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NORTH QUARTERA symbol of the astral plane in many countries, but not in India, where it signifies the higher planes, because, apparently, of the Himalayas (high mountains) and the source of the Ganges (river of Life) being to the north of the Aryan land. “Hermöd answered to Modgunn the maiden who keeps the Bridge, ‘I ride to Hell to seek for Balder, hast thou not seen him in these regions?’ She replied that Balder had ridden over the bridge of Gjall, and that the road to Hell lay downward and towards the North.” – Prose Edda, HOWITT, Literature, etc. The Self within replies: I descend to the Underworld to realise myself. Hast thou not seen me through those phases of life wherein I have reflected my being? The Intuition makes answer that it perceives the Self within has attained a high state of consciousness on the higher mental plane through involution in the first instance. Evolution of the Self being by way of the lower planes of manifestation, the underworld is symbolised as “towards the north” or the astral plane. “In a spiritual sense, the phrase ‘the sides of the north,’ or ‘towards the north,’ seems to intimate the quarter from which evil comes.” – WORDSWORTH, Bible, Psalms, p. 74. Pohjola lies in the north. Pohjola, being thus the seat of evils and darkness, has some elements in common with Manala, the kingdom of the dead. – COMPARETTI, Poetry of the Finns, pp. 199–200. “Pohjola” signifies the underworld energised from the astral plane of the desires. |
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