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Understanding Global Symbolism


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CATTLE, OR OXEN 

A symbol of those emotions of the lower nature which are under control of the higher nature; or of the higher desires among the astral qualities, wherein buddhi is reflected through the desire-nature.

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and the creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind: and it was so." - Genesis i. 24.

And again the Divine nature directs that the lower nature of the soul shall bring forth that which is first in order, namely, the natural qualities. The cattle symbolise obedience and docility to higher rule; the "creeping thing," cunning and subtlety; and the "beast of the earth," animal instinct. And so involution proceeds without struggle or strife, in perfect order and entirety.

 

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ANIMALS
BEASTS
CREATURES
CREEPING THINGS
EARTH (Ground)
GOLDEN AGE
OX