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CROSS, ANKH (CRUX ANSATA), A SYMBOL OF LIFEThis Egyptian cross has the same meaning as the Latin cross. The circular handle is a symbol of the higher planes, but inasmuch as the handle is not a perfect circle, it indicates that activities pass from above to the quaternary below. "According to Pythagoras, when the Soul descends from the boundary where the Zodiac and Galaxy meet, from a spherical form, which is the only divine one, it is elongated into a conical one by its downward tendency." - Macrobius, I. 12. When the soul enters upon the limitations of the cycle of life (Zodiac) it is no longer wholly divine, but its lower part gravitates towards desire and sensation. The "Galaxy" is a symbol of the celestial regions (atma-buddhi) from which the Soul has come. The World-soul descends to be involved in the matter of the lower planes, that it may rise again in the myriad souls of humanity. |
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