The Unity
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All is One.
All including the world seen by you and yourself, the seer of the world, is one only.
All that you consider as I, you, he, she and it, is one only.
What you consider to be sentient beings and what you consider to be insentient, such as earth, air, fire and water is all one.
The central point in the circle.
The central point represents the starting point of all things; it’s the absolute point without form or dimension and is therefore indivisible, it is the only image that can be given to the primordial Unity.
The central point is the absolute, the pure being; the space is filled with its radiance, it is only this radiance (the Fiat Lux of Genesis), without which this space would be nothing but deprivation and nothingness, it is the world in the widest sense of the word, the whole of all beings and all states of existence that constitute the universal manifestation.
From it and by it all things are produced, in the same way as unity produces all numbers and without its essence being altered or affected in any way.
In alchemy, it represents the gold of the alchemists that symbolizes perfection, the goal to be attained. It is not just the yellow metal, but the inner evolution, the elevation of the alchemist himself from the material to the spiritual plane. Starting from the simple metal - lead - which symbolizes the raw being attached to matter and its animality, the alchemist will undergo, during a long journey, a whole series of transformations that will lead him to the final transmutation: Gold, the new man freed from his enslavement to the earthly world.
In astronomy, the point in the centre of the circle represents the sun. From the point of view of all ancient traditions, it is itself only a symbol, that of the true "Centre of the World", which is the Divine absolute.
The Flower of Life.
Shared by different cultures throughout the ages, the flower of life is one of the most ancient symbols known to man.
When studied more closely, this symbol that seems to be a flower, reveals its true meaning.
It represents the process of the expanding Unity of Creation, and it integrates a multitude of different symbolic systems into its designs.
In the flower of life we can find the structure of the DNA molecule, all the mathematical formulas and all the crystalline structures.
Contained within it are the elements that make up the world, including the bodies of Plato, such as the octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, tetrahedron and cube.
The structure of the circles correspond with the basic rules of music, the distance between the circles being identical to the distances between the tones and semitones.
It is also identical to the structure of the cells in the third embryonic division. The first cell divides into two, then into four, then into eight and finally into the human body.
The Hexagram.
The hexagram is a 6-pointed star made from two equilateral triangles.
It is a commonly found symbol in religion, history and culture.
More generally, the hexagram represents the intertwining of opposites and the complete oneness of these
It is symbolises the meeting of two cosmic energies.
The union: - of man and woman
- of the sun and the moon
- day and night
- activity and inactivity
- of the macrocosm and the microcosm
- etc.
It is not a question of opposing one opposite to the other, or of saying that one is good and the other bad, but of understanding that neither one of the two seemingly opposing elements can exist without each other.
The centered hexagon.
The centered hexagon is a cube that represents the end of the cycle of manifestation, or the "end point" of the cyclic movement.
This shape is in a way the shape of complete solidity, it symbolizes stability, in so far as it implies the stopping of all movement.
The three-dimensional cross constitutes, according to geometric language, a system of coordinates to which the whole of space can be related; space here symbolizes the totality of all possibilities, either of a particular being or of universal existence.
Sri Yantra.
The Sri Yantra represents the creation and balance of the Universe.
The centre, which is named "Bindu", is the geometrical representation of the beginning of Creation.
The 4 triangles pointing upwards represent "Shiva" (the male aspect), and the remaining 5 triangles that are pointing downwards represent "Shakti" (the female aspect).
The 43 smaller triangles formed by the intersections of the 9 main triangles represent the "Cosmic Matrix", i.e. the Universe.
