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HERA OR JUNO
A symbol of Wisdom, the principle of buddhi,
seated on the buddhic plane.
Zeus addresses Hera,-"Abide thou in silence and hearken to my
bidding, lest all the gods that are in Olympus ep not off from thee
my visitation, when I put forth my hands unapproachable against
thee. He said; and Hera the Ox-eyed queen was afraid, and sat in
silence, curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus' palace the gods of
heaven were troubled." - Iliad, Bk. I. (trans. Buckley).
The Higher Self interprets Wisdom, -'Within thyself be that which
thou art in the Divine scheme, and fulfil thy function unless the
higher ideal qualities (the gods) be the means of preventing me from
accomplishing my destiny until the conditions make it necessary that
I act from the Higher Will.' The Self having expressed
itself,-Wisdom remains apart from Love, for at this stage the higher
feelings (heart) are not fully aroused. But in the abode of the
Higher Self on the higher planes, the aspiring qualities, or high
ideals, begin to be stirred into activity. "Ox-eyed" is a symbol of
spontaneous cognition, and refers to the intuition of truth.
“The Greek Hera was a daughter of Cronos and Rhea, and sister and
wife of Zeus. . . . Her marriage, called the Sacred Marriage, was
represented in many places where she was worshipped.' - Smith's
Class. Dict.
Wisdom is said to proceed from Time and Space, as it relates to the
establishment of the planes of nature, of which the buddhic is the
fourth, reckoned from below upward. The “sacred marriage” is the
marriage of Wisdom and Love : the Love below (Zeus below) becomes
united with the Wisdom above, at the end of a cycle.
“For Matter is Hera, and deity is Zeus." - Cf. Clementine Homilies,
V. 18, 667, and ORIGEN, Cont. Cels. 4, 48.
The feminine symbol is always on the matter side of manifestation,
and the masculine symbol on the side of spirit.
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