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POOLS OF THE HOLY GODDESS 

A symbol of the buddhic functioning as the means of purifying the soul.

"O'Being in Peace!' Lord of the Two Earths, I have come into Thee; I have bathed in the Pool of the Holy Goddess; and lo! for me, all unclean things have passed away." - BLACKDEN, Book of the Dead, Ch. CX.

O Being whose nature is bliss!—so the Self is addressed,—"I know thy might, thy power and active aspect; the lower nature has been purified through Wisdom, and been cleansed by truth; and so the impurities of the lower planes have been gotten rid of.

“I (Lakshmi) reside in lakes filled with water, in pure waters, and in ground covered with fresh grass, in a wood abounding in lotuses and fruits." - Institutes of Vishnu, XCIX. 17.

Among symbols of Wisdom (Lakshmi) are pools of water, "pure waters," etc.

 

See Also

BAPTISM (Fire)
FANG
LAKSHMI
Nut-URT
SMAM
TCHESERT