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BOLTS OF THE GATES OF ERIDU
Symbolic of the second and third Logoi which proceed forth as
manifestations of the Divine Life on the lower planes.
“At night Adapa drew the bolts of the gates of Eridu, and at dawn he
sailed forth in his bark to fish in the sea (Babylonian Legend). -
SAYCE, Religions, etc.
In the period when the lower nature appeared to be cut off from the
higher, the Archetypal Man (Adapa) initiated a new Divine
forthpouring of life opening, as it were, the door between heaven (Eridu)
and earth (the lower planes). And at this time of forthgoing, he
goes in search of that which will provide him with sustenance. The
bark" is the manasic vehicle which sails on the astral sea. The
"fish" are those appearances which come to him as sensations,
feelings, and emotions, impinging upon the soul at the dawn of
consciousness. "
"Thou (Horus) hast opened the two doors of Heaven, thou hast drawn
back the great bolts, thou hast removed the seal of the great door."
- BUDGE, Book of the Dead, p. cxxiii.
"The celestial Adam Qadmon is called the Bolt or that which unites
Heaven and Earth, the Invisible and Visible." - MYER, Qabbalah, p.
115.
"Adam Kadmon," the Adam of the first chapter of Genesis,—the perfect
image of God,-signifies the Archetypal Man, the same "Adapa." Here,
the Archetypal Man is called the " Bolt," since it is through him,
as the incarnate God, that the way or path of the souls is opened
between the lower and higher planes.
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