Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

EGINA ISLAND

A symbol of perfect Truth-reality, which condition may be attained at the conclusion of the cycle of the soul's evolution.

"There are those whose country my mouth declares to have been Aegina, that most renowned island; and it has long ago been built up as a tower for lofty virtues to ascend." (Footnote: It has long been regarded as the model of highest excellence, and an example for others to imitate.) - Pindar, Isthmian Ode, IV. Paley, p. 245.

"At the back of all our endeavours towards fuller life, at the heart of all our idealism, under whatever guise it operates, is faith in God, the unimprovable perfection, the superintending purpose, the one within the many, the real beyond the seeming, the fullness of the life that filleth all in all, to which nothing shall ever be added, and from which nothing can be taken away." - R. J. Campbell, Serm., Being and Becoming.

Egina Island thus represents the perfected state of consciousness, the summit of spiritual attainment, where the soul realizes the immutable Truth behind all appearances. It is the archetype of consummated evolution, the "tower for lofty virtues," the final resting-place of the purified and completed Self.

See Also

ALBORDJ
ENFU
IOLCUS
OLYMPUS
WATER (higher)