AE in the Irish TheosophistRussell, George William
Religion
AE in the Irish Theosophist
Russell, George William
Theosophy
D and T--The colour of these letters is red. The involution of
the higher forces into the lower forms alluded to before now begins.
D represents this infusion of life into matter; it is descent and
involution, death or forgetfulness, perhaps, for a time to the
incarnating power. T is evolution, the upward movement generating
life; the imprisoned energies surge outwards and vegetation begins.
Ith and Ish--These correspond respectively to growth or expansion
and vegetation; the earth, as Genesis puts it, "puts forth grass
and herbs and trees yielding fruit." The colour of these letters
is green.
B and P--After the flora the fauna. B is Life or Being, animal and
human. Humanity appears; B is masculine, P feminine. P has also
a meaning of division, differentiation or production, which may
refer to maternity. The colour here is blue.
F and V--The colour is violet. Evolution moves still upwards,
entering the ethereal planes once more. Lightness and vastness
are the characteristics of this stage: we begin to permeate with
part of our nature the higher spheres of being and reach the
consummation in the last stage, represented by
M--which has many meanings; it is thought, it is the end or death
to the personality, it is the Receiver into which all flows, it
is also the Symbol of maternity in a universal sense, it has this
meaning when the life impulse (which is always represented by a
vowel) follows it, as in "ma." It is the Pralaya of the worlds;
the lips close as it is uttered. Its colour is indigo.
O--The last vowel sound symbolizes abstract space, the spirit
assumes once more the garment of primordial matter; it is the
Nirvana of eastern philosophy.
I will now try to show how the abstract significance of these sound
reveals a deeper meaning in the roots of Aryan language than
philologists generally allow. Prof. Max Muller says in the
introduction to Biographies of Words. "Of ultimates in the sense
of primary elements of language, we can never hope to know anything,"
and he also asserts that the roots are incapable of further analysis.
I will endeavour now to show that this further analysis can be made.
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