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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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BRICKS FOR ALTAR, NATURALLY PERFORATED
Symbolic of the lower planes, which are the means
of the soul's development by reason of the passage through them of
spiritual vibrations, while the ego can rise through them to the
higher.
"The naturally perforated bricks are these worlds. . . . How is it
that that gold man is not held down by the naturally perforated
brick ? Well, the naturally perforated brick is food and breath; and
man is not held down either by food or by his breath." - Sata. Bráh.,
VII. 4. 2, 8-9.
The lower planes are permeable to Spirit. The atma-buddhic monad is
not made nugatory by the lower nature. The lower activities cause
truth and virtue to nourish the soul, and so the ego is not
restrained by these, but enabled to rise to the higher planes.
“The naturally perforated bricks are meant to represent the three
worlds, the holes being intended to afford to the Sacrificer
(represented by the gold man) passage to the highest regions'
(Footnote). - JULIUS EGGELING, Ibid., VI. 1, 2, 31. S.B.E.
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