AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - Kara.co.za

Figures I and II represent the ultimate substance of the Godhead which is shared by
humanity. This means that God and the inner human personality are consubstantial (i.e.
made of the same essence). Thus the African Sage Imhotep (Greek Aesclepius) said
(hu)man is greatest miracle because s/he is both mortal and immortal. S/he is mortal
because the physical body dies but immortal because the spiritual body
(Kabachat/Mundu) survives the death of the physical body. This immortality or divinity
of the human being is the basis of human dignity.
The equilateral triangle [ ] embodies the spiritual and physical world. The circle
within the square represents the nothingness from which all life emanated.
The encircled point [ ] represents the First Cause (Ptah) from which the nine
ultimate principles emanated while the square represents the physical manifestation of the
spiritual trinity made out of the mind (Atum), thought (Ntura), and word (Akhet).
The 3 sides of the triangle represent:
• The seven Pleiades stars
• The seven outer planets
• The seven energy centres of the earth and the individual
Thus the triangle consists of 21 (7+7+7) rungs of the ladder of heaven which links the
universe with the First Cause [
] and the earth (Tamara or Kumara).
The four sides of the square consists of 14 aspects each, bringing the total number to 56
(14 X 4).
The
First Cause (Ptah) and its 21 aspects gives us 22 arcane principles. The 56 aspects of
the physical world and 22 aspects of the spiritual world make out 78 aspects of being
which are described in 78 Tarot Cards.
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