As fascinating as are the illustrations of the Moon breaking off from the Earth as a result of an impact by some errant celestial body, it is all conjecture. As thinking individuals we need to examine the logic of such theories, and evaluate whether or not that theory fits with what we can actually observe.

The first point to notice is that all larger bodies in the solar system are essentially spherical to the eye. They vary in size from the tiny planetoid Ceres that is almost 600 miles in diameter up to the planet Jupiter that is about 88,700 miles in diameter. These planets assumed this shape during their initial formation, which was while in a molten state, or they are mostly comprised of gaseous materials. Basically we distinguish between planets and moons by calling those that orbit the Sun planets, while those that rotate around planets we call moons. Exceptions to the spherical shape exist only as fragments of collisions in which the remnant shapes are very irregular. These are typically called asteroids

Asteroids are fragments of worlds that have gone through their evolutionary process, and left a physical shell behind. That shell either ended up circling some planet or it was allowed to collide with another cast off shell. The distinction should be noted that “bodies” are alive while “shells” are what we term dead. The result at this point is an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that represents fragments of many planetary worlds. The lives of all kingdoms that were part of those worlds are now on an astral planet that was part of the original planetary scheme. That astral body, together with its life forms still orbits the Sun.

So, to say it another way, as when we humans pass through the change called death leaving behind a physical “body”, so the “body” we call a moon is simply the planetary equivalent. The Moon we see in our sky was once a terrestrial planet like our Earth. At some point more than 100 million years ago, the Moon became a failed chain, and was subsequently brought into earth orbit where it entered into a process of synthesis. During synthesis the life essence of the Moon was absorbed into our world while the form nature disappeared in that process. Dust to dust. From observations during our visit to the lunar surface years ago there did not seem to be any shortage of dust.

We might also note that in that process of synthesis millions of what are termed “human monads” came into our Earth scheme. These monads were already individualized beings meaning that each had an individual human soul. Individualization essentially means that that life is no longer part of the animal kingdom where the animal is governed by the herd instinct. In that instance there is no identification of self. On the other hand, humans distinguish between themselves and other like beings. When we come to this evolutionary milestone we pass from the animal kingdom into the human kingdom, from the third kingdom into the fourth kingdom.

While in the case above, our Earth was the recipient in that process of synthesis, this would not normally be the case since there are other planets that serve as collection worlds. Saturn is the principal planet of synthesis as might be noted from the extensive ring structure as well as the large number of orbiting moons. In this role it serves as a collection point for the life essence as well as a processing station for disposal of the physical shells.

The large number of moons presently orbiting Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune must represent what were once planetary worlds orbiting the Sun. As such they possibly represented a secondary group termed the “inner round”. Those that we see in our night sky are termed the “outer round” or “manifesting planets”. Some of these moons still show signs of a remaining physical life process, but their status is not in doubt. For that matter a human body takes some period of time up to a day after death to lose all life activity. Something as large as a planet could take millenia to become as inert as our own moon appears now.

The origin of much of the material in this section is from the book Cosmic Fire by Alice Bailey. It was first published in 1925. None of this information seems to have crept into the astronomical world, but one has to work at first extracting the information and then piecing it together.