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GOAT, MILCH 

A symbol of error and desire, the lower food of the soul.

“And Mashya and Mashyoi had gone thirty days without food, covered with clothing of herbage; and after the thirty days they went forth into the wilderness, came to a white‑haired goat, and milked the milk from the udder with their mouths." — The Bundahis, Ch. XV. 10.

And for the lunar cycle (30 days), the Soul, comprising the sub‑mental and love natures, proceeded on the astral plane with the growth of the earlier desires and instincts; upwards it struggled to the mental plane, and encountered the goat — a symbol of false knowledge and desire, “white‑haired” because attractive and alluring. The drinking of the goat’s milk signifies the partaking of sensuous enjoyment in external activities, resulting in the evolution of the desire‑mental nature. This constitutes the fall of mind and emotion into matter.

 

See Also

ASTRAL PLANE
CLOTHING
FALL OF MAN
HERB
LUNAR CYCLE
MATRO
MILK (goat)
PITRIYANA
PLANTS
SERPENT (Subtil)
WILDERNESS