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CLOUDS WHICH DROP RAIN 

A symbol of the buddhic function which out-pours truth (rain) within the soul.

"I (Lakshmi) reside in that cloud from which the waters of the rain pour down, in that cloud which is adorned with Indra's bow, and in that cloud from which the rays of lightning flash forth." - Institutes of Vishnu, XCIX.

“The Goddess Lakshmi " is a symbol of the buddhic principle, hence the symbology of "residence."

"The planet Tistrya was commissioned to raise the water in vapour, collect it in clouds, and let it fall in rain with the aid of the planet Sitavisa. The cloud compellers were highly reverenced (Zoroastrian System.) - J. F. CLARKE, Ten Rel.

The Self or spiritual ego (Tistrya) directs and initiates. In this way, the facts or truths which are collected in the lower vehicles are transmuted and passed up through the higher mind, which corresponds to the individual stage of growth,-experience, subjected to limitation, definition (Sita-visa), on to the buddhic plane (clouds); from whence the results (rain) are transferred to the lower planes whereon evolution is being furthered. The "formation of clouds corresponds with the awakenment of ideals in the mind.

“Bright clouds are the divine truth veiled in appearances of truth, such as the Word is in the letter with those who are in truths; and dark clouds are the divine truth covered with fallacies and confirmed appearances, such as the Word is in the letter with those who are in falses." - SWEDENBORG, Apocalypse Revealed, n. 24.  

See Also

BIFROST
Bow
LAKSHMI
ParGANYA
RAIN
RAINBOW
SOUND
TISTRYA
TLALOC
WEALTH SHOWER