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PRIEST OF THE ALTAR
A symbol with the same meaning as "priest of
Apollo."
"I accompany thy preparation, at the beginning each time, with words
of praise, O intelligent (Homa)! when he (the managing priest) takes
thy twigs. I accompany thy preparation, in each successive act by
which thou art killed through the strength of a man, with words of
praise, O intelligent." – Homa Yasht.
“I, the individuality, increase as thou, the Divine Life, dost live
within me." The 'priest with twigs" is a symbol of the buddhic
emotions, and these are interpreted through the mind. “I, the Self,
celebrate thee in each successive mode of manifestation through the
karmic law, and trace thee in all things up to the human in whom
thou dost fulfil thy-self." The "words of praise bolise the higher
aspirations which live and carry on the evolution. The "killing"
refers to the sacrifice of the Logos in the Archetypal Man, on the
one hand, and the defeat of the lower nature in man, on the other.
“The Advarya (priest) is the mind, and the Hotri (priest) is
speech." - Sata. Bráh., I. 5, 1, 21.
“By priests in the Word are meant they who are in the truth of
love." - SWEDENBORG, Apocalypse Revealed, n. 854.
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See Also
ADVARYA
AGNIDHRA
ALTER (fire)
BARSOM
FIRE PRIESTS
HIGH PRIEST
HOTRI
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