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CRUCIFIXION OF PURUSHA, OR THE SACRIFICE OF THE MAN

A symbol of the Divine sacrifice, that is, the limitation and involution of the Divine energies and qualities within forms of matter.

"Now the sacrifice is the Man. sacrifice is the Man for the reason that the Man spreads it; and that in being spread it is made of exactly the same extent as the Man: this is the reason why the sacrifice is the Man."-Sata. Brâh.

The Divine sacrifice is consummated in the Archetypal Man. The sacrifice is of God's nature, for God, in manifesting himself, limits himself. The Divine energy-Spirit, enters into the receptive principle Matter, and spreads through it fully and perfectly. The sacrifice is the preparation of the way of the Souls.

"I stretched out my hands and approached the Lord : for the stretching out of my hands is a sign: my expansion is the outspread cross." - Psalms and Odes of Solomon, ps. 42.

 

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ARCHETYPAL MAN
ROSS
INVOLUTION
MAHAVIRA-POT
PRAGÂPATI
PURUSHA
SACRIFICER
SIGN