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AIDONEUS OR HADES
A symbol of the lower principle, the desire-mind
(kama-manas), active upon the astral plane of the soul.
"But the notions of the Greeks are, I suppose, plain enough to
everyone, for they make the good part that of the Olympian Jove;
that of the hostile deity they give to Hades." - PLUTARCH, Isis and
Osiris, § 48.
The antagonist of the higher nature is desire, and we find that
Plato in Cratylus explains "Hades" to mean "desire." (See JOWETT,
Dialogues, etc., Vol. II. p. 225.)
'Hear first the four roots of all things; bright Zeus, life-giving
Hera, and Aidoneus, and Nestis." - Empedocles, FAIR-BANKS, 33.
The fourfold nature is that of man apart from higher mind :-bright
Atma, life-giving Buddhi, the Desire-mind, and the Physical body.
"Hades was the son of Cronus and Rhea. His wife was Persephone, the
daughter of Demeter, whom he carried off from the upper world. In
the division of the world among the three brothers, Hades obtained
the Nether World, the abode of the shades, over which he ruled.
Hence he is called the infernal Zeus, or the king of the shades." -
Smith's Class. Dict.
Desire is the product of a process in Time and Space (Rhea). It is
allied with the emotion-nature arising from Buddhi, and which Desire
captures. The lower planes with their illusions are ruled by Desire.
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