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Initiation Two:
The Mental Plane
The element of Air symbolizes the plane of
mind. In Qabballah, this part of the four-fold
soul/body is called “Briah”, and is symbolized
by the third letter in the tetragrammatorn, or
Holy formula of creation: YHVH. In this
formula, the Vav signifies both the realm
of all mental activity, and at the same time,
that part of our four-fold soul/body that
lives in this realm.
The realm of Air signifies Lower Mind, as
opposed to the Higher Mind symbolized by
the Fire element. Lower Mind is the domain
of logic, reason, and basic navigatory skills,
but is not the higher aspect of the psyche
that we experience as creativity, inspiration,
or the noumenous.
Lower Mind can be thought of as a lens that
can be trained on whatever we want to manifest
in our lives. It can be focused on the good, the
destructive, the noble or the wasteful. The
Mysteries taught that when it is focused on
those highest aspects of ourselves and the
universe, it is playing its part in the Great Work. |
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