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HADES; THE UNDERWORLD
A symbol of the lower planes of existence. The
lower quaternary, which is below the Upper world of the higher
planes. More particularly it refers to the desire-mental conditions
which involve suffering and sorrow. Souls are always in Hades until
the consciousness has risen above the lower mental plane and entered
the higher, where union with the Higher Self is effected.
"And in Hades he (Dives) lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and
said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he
may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am
in anguish in this flame."-LUKE xvi. 23, 24.
“The rich man " is the lower self (kama-manas) which is satisfied
with the things of the world and the pleasures of sense. But by a
change of state he is now cut off from those things in which he
delighted. And in the midst of his suffering, when he has no means
of satisfying those cravings to which his life has been given, he is
led at length to cast his eye upward and to aspire to something
towards which he had not yet been able to look. And then he asks
that mercy may be extended to him, and that the buddhic function of
the causal-body (Lazarus) may be aroused in him, so that he may
perceive Truth (water), to receive which, however, his condition is
not yet ripe, and he must undergo further purification.
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See Also
ABRAHAM
ADONIS
AIDONEUS (Hades)
CAUSAL-BODY
FIRE OF HELL
FIVE, NUMBER
FURNACE
HELL
HERMOD
HINE
LAZARUS
MEADOW
MICTLAN
NIFLHEIM
PO
PURGATORY
QUATERNARY
RE-STAU
RICH man
Tartarus
TUAT
UNDERWORLD
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