Symbols of Sacred Science: Fundamental Symbols - The Universal
Published: 1962
An exploration of fundamental symbols in sacred science, focusing on universal symbols and their metaphysical significance.
Table of Contents
01I § The Reform of the Modern Mentality022 § Spirit and Intellect033 § The Eternal Ideas044 § Word and Symbol055 § The Sacred Heart and the Legend of the Holy Grail06A D D E N D U M076 § The Holy Grail087 § Tradition and the Unconscious098 § The Science of Letters ('Ilm al-hurūf)109 § The Language of the Birds11Io § The Idea of the Centre in the Traditions of Antiquity12I I § Symbolic Flowers13I2 § The Triple Precinct of the Druids14I 3 § The Guardians of the Holy Land15I4 § The Land of the Sun16I 5 § The Zodiac and the Cardinal Points17I6 § The Tetraktys and the Square of Four18I7 § A Hieroglyph of the Pole19I8 § The Black Heads20I9 § The Letter G and the Swastika2184 SYMBOLS OF THE CENTRE AND OF THE WORLD2220 § Some Aspects of the Symbolism of Janus232 I § The Hieroglyph of Cancer2422 § Seth2523 § On the Significance of Carnivals2624 § Some Aspects of the Symbolism of the Fish2725 § The Mysteries of the Letter Nūn2826 § The Wild Boar and the Bear29II4 SYMBOLS OF CYCLIC MANIFESTATION30II8 SYMBOLS OF CYCLIC MANIFESTATION3127 § Thunderbolts3228 § Symbolic Weapons3329 § The Sword of Islam (Sayf al-Islām)3430 § The Symbolism of Horns35I34 SOME SYMBOLIC WEAPONS363 I § The Cave and the Labyrinth3732 § The Heart and the Cave3833 § The Mountain and the Cave3934 § The Heart and the World Egg4035 § The Cave and the World Egg4136 § The Exit from the Cave42§ The Solstitial Gates43The Symbolism of the Zodiac Among the Pythagoreans4439 § The Solstitial Symbolism of Janus4540 § Concerning the Two Saint Johns464 I § The Symbolism of the Dome4742 § The Dome and the Wheel4843 § The Narrow Gate4944 § The Octagon5045 § The Cornerstone51'Lapsit exillis'5247 § Al-Arkān5348 § Gathering What Is Scattered5449 § The Black and the White5550 § Black Stone and Cubic Stone565 I § Brute Stone, Hewn Stone5752 § Symbols of Analogy5853 § The World Tree5954 § The Tree and the Vajra6055 § The Tree of Life and the Draught of Immortality6156 § The Symbolism of the Ladder6257 § The Eye of the Needle6358 § Traversing the Waters6459 § The Seven Rays and the Rainbow6560 § Janua Cœli666 I § Käla-mukha6762 § Light and Rain68246 AXIAL SYMBOLISM AND SYMBOLISM OF PASSAGE6963 § The Chain of the Worlds7064 § The Roots of Plants7165 § The Symbolism of the Bridge7266 § The Bridge and the Rainbow7367 § The Chain of Union7468 § Frameworks and Labyrinths7569 § The 'Sign of Four'7670 § Bonds and Knots777I § The Radiating Heart and the Flaming Heart7872 § Heart and Brain7973 § The All-Seeing Eye8074 § The Mustard Seed8175 § The Ether in the Heart I8276 § The Divine City