The Square and its Correspondences to the Earth
Fig. 9
The Square is a
symbol of the earth, as the Triangle is of the Spirit.
The previously described static and dynamic forms of energy are also subject
to the effect of Unification.
With the projection of the Circle into the third dimension, the sphere
emerges. The axis thereof is, theoretically, still and is an image of the
Primal ONE. The earth itself is a centre of GRAVITATION, which, according to
the principle of Unification, draws everything to it. According to the law
of duality, there is a second axis of dynamic magnetic energy that can be
even a hundred kilometres from the geocentric axis.
The North South axis is stable, but the East West one is dynamically
rotating.
Concept of Directions of the Earth and their Symbolic Significance
The related manifestations are North South: summer and winter, and East
West: day and night. From our North pole positive magnetism flows southward.
The poles are related in a complimentary manner like Yin and Yang and the
South pole is actually the colder. The geographical axis is one, and still.
The East West axis corresponds to a rotating globe in SPACE and TIME.
Our concept of time originated from this double rotation of the earth:
around its own axis and around the sun.
The East reminds us of sunrise, the awakening and ascending of the light and
growing temperatures. Connected to this is a certain sacred evaluation
because of the sun, always having been regarded as a source of Divine Light,
is associated with the Primal ONE and Life itself. Contrary to this, the
West is related to weakening and setting of the source of light: of darkness
and dying.
Life is the manifestation of the Primal ONE into matter; death is the
absence of the same when it is withdrawn from matter.
Orientation of the Earth
Magnetism is created by the rotation of the earth, which also is the cause
of centrifugal forces. Our concepts of vertical and horizontal refer
respectively to the centre of the earth and the surface. Verticality occurs
in one direction, that to the centre of the earth and to its surface.
Horizontality has innumerable directions.
The sides of the Square have their own symbolism that corresponds to the
esoteric elements. The basis obviously belongs to the solid earth, the upper
side to the element of earth. The left vertical side corresponds to water
and the feminine, and the right side to male and fire. When considering the
oriental concept of five elements, ether is in the centre.
PRINCIPLES: SPACE, TIME, MATTER, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, POLE, MAGNETISM,
LIFE, DEATH, REALITY.
