The Symbolism of the Cross
Published: 1931
A metaphysical exploration of the symbolism of the cross, examining its significance in various traditional doctrines and its representation of the realization of 'Universal Man'.
Table of Contents
01CHAPTER I
Multiplicity of States of the Being02CHAPTER II Universal Man03CHAPTER III Metaphysical Symbolism of the Cross04CHAPTER IV
The Directions of Space05CHAPTER V Hindu Theory of the Three Gunas06CHAPTER VI
The Union of Complements07CHAPTER VII The Resolution of Opposites08War and Peace09The Tree in the Midst10The Swastika11CHAPTER XI Geometrical Representation of the Degrees of Existence12CHAPTER XII Geometrical Representation of the States of the Being13CHAPTER XIII Relationship between the two FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS14CHAPTER XIV The Symbolism of Weaving15CHAPTER XV Representation of the Continuity of the different Modalities of One and the same State of the Being16CHAPTER XVI Relationship between the Point and Space17CHAPTER XVII Ontology of the Burning Bush18CHAPTER XVIII Passage from Rectilinear Coordinates to Polar Coordinates: Continuiry by Rofation19CHAPTER XIX Representation of the Continuity between the Different States of the Being20The Universal Spherical Vortex21CHAPTER XXI Determination of Elements in the Representation of the Being22CHAPTER XXII The Far-Eastern Symbol of the Yin-Yang; Metaphysical Equivalence of Birth and Death23CHAPTER XXIII
Significance of the Vertical Axis :
Influence of the Will of Heaven24CHAPTER XXIV The Celestial Ray and its Plane of Reflection25CHAPTER XXV The Tree and the Serpent26CHAPTER XXVI Incommensurability between the Total Being and the Individuality27CHAPTER XXVII
Place of the Individual Human State in the Being as a Whole28CHAPTER XXVIII
The Great Triad29Centre and Circumference