jema
just today i found this quote:
"As we have already noted, the Tree of Life is a diagrammatic representation of the Universe on which the positive and negative, male and female aspects are represented by the two flanking Pillars of Mercy and Severity. It may seem strange to uninstructed thought that the title of Mercy should be given to the male or positive Pillar, and that of Severity to the female Pillar; but when it is realised that the dynamic male type of force is the stimulator of upbuilding and evolution, and that the female type of force is the builder of forms, it willbe seen that the nomenclature is apt; for form, although it is the builder and orginaser, is also the limiter; each form that is built mustin turn be outgrown, lose its usefulness, and so become a hinderance to evolving life, and therefore the bringer in of dissolutuon and decay, which lead on to death,. The Father is the Giver of life; but the Mother is the Giver of death, because her womb is the gate of ingress to matter, and through her life is ensouled in form, and no form can be either infinite or eternal. Death is implicit in birth."
Dion Fortune - The Mystical Qabalah
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and it was just such an Aha! moment for me so i thought i would share
i really love this book by the way, Dion Fortune has such a clear and lucid way of writing that even i can understand her.
"As we have already noted, the Tree of Life is a diagrammatic representation of the Universe on which the positive and negative, male and female aspects are represented by the two flanking Pillars of Mercy and Severity. It may seem strange to uninstructed thought that the title of Mercy should be given to the male or positive Pillar, and that of Severity to the female Pillar; but when it is realised that the dynamic male type of force is the stimulator of upbuilding and evolution, and that the female type of force is the builder of forms, it willbe seen that the nomenclature is apt; for form, although it is the builder and orginaser, is also the limiter; each form that is built mustin turn be outgrown, lose its usefulness, and so become a hinderance to evolving life, and therefore the bringer in of dissolutuon and decay, which lead on to death,. The Father is the Giver of life; but the Mother is the Giver of death, because her womb is the gate of ingress to matter, and through her life is ensouled in form, and no form can be either infinite or eternal. Death is implicit in birth."
Dion Fortune - The Mystical Qabalah
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and it was just such an Aha! moment for me so i thought i would share
i really love this book by the way, Dion Fortune has such a clear and lucid way of writing that even i can understand her.