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EAST; THE SUN-RISE

Emblem of the direction in which the Self appears in the soul. The source of Life, and the light of knowledge is the Self (sun) rising in the mind.

"Behold the Man whose name is East (or Rising)." - PHILO, De Confus. Ling., § 14.

“The east, indeed, is the region of the gods, for this reason he (the sacrificer) looks towards the East." - Satapatha-brahmana Verse 1.9.3.13

"The man who will feel the shining of the Eternal Sun, which is Christ Himself, will have clear vision, and will dwell on the mountains of the east, concentrating all his energies and raising his heart towards God." - RUYSBROECK, Stod- dart's trans., p. 127.

"From the East our home, my parents, having equipped me, sent me forth." - "Hymn of the Soul" in the Acts of Judas Thomas. From the East, or along the celestial path of the Self, to which the rising of the sun in the heavens is comparable, was the Divine Ego or Spark sent forth of the Spirit in the buddhic vestures which clothed it with the full powers of the soul.

 

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AGNIHOTRA
CHILDREN OF EAST
CHRIST
DAWN
EDEN
GATE (tchesert)
HORISONS
JOB
MAGI
QUARTERS
QUETZALCOATL
SHINAR
STAR IN EAST
SUN-RISING