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PHAEACIANS

A symbol of the higher mental faculties on the arupa levels of the mental plane.

"The Phaeacians have no pilots nor any rudders after the manner of other ships, but their ships themselves understand the thoughts and intents of men ; they know the cities and fat fields of every people, and most swiftly they traverse the gulf of the salt sea, shrouded in mist and cloud, and never do they go in fear of wreck or ruin.” - Odyssey, Bk. VIII.

The higher mental qualities have as vehicles the aspirations of love and truth which rise in the mind as the thoughts and intents of the lower mind are raised and purified. The higher mental qualities are transmutations of the fruits of experience and effort of all associated groups of the lower mental qualities, and they transcend entirely the astral realm (sea) of the desires to which they are unapparent. They are not transient but immortal.

"The feet of the Phaeacian youths (who are inferior in wrestling and pugilism) move with admirable rapidity and precision to the divine music of (the bard) Demodocus." - R. W. MACKAY, Progress of Intellect, p. 172.

The activities of the higher mental qualities are free from strife and conflict. They are exercised harmoniously in complete unison with the Divine ideal.

See Also

ALCINOUS
ARGO
CONFLICT
CORCYRA
COUNTRIES
DANCE (circle)
MUSES
MUSIC
NATIONS
ORPHEUS
PEOPLE
QUALITIES
REAPING
SEA
TRANSMUTATION
VAIMANIKA
WORDS OF POWER