Home
Preface
5 Planes of Existence
Introduction
Five Planes of Manifestation
A to Z
Related Information
|
ASHÅDHA BRICK FOR ALTAR
A symbol of the lower quaternary out of which the
immortal Self arises.
"This earth then is one brick (called Ashâdhâ), for Agni is this
earth, since it is thereof that the whole Agni is built up. Now this
earth is four-cornered; for the quarters are her corners: hence the
bricks are four-cornered; for all the bricks are after the manner of
this earth." -Sata. Bráh., VI. 1, 2, 29.
The lower nature (earth) is the one means by which the Spirit (Agni)
manifests in a multiplicity of forms, for the Spirit is within the
lower nature in its operations, since it is through the operations
of the lower nature that finally the whole Spirit is fully evolved.
Now the lower nature is of fourfold composition, for the four planes
compose it; hence the means (bricks) of development are fourfold,
for all the means are organised conditions of the lower nature.
|
See Also
|