The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7.: A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.Various
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The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7.: A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.
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Theosophy -- Periodicals
Ezekiel, of the Jews, saw this wheel, when he was among the captives by
the river Chebar in Chaldea. In a vision he saw the four beasts and the
man of the Apocalypse, and with them “for each of the four faces,” was
a wheel, of the colour of a beryl; it was “as a wheel within a wheel,”
and they went wherever the living creatures went, “for the spirit of
the living creatures was in the wheels.” All of this appeared terrible
to him, for he says: “And when they went I heard a noise like the noise
of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like
the noise of a host.”
There are many other meanings concealed in this symbol, as in all the
others.
In the center of the interlaced triangles is placed the _Cruxansata_.
This is also extremely ancient. In the old Egyptian papyri it is
frequently found. It signifies life. As Isis stands before the
candidate, or the soul, upon his entry, she holds in one hand this
cross, while he holds up his hand that he may not look upon her
face. In another there is a winged figure, whose wings are attached
to the arms, and in each hand is held the same cross. Among other
things we find here the horizontal and vertical diameters once more,
but conjoined with the circle placed on top. This is the same as the
old astrological sign for Venus. But in the seal, its chief and most
important meaning is _the regenerated man_. Here in the centre, after
passing the different degrees and cycles, both spirit and matter are
united in the intelligent regenerated man, who stands in the middle
knowing all things in the manifested universe. He has triumphed over
death and holds the cross of life.
The last theosophical symbol is, the pin of the Society, adopted early
in its history but not used much. It is the cross we have just been
considering, entwined in such a way by a serpent, that the combination
makes T S as a monogram.
The foregoing is not exhaustive. Every symbol should have seven
meanings of principal value, and out of every one of those we have been
considering can be drawn that number of significations. Intelligent
study of them will be beneficial, for when a consistent symbol,
embodying many ideas is found and meditated upon, the thought or view
of the symbol brings up each idea at once before the mind.
NILAKANT.
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