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SHIPS OF THE GREEKS

Symbolic of the astro-mental qualities in their vehicles.

"But Achilles sat by his seafaring ships, still wroth, even the heaven-sprung son of Pelius, Achilles fleet of foot; he betook him neither to the assembly that is the hero's glory, neither to war. But consumed his heart in tarrying in his place, and yearned for the war-cry and for battle." - Iliad, Bk. I.

But the Personality, though gifted with the Divine Spark, remained self-absorbed in the vehicles of desire and lower mind, still attached to the objects which engender passion. The Personality rises not to the heights of the mental qualities, nor to the higher activities of the lower mind; but, joined to its own idea, that of egoism, it longs for the fruits of action on the lower planes.

 

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ACHILLES
ASSEMBLY OF PEOPLE
ASTRAL
BATTLE
GREEKS
HEROES
MYRMIDONS
PELIUS
PERSONALITY
SEA
SPARK
WAR