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GATES OF ERIDU
A symbol of the higher manas which
communicates between the higher and lower regions of existence.
“At night Adapa drew the bolts of the gates of Eridu, and at dawn he
sailed forth in his bark to fish in the waters of the Persian Gulf."
- Legend of Adapa. SAYCE, Rel. of Anc. Egypt, etc.
“Adapa" is a symbol of the Archetypal Man in the aspect of the lower
self at an early stage. "At night," the period when the lower self
appears to be cut off from the Higher,—he is said to "draw the bolts
" of the gate between heaven and earth; that is, the condition of
the soul requires the forthpouring of the Spirit to open a way to
the lower planes. Then at the period of forthgoing (the dawn), he
goes in search of that which will provide him with sustenance. The
"bark " is the manas, or mental vehicle, which sails on the astral
sea. The fish are those facts or appearances which come to him as
sensations, feelings, and emotions, and which present themselves at
the dawn of consciousness.
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