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BARLEY AND WHEAT OR RICE

Symbols of high emotions on the buddhic plane, being the harvest of the ego's experience and efforts.

Red barley is a symbol of love; and white wheat or rice, that of wisdom.

"The sacrificial essence entered into this earth. The gods searched for it by digging. They found it in the shape of those two substances,-the rice and barley."-Sata. Bráh., I. 2, 3, 7.

The Divine Life entered into the lower nature of the soul.

The spiritual egos sought for it by disciplining the lower qualities.

They found it in the spiritual qualities of wisdom and love.

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CORN
EARTH
HARVEST
WHEAT AND BARLEY