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Home Preface 5 Planes of Existence Introduction Five Planes of Manifestation A to Z Contact Related Information BIBLE VERSES |
ALTAR GROUND,—THE EARTHA symbol of the lower nature which serves as a means whereby the egos are enabled to build up from it the structure (altar) of their higher nature. "The sacrifice is a mystic union in which the sacrificer generates from out of the Vedi (fem.) or altar ground, his future divine self."-J. EGGELING, S. B. of E., Vol. XLIII. Intro. "By it (sacrifice) the gods obtained this entire earth, therefore the sacrificial ground is called vedi (the altar). For this reason they say, As great as the altar is, so great is the earth'; for by the altar they obtained this entire earth."-Sata. Bráh., I. 2, 5, 7. Through the giving up of the lower qualities, the higher qualities (the gods) obtained rule over the entire lower nature: therefore the offered-up lower forms the structure of the higher. The higher nature is then reflected fully in the lower; and into the divine Self the lower Self is merged. |
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