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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (6.4.1)
Verily, of created things here earth is the essence; of earth, water; of water, plants; of plants, flowers; of flowers, fruits; of fruits, man (purusa); of man, semen.
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka I, Khanda 1 (2)
The essence of all beings is the earth, the essence of the earth is water, the essence of water the plants, the essence of plants man, the essence of...
Chapter 2: An Introduction, shewing how men may come to apprehend The Divine, and the Natural, Being. And further of the two Qualities. (2)
All the creatures are made and descended from these qualities, and live therein as in their mother; and the earth and stones descend or proceed from...
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (17)
In such wise than, as I have said, the generation of these seven came to pass. Earth was as woman, her Water filled with longing; ripeness she took...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 8 (6)
As water is an offshoot, seek after its root, viz. fire. As fire is an offshoot, seek after its root, viz. the True. Yes, all these creatures, O son, ...
Mundaka Upanishad
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (3)
From him (when entering on creation) is born breath, mind, and all organs of sense, ether, air, light, water, and the earth, the support of all.
Mundaka Upanishad
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (5)
From him comes Agni (fire), the sun being the fuel; from the moon (Soma) comes rain (Parganya); from the earth herbs; and man gives seed unto the...
Mundaka Upanishad
Second Mundaka, First Khanda (9)
Hence come the seas and all the mountains, from him flow the rivers of every kind; hence come all herbs and the juice through which the inner Self...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 8 (4)
And in the same manner, my son, as food (earth) too is an offshoot, seek after its root, viz. water. And as water too is an offshoot, seek after its r...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 4: Of the true Eternal Nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the Birth of the eternal Essence, which is the Essence of all Essences; out of which were generated, born, and at length created, this World, with the Stars and Elements, and all whatsoever moves, stirs, or lives therein. The open Gate of the great Depth. (19)
Understand and consider it aright, O Man! God the Father made Man; the Beginning of whose Body is out of the [one] Element, or Root of the four...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 5 (1)
'The earth (food) when eaten becomes threefold; its grossest portion becomes feces, its middle portion flesh, its subtilest portion mind.
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (31)
Man is made out of the seed of the earth, out of an incorporated or compacted mass or lump— ["Understand, out of the matrix of the earth, wherein the...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (80)
The earth is the fruit of the seventh spirit of God, which is nature or corporeity, wherein the other six spirits generate themselves again, and...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (59)
O, dear man, view thyself for a while in this looking-glass; thou wilt find it more largely to be read of concerning the creation of man. This I set...
Chapter 26: Of the Planet Saturnus (39)
Thus, because man is created according to the qualifying or fountain spirits of God, and also out of the divine essence, therefore has man's life...
Asclepius
Section II (2)
All things descend from Heaven to Earth, to Water and to Air. ’Tis Fire alone, in that it is borne upwards, giveth life; that which [is carried]...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (7)
Out of the earth sprang up grass, herbs and trees; and in the earth, silver, gold, and all manner of ores came to be; and in the deep above the earth...
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (40)
But seeing thou art made out of the seed of the earth— [Red earth is fire and water, conceived with or by the Word Fiat out of the matrix of the earth...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka III, Khanda 12 (3)
That earth again is the body in man, for in it the vital airs (prânas , which are everything) rest, and do not go beyond.
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (101-110)
Out of water, along with earth and sunshine! If you turn your eyes to their real essence, These two are far, far apart from each other! But let us...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka VI, Khanda 2 (4)
It sent forth earth (food). 'Therefore whenever it rains anywhere, most food is then produced. From water alone is eatable food produced....
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