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THE SYMBOLISM OF A TANJORE PAINTING
THE SYMBOLISM OF A TANJORE PAINTING
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TO THE ONE
PURPLE SYMBOLIZES THE ETERNAL UNMANIFEST
THE MATTER THAT PRECEDES THE ELEMENTS
THAT WHICH PRECEDES
FIRE THAT WHICH PRECEDES
WATER AIR ETHER AND
EARTH
THE UNIVERSE HAS ITS ORIGIN IN
THE
ETERNAL
UNMANIFEST
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THE ETERNAL UNMANIFEST ORIGINS FROM
THE ONE
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HIGHER THAN THE ONE, THERE IS NOTHING SAY THE UPANISHADS
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GOVINDAM ADI PURUSHAM TAM AHAM BHAJAMI SAYS BRAHMA HIMSELF IN THE BRAHMASAMHITA
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KRISHNA, THAT PRIMORDIAL ONE, HIM I WORSHIP - THE BRAHMASAMHITA
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THE BRAHMA SAMHITA DESCRIBES THE ONE AS SURROUNDED BY UNIVERSES “AS HEAPS OF FUR”
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IN EACH UNIVERSE APPEARS
VISHNU
THE FIRST GOD
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FROM WHOSE NAVEL EMERGES A LOTUS, AND IN THAT LOTUS APPEARS BRAHMA, BRAHMA IS THE MANIFEST CREATOR
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TO WHAT IS ONE SEVEN GERMS UNRIPENED YET ARE HEAVEN'S PROLIFIC SEED: THEIR FUNCTIONS THEY MAINTAIN BY VISHNU'S ORDINANCE. ENDUED WITH WISDOM THROUGH INTELLIGENCE AND THOUGHT, THEY COMPASS US ABOUT PRESENT ON EVERY SIDE. WHAT THING I TRULY AM I KNOW NOT CLEARLY: MYSTERIOUS, FETTERED IN MY MIND I WANDER. WHEN THE FIRST-BORN OF HOLY LAW APPROACHED ME, THEN OF THIS SPEECH I FIRST OBTAIN A PORTION. ... THEY CALL HIM INDRA, MITRA, VARUNA, AGNI, AND HE IS HEAVENLY-WINGED GARUTMAN. TO WHAT IS ONE, SAGES GIVE MANY A TITLE.
— RIGVEDA 1.164.36-37, 46 TRANSLATED BY KLOSTERMAIER
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IN WORSHIPFULNESS OF
THE ONE
THE ADEPTS SOUGHT TRANSCENDING THE MANIFEST PREISHABLE UNIVERSE
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NOTHING OF THE ELEMENTS IS PERFECT NOT THE GODS SAYS SIVASAMHITA ONLY THE
ONE THAT TRASCNEDS ALL THIS IS
HE IS THE SUPREME PURIFYING
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AS THE BEING WERE PURIFIED, IN WORSHIPFULNESS,
OF THE ONE, THE PERCEPTION OF
THE ONE EMERGED
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THE ADEPT UNIONED HIS CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THE ONE IN PROFOUND AND DEEP WORSHIPFULNESS
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THE SUN AS THE SOURCE OF ALL THAT SHINES WERE AN ANCIENT SYMBOL OF
THE ONE
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THE PAINTING DEPICTS TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE PROCESS WHEREBY THE ONE TRANSFORMS THE EARTH-UNIVERSE THE BODY OF THE ONE IN THE MANIFEST INTO THE
ONE NATURE
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THIS IS DESCRIBED AS THE OPERATION OF THE SUN IN
THE EMERALD TABLET
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AT THE END OF AN AGE THIS DISSOLUTIONARY PROCESS HAPPENS
THE ONE APPEARS IN THE WORLD
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THE EARTH-BODY OF THE ONE, UNIONS HIS CONSCIOUSNESS WITH THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE
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IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE THE BODY IS ACTIVATED
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THE ONE ACTING HERE AS THE ACTIVATING PRINCIPLE IS ATTRIBUTED THE COLOUR RED
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THE WHEEL SYMBOLIZES THE AXIS, AND THE SEXUAL ANATOMY WHERE THE SEXUAL WATERS ABIDE
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THE U SHAPE ATTRIBUTED TO THE WHEEL STRUCTURE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE PELVIC BONE
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THE DUAL SPOKES SHOW THE DUAL NEURAL TRACTS THE WHEEL SUGGESTS THE PRIMORDIAL RHYTHMING,
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THE PRIMORDIAL ONE’S RHYTHM, AND NATURE, IN THE SEXUAL WATERS AND THE NEURAL SYSTEMS,
THE AXIAL WORLD-TREE.
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THE INNER NATURE UNIONS WITH THE ONE
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GREEN IS THE COLOUR OF NATURE
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THE GREEN LION SWALLOWS UP THE SUN, IN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM
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THE GREEN LION FILLS HIS OWN CONSCIOUSNESS UP WITH THE PROFOUND PERCEPTION OF THE ONE
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THE GREEN LION IS THE AWARENESS, THE CONSCIOUSNESS, THE INNER SOUL, THE INNER BEING, THE INNER SELF, THE INNER LIVING STREAMS, AND SO FORTH,
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IT ABIDES NEAR IN THE WORLD AXIS, IN THE IMAGERY
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THE WORLD AXIS, THE WORLD TREE, IS FILLED WITH
THE ONE,
AND THE GREEN LION SERVES THE ONE
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THE GREEN LION PROFOUNDLY ALIGNS WITH THE ONE
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THE CLOTHING OF THE ONE IS THE SURFACE BODY
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THE GOLDEN IS THE IDEAL
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WHITE IS THE COLOR OF PURITY THE WHITE SPIRIT HOLDS THE REFLECTION OF THE ONE
WHITE IS THE SEXUAL LAKE
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THE HORSES ARE THE VITAL FORCES ABOVE THE SILVER LAKE THAT IN PURITY HOLDS ONE NATURE
THE HORSES SERVE THE ONE, ARE YOKED TO THE ONE, FOUNTAIN TOWARD, AND UNION WITH THE ONE, IS IN ONE NATURE WITH THE ONE, AS SHOWN BY A REFLECTION OF THE ONE ON THEM
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IT IS THE WHITE SPIRIT THAT HOLD THE ONE NATURED CHARIOT ON TO THE EARTH THE WHITE SPIRIT THUS OUGHT BE
PRESERVED
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THE WHITE SPIRIT OUGHT
NOT BE AGITATED IN WAYS THAT WOULD HAVE IT WISH TO ESCAPE
THE WHITE SPIRIT OUGHT BE
NEVER LOST
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THE EARTH IS THE HUMAN BODY THE EARTH IS WHERE ITS LIVING SPIRITS ABIDE
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THE ONE APPEARS ON THE AXIAL PERCEPTION
THE CHARIOT IS THE AXIAL TRANSFORMATORY THE WORLD AXIS AND ITS YOKED ENERGIES
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THE LOTUS ON THE CHARIOT SYMBOLIZES EVOLVING ENERGIES, IN
ONE NATURE
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ON THE WHITE SPIRIT IS AN ANCIENT SYMBOL FOR TRANSFORMATION TO THE HIGHER, INTO THE ONE,
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IN A LOST AGE, IN THE KINGDOMS THAT WERE BEYOND THE HIMALAYAS IN THE THE NORTH-EAST OF INDIA, THE ONE LINE
WERE VISUALIZED AS A SYMBOL OF
THE ONE
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THE SYMBOL WERE MEDITATED ON, PONDERED ON, AS FILLING THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF ONE’S PERCEPTION, IT WERE THOUGHT TO GENERATE THE PERCEPTION OF
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IT WERE VISUALIZED ON THE AXIS, IN THE LAKE, ETC., TRANSFORMING THE WORLD WATERS, ITHE ONE NATURED WATERS, AND THE AXIAL ENERGIES, INDEED, IT WERE ALSO UNDERTOOD THAT ONLY THOSE THE ONE DESIRED TO PERCEIVE HIM, WOULD PERCEIVE HIM, AND THUS A PROFOUND WORSHIPFULNESS, WERE ADVISED,
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ONLY THROUGH LOVE FOR THE ONE, AND THROUGH WORSHIPFULNESS, WERE HE REACHED, SAY THE ANCIENT TEXTS,
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THE ANCIENT ARTS SOUGHT TO MERGE INNER ESSENCE, THE INNER FOUNTAINING SPIRITS, WITH
THE ONE
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THE ANCIENT SYMBOL, WERE ONE OF ENERGIES FOUTNAINING TO THE HIGHER, INTO THE ONE,
THE SYMBOL IS FOUND ON THE ONE’S REFLECTION, THE WHITE SPIRIT, THE GREEN LION,
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THE SILVER LAKE FOUNTAINS, INSIDE,
ALONG THE WORLD AXIS,
TO THE ONE,
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AS THE SILVER LAKE HOLDS THE ONE,
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THE TAPERING DOME OF THE CHARIOT
SYMBOLIZES UPWARD TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGIES
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THE SAGES THE POETS THE PURIFIED AND VIRTUOUS AMONGST HUMANS ALL OBSERVE THE ONE, IN WORSHIPFULNESS,
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THERE ARE ESOTERIC SENSES TO EACH ASPECT OF THE IMAGERY
HERE A SENSE IS THAT THE EARTHEN BODY PLAYS ITS MUSIC, OBSERVING THE ONE THE MUSIC IS THE INNER RHYTHMS OF THE BODY, THAT GENERATE ITS EXISTENCE 79
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WHITE IS THE NEW GENERATED, THE PURE, GOLDEN THE EXTERIOR, AND GREEN SYMBOLIZES THE LIVING, JOYFULNESS, ABOUND, INSIDE,
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THE SAGE THAT IS OFFERING TO THE ONE IS THE PROFOUND INNER WISDOM
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AS THE ONE ENTERS THE UNIVERSE, THE UNIVERSE DISTILLS INTO TWO FOUNTAINS, THE WHITE WOMEN, AND THE PURPLE ONE,
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THE WHITE IS THE FOUNTAIN FROM THE PROFOUNDEST DEPTHS OF THE UNIVERSE. THE PURPLE IS THE DISTILLED,
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THE MATTER OF THE UNIVERSE DISSOLVED INTO ONE NATURE, IN THE PURPLE DISTILLATE.
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THIS IS UNIONED WITH THE WHITE, AND FORM THE ONE, AND THE ONE FORMS THE ONE BODY THUS,
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THE SYSTEM IS KEPT PROFOUNDLY COOLED FREE OF ANY AGITATIONING IN THE PURPLE AND WHITE BATH,
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BOTH THE FOUNTAINS EXIST IN INFINITE, THE ONE WHITE, AND THE ONE PURPLE, THE ONE PURPLE PERVADES, AND THE ONE WHITE, AT THE PROFOUND DEPTHS,
THE ONE’S FORM IS FOUNDED ON THE FIRMAMENT’S FOUNTAINING AXIS,
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THE DISTILLATE TENDS TO VAPOUR AWAY,
THE DISTILLATE PENETRATES EVERYTHING SUBTLE AND GROSS, AND DISSOLVES,
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THE DISTIALLATE IS THUS INFUSED IMMEDIATELY INTO THE BODY, OF THE ONE, AND INDEED NOWHERE ELSE, AND THE WHITE FOUNTAIN ADDED, THE WHITE FOUNTAIN MAY AS WELL, FIRST BE POURED, AND THE PURPLE DISTILLUM ADDED, THROUGH THE UNION OF THE WHITE, AND THE PURPLE, DISSOLVED THE EARTH, AND TAKEN UP BY THE WHITE AND PURPLE, UNION IS THE WORK OF THE ONE DONE, 92
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THE WORK OF THE SUN IS DESCRIBED IN THE EMERALD TABLET AS WELL, THE SPIRIT THAT SEPERATES ITSELF FROM EARTH, AS THE ONE WILLS, AND THEN UNIONS AGAIN,
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DISTILL AND COAGUALTE, WARM AND PROFOUNDLY COOL, THE ONE AND THE FEMININE, LOVE, WITHOUT THE LOSS OF THE WHITE FOUNTAIN, IN THE WAY THE ONE OPERATES, GENERATE VARIATIONING IN OPERATIONS, SO THE ONE WORKS THE BODY, DESTROYING THE FEMININE TO THE ONE ,
THE WHITE FEMININE FILLS UP WITH THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE, AS THE ONE UNIONED, THE FEMININE, HEART, SPIRIT, AND SOUL, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE SPIRITIZED BODY, WITH THE ONE, 94
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AN ANALOGY WITH FARMING EXISTS, IN THE RAYS OF THE SUN, THE WATERS DISTILL, TO POUR BACK ON TO EARTH AS RAIN, AS DEW, EMBEDDING ITSELF, AS SNOW IN THE WELL NOURISHED, WELL RAKED EARTH, THE SEEDS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE EARTH, AND IN THE SUN, THEY EMERGE ANEW,
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THE ONE PURPLE EARTH, THE ONE WHITE STREAMS NOURISH, THE ONE PURPLE EARTH ABSORBS THE ONE WHITE, THE ONE PURPLE EARTH, EVOLVES THE ONE WHITE,
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THE TWO FOUNTAINS OF WHITE AND PURPLE, UNIONED, THE EARTH IN PURPLE DISSOLVED, AND THE WHITE ADDED, OR THE EARTH WHITENED, AND THE PURPLE POURED, THE ONE FORMED,
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THE WHITE WOMEN AS THE INNER STREAMS IN THE PURPLE BODY
THE STREAMS OF ONE WHITE
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WARMING THE EARTHEN, IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE, GENERATES THE TWO FOUNTAINS,
THE DISSOLVED EARTHEN BODY, DIP INTO THE FOUNTAINS THE ONE SEED WATERS IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FIRMAMENT, THE ONE SEED FORMS THE ONE FORM,
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IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE ONE, THE EARTHEN BODY IS DISSOLVED, THE ONE WHITE FOUNTAIN, ADDED, AND THE ONE FORMED.
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ESTABLISHED,
ON THE FIRMAMENT’S
FOUNTAIN, 101
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THE ONE UNIONS THE ONE WHITE, WITH THE ONE PURPLE. 102