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Understanding Biblical Symbolism


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A symbol of the primitive desires and affections which are aroused by the activities of the senses.

"And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground." - Genesis. ii. 5.

And at this early period of the soul's evolution, no desire had as yet appeared upon the lower plane (earth); and no sign of awakening life had yet thrilled the matter from which unfoldment was to take place. For the Divine Truth-Love had not yet caused the forthcoming of stimulative ideas to proceed from buddhi. And no mental faculty was up to the present actively functioning in the lower nature.

 

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AGRICULTURE
EARTH, PRIMORDIAL
FIELD
GRASS
GREEN
MAN
PLANTS
RAIN
THORNS