter. These entities just will descend to matter, forces by the force power of the mighty love of a lower Host, previously awakened by them for a life of loving action.
On the third Round, these Hosts gather and organize the Heavenly Hosts, and drive and force the Hosts of Mankind to become men, as long as the Hosts of the Shadow lead the evolution of elementary groups.