The Pillar of the Worlds (Perennial Cosmology)

Submitted by Natasa on 8 July, 2010 - 00:20.
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“As above, so below”, is the wording of the famous hermetic maxim from “Tabula Smaragdina.” Although often and lightly cited by the many who, more or less seriously, occupy themselves with astrology and other related disciplines, the sentence is rarely subjected to a serious  interpretation of its crucial meaning. The meaning of this maxim lies within the so–called axial symbolism of the hermetic cosmology according to which the whole created cosmos is depicted through the vertical relationship of different  degrees of existence and manifestation which are linked by the same law of the “primary movement” (primum moble). The universe is strictly hierarchical and man holds the middle position on this vertical line, thus implying the existence of the worlds above and below his position. The famous maxim depicts the universal truth that the Earth represents the reflection of the higher transcendental  worlds, and that the worlds below the Earth are its reflections which become increasingly more ‘corrupted’ forms of the former ideal the lower we get on the axis of existence ...

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Natasa Karalic Koprivica
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