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KAGU-TSUCHI, GOD OF FIRE
A symbol of the Archetypal Man on the
atma-buddhic planes.
"The last deity to be produced was the God of Fire, Kagu-tsuchi,
also called Ho-musubi (fire-growth). In giving birth to him Izanami
was burnt so that she sickened and lay down. From her vomit, fæces,
and urine were born deities which personify the elements of metal,
water, and clay, while from the tears which Izanagi shed when she
died, there was produced a deity called the Weeping Female. In his
rage and grief, Izanagi drew his sword and cut Kagu-tsuchi to
pieces, generating thereby a number of deities." - W. G. ASTON,
Shinto, p. 92.
This describes the culmination of Involution and the commencement of
Evolution. The perfected Matter (Izanami) gives birth to the perfect
Soul or Archetype (atma-buddhic), and these two have to die out of
one state to be evolved in another. Matter involved gives rise to
matter evolved, namely, the mental (metal), astral (water) and
physical (clay) planes in the new order. The "tears" of the Spirit
producing the "Weeping Female " symbolise the advent of suffering
and sorrow which characterise the evolutionary cycle. Then we have
the world-wide symbol of the cutting into pieces of the body of the
Archetypal Man, and the scattering of the qualities or "members" in
the souls of mankind, now commencing their evolution. In this case
the Divine Will (Izanagi) is represented as dismembering the
completely involved Self, producing thereby the qualities (deities)
which war within the mind and soul.
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