1. Aries [?]
"First Aries, in his golden wool.''
This constellation represents the first Divine idea, the "word'' of
the Kabbalist, and the first active manifestation of the glorious En
Soph. In other words, it is mind in action, the first pulsation of
Deity
in the dual aspects of "Lord and Creator.'' To the human soul it is,
and always typifies, the unknown, invisible power which we term
intelligence; that which knows, and gives unto each Deific atom of
life that distinguishing, universal, yet deathless force which not only
constitutes its spiritual identity and physical individuality, but enables
it to pronounce, in the presence of its Creator, those mystic words: "I am
that I am.'' In other words, this beautiful constellation symbolizes the
first pulsation of that ray of pure intelligence which constitutes the Divine
Ego of the human soul. It is the force that impels ever onward the
life atom in its evolutionary progress, and reveals to us the beginning, or
first manifestation, of the Divine Ego as an active, self-existing atom of
Infinite spirit, within angelic spheres.
Seeing the actual, spiritual reality symbolized in Aries, how easy
it is to note its full significance upon the external plane when refracted
and reflected into the planes below through the complex action of
the human organism, conveying the same radical influx in the first
astrological month and the first sign of the Zodiac. We can read a
perfect parallel in the astral influx upon the human body, as set forth
in the "Light of Egypt,'' vol. I, which says Aries symbolizes the sacrifice
and represents the springtime, the beginning of a new year. The first
action of pure intelligence brought forth the first expression of form,
and led to the sacrifice of its angelic state, and, having gained the
victory over the lower realms of matter, once more the springtime of
a new life, with the promise of life, light and love.
The sign Aries represents the thinking powers of humanity; in
short, the active, intellectual being, the lord of material creation—Man;
and in its cosmic relations, as shown under "The Occult Application
of the Twelve Signs'' (vol. I), we find the same perfect analogy.
