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CRATER , OR CUP
A symbol of the World - soul , or buddhic causal - body as the vehicle of the Atman or Higher Self.
“Proclus tells us that the Demiurge is said to constitute the psychical essences in conjunction with the Crater ' ; this 'Crater is the peculiar cause of souls, and is co -arranged with Demiurgus and filled from Him , but fills souls ' : thus it is called the Fountain of Souls ." - T. TAYLOR , Theology of Plato , V. 31.
The Higher Self constitutes the qualities and forms on the lower planes from their prototypes in the universal causal -body on the buddhic plane . Thus the World -soul is the cause of the individual souls ,-the fountain from which they spring.
"A symbol of this mystic secret (of the Soul's descent into matter ) is that Starry Cup (Crater ) of Father Bacchus placed in the space between Cancer and Leomeaning that intoxication is there first experienced by souls in their descent by the influx of matter into them . From which cause also forgetfulness , the companion of intoxication , then begins secretly to creep into souls. For if souls brought down to body memory of the divine things of which they were conscious in heaven , there would be no difference of opinion among men concerning the divine state ." - Macrobius , Bk. I. Ch. 12.
The individual soul , as a microcosm and reflection of the World -soul , descends through the lower mind (Cancer ) to the astral plane (Leo) and is attached to a permanent atom on the fourth astral sub -plane , and thus the human or mental (starry ) soul (crater) commences its career vehicle of the Higher Self (Bacchus ). The lower nature is stupefied by the influx of the higher , and the egos , manifesting as the lower consciousness , retain no remembrance of their higher state of being . The " Starry Cup " is a symbol of the human causal -body on the higher mental plane , which is at first latent, and has to be developed from below.
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CANCER
CAPRICORN
CHARON'S FERRY
CUP
DEMIURGE
DIONYSUS
FALL
INTOXICATION
LEO
RECOLLECTION
REMINISCENCE
STARS (fixed )
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