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Secret Teachings of All Ages
Fifteen Rosicrucian and Qabbalistic Diagrams (8)
TABLE II, Figures 12-51. Figures 12, 13, 14 demonstrate the sphere as a symbol of motion to be emblematic of fire, water, and air; and the cube as a symbol of weight to be emblematic of earth. The sphere rests upon a point, the cube upon a surface; the sphere is therefore used to symbolize spirit, and the cube, matter. Figure 14 demonstrates that atmosphere rushing in behind a falling object increases its velocity and apparently adds to its weight. The essential nature of each element is occultly signified by the peculiar symbol and character assigned to it.
The Elements (56a)
Timaeus: Wherefore, we are preserving the probable account when we assign this figure to earth, and of the remaining figures the least mobile to...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (166)
II. The elements signify or denote the wonderful proportion, variety, change and alteration of the form and posture of heaven: For as the deep...
Chapter 12: Of the Nativity and Proceeding forth or Descent of the Holy Angels, as also of their Government, Order, and Heavenly joyous Life. (168)
III. The earth signifieth or denoteth the heavenly nature, or the seventh spirit of nature, in which the ideas or images, forms and colours rise up.