The Theosophist a Magazine of Oriental Philosophy Art Literature & Occultism November 1889

But the ecliptic does oscillate to and fro across the plane of the equator just as the lunar orbit oscillates across the plan of the eclitic; the orbit of the earth is elliptic ; the longest radius of that ellipse is receding on the zodiac—as though following a receding body ; and this recession is the retreat of the terrestrial apsides. [...] Hence if the lunar cycle is caused by and is the measure of the period of the revolution in space of the visible sun and would suffice to prove the existence (as well as the motion) of that body—were such evidence needed ; and if the lunar sub-cycle is caused by and suffices to prove the existence of the equatorial sun while the difference in period between this cycle and sub-cycle is adequat [...] Hence if the oscillation of the plane of the moon's orbit across the ecliptic with the ellipticity of that orbit (under which its period of apogee is always situated between the earth and the equatorial sun) and the retreat of the lunar apsides are caused by the attraction of the equatorial sun and therefore prove the existence of that body : then will the oscillation of the plane of the ecliptic [...] [N ovEmBrit in its orbit that the difference between sidereal and solar time does to the period of revolution of the earth round the visible sun and is thus caused by and on indication of the motion of the equatorial sun : similarly will the difference between the precession of the equinoxes and retreat of the terrestrial apsides (as computed on the zodiac) be caused by and therefore an indicati [...] All the occult works speak of the " right eye" as " the sun" and " the left eye" as " the moon " the one as "Purush" and the other as " Prakriti ' the one as "positive" and the other as " negative " and the nadir " Ida and Pingala" terminate in the right and the left eyes respectively and hence " the sun" and "the moon" are " Ida" and "Pingala" themselves; and the " 3rd eye" is situated in the mi