CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY REMARK VII PREFACE IX I MULTIPLICITY OF STATES OF THE BEING 1 II UNIVERSAL MAN 6 III METAPHYSICAL SYMBOLISM OF THE CROSS 10 IV THE DIRECTIONS OF SPACE 14 V HINDU THEORY OF THE THREE GUNAS 23 VI THE UNION OF COMPLEMENTS 27 VII THE RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITES 32 VIII WAR AND PEACE 41 IX THE TREE IN THE MIDST 46 X THE SWASTIKA 54 XI GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEGREES OF EXISTENCE 57 XII GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE STATES OF THE BEING 60 XIII RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS 63 XIV THE SYMBOLISM OF WEAVING 65 XV REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTINUITY OF THE DIFFERENT MODALITIES OF ONE AND THE SAME STATE OF THE BEING 71 XVI RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POINT AND SPACE 75 XVII ONTOLOGY OF THE BURNING BUSH 80 XVIII PASSAGE FROM RECTILINEAR TO POLAR CO-ORDINATES; CONTINUITY BY ROTATION 83 XIX REPRESENTAATION OF THE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF THE BEING 86 XX THE UNIVERSAL SPHERICAL VORTEX 89 XXI DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE BEING 92 XXII THE FAR-EASTERN SYMBOL OF THE YIN-YANG; METAPHYSICAL EQUIVALENCE OF BIRTH AND DEATH 95 XXIII MEANING OF THE VERTICAL AXIS; INFLUENCE OF THE WILL OF HEAVEN 99 XXIV THE HEAVENLY RAY AND ITS PLANE OF REFLECTION 104 XXV THE TREE AND THE SERPENT 110 XXVI INCOMMENSURABILITY BETWEEN THE TOTAL BEING AND THE INDIVIDUALITY 116

XXVII Place of the Individual Human State 119 in the Being as a Whole XXVIII The Great Triad 122 XXIX Centre and Circumference 127 XXX Final Remarks on the Spatial Symbolism 132