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The 5 Planes of Existence
In these tables the Five Planes of Existence are indicated by
various symbols found in the Religious Systems of many nations. The
correspondences run horizontally, and show that all religions are
essentially the same and refer to the same facts of being on the
higher and lower planes. The polytheism of the ancients is obviously
the same in principle as the monotheism of the moderns. The only
dissimilarities lie in the great variety of symbols for the same
ideas, and in the many allegorical statements conveying the sacred
language in which ideas are expressed.
IN THE WORLD SYSTEMS
The names between brackets are symbols of the Absolute or God-unmanifest,
while the names on the highest of the five planes indicate
God-manifest, the Higher Self. In some systems the same symbols
denote occasionally God-unmanifest or God-manifest. The fourth
plane, counting from below, is the plane of the Holy Spirit, or
Great Goddess, and feminine also is the lowest or physical plane. In
most religions the highest plane is represented by numerous symbols
or sun-gods, the sun being a universal symbol of the Higher Self
traversing the Life-cycle or Zodiac.
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