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PILLARS, FOUR, OR FOUR SUPPORTS, OR COLUMNS, OF HEAVENA symbol of the quaternary or four planes of manifestation below atma as a foundation for aspiration towards spiritual being. "First the Prime Intelligence created He, through the which Four Ministers He made to be; He those Four the Columns Four of earth hath dressed, whereby Fixture, Elevation, Traction, Rest. Water, Fire, Air and Earth He named them there, and He made of them this Kingdom's bases fair." - ("Water may be compared to Nasb, Fixture,' because it is, as it were, tied down to earth and unable to rise to the higher spheres; Air to Jerr, Traction,' as the wind carries along such as ships at sea; Fire to Ref, 'Elevation,' as it is the lightest and most subtle of the elements, and ever seeks to ascend to its own-the highest of the elemental spheres; and Earth to Sukun 'Rest,' as it is stationary in the centre of the Universe") (ASHIG, Gharib Náme). - GIBB, Hist. of Ottoman Poetry, Vol. I. pp. 187–8. The Four Columns of the Kingdom of heaven are described as being the same as the Four Elements, - Fire, buddhi; Air, manas; Water, astral; and Earth, physical. "Never till Day of Resurrection glows, from their offices shall any these depose. 'Tis these Chieftains Four who form earth's bases sure; These it is who ever hold the earth secure ; 'Tis through these the world doth fixed and steadfast show; 'Tis through these that plants upon the earth do grow. Naught upon this earth may to Existence win, but of these there still is present therewithin. Whatsoe'er hath form doth grow from out these Four." - Ibid. Not until the end of the cycle shall the quaternary dissolve and disappear. Until then the lower nature (earth) is secure under Divine laws. Through it the instincts, desires, emotions, etc. (plants) are developed. Nothing in the lower nature can attain permanence; but of the desires there is the present fleeting outrush towards the objects of sense. All forms arise from the four lower planes. |
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