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