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GREEN COLOUR

The symbolic color of the astral plane, being the plane of growth through desire. Hence the "green sea”; “grass,” “herbs,” “vegetation,” etc., also "wood."

"If thou wouldst destroy Apep, thou shalt say this chapter over a figure of Apep which hath been drawn in green colour upon a sheet of new papyrus, and over a wax figure of Apep upon which his name hath been cut and inlaid with green colour; and thou shalt lay them upon the fire so that it may consume the enemy of Ra." - From "The Book of Overthrowing Apep," DR. BUDGE, Egyptian Magic, p. 80.

The serpent Apep is a symbol of desire which inhabits, and energises upon, the astral plane. The “saying of the chapter" signifies the passing through the period of experience which shall develop the desire nature and make it of service in the soul's progress. The " drawing and figure of Apep" signify the illusoriness and transitoriness of the things of the lower planes, which truth the soul gradually realises; and the burning is the symbol of final purification, and the ridding the soul of the desire-nature the opponent of the Divine.

 

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APEP (Serpent)
ASTRAL PLANE
COLOURS
DRAGON (red)
HERB
PLANT
SEA
WOOD