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OCEAN, OR SEA (FEMININE)

A symbol of primordial Truth on the matter side of being, which brings forth all qualities and forms proceeding from the Absolute.

"The feminine Sephirah Binah is sometimes termed by the Qabbalists the Great Sea. Among her Divine names are Ya H and Elohim. She is called the Great Mother, the Upper Mother. She is the Holy Spirit and the Upper She-kheen-ah. Her symbol is the brooding dove; she brooded over the face of the waters at creation." - MYER, Qabbalah, p. 336.

The highest condition on the matter side of manifestation is Truth-reality (ocean) in its receptive aspect (feminine) towards Spirit. This primordial condition of things fructified by the Higher Self is the "Great Mother" bringing forth on the buddhic plane the prototypes of all forms for the manifestation of the Divine Life on the higher and lower planes.

 

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ADITI
BINAH
DOVE
GODDESS
HOLY GHOST
MÂYÂ (Higher)
MOTHER (Divine)
NARAYANA
PROTOTYPES
SARASVATI
SHEKINAH