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were also built in such a way body must abide by the labyrinth was used to bring
that they are connected to material laws. brain into harmony with the
the Orion and Sirius stars. nerve centre of the universe
This signifies the connection The human body is a and the eight gods that are
between the cosmology and microcosmic image of the symbolized by the Bull and
culture of the human beings macrocosmic universe. Seven Cows of Heaven as
and the cosmic order. The macro-microcosmic well as the eight spheres of
relationship is expressed heaven. These consist of the
The prefix ‘Bu’ stands for in the Law of Analogy. zodiac and the seven outer
Materialism, and the suffix This means the human planets that link the zodiac
‘Ntu’ stands for Spiritualism. body, on and by itself, is a with the earth and humanity.
Therefore it is Bu + Ntu = miniature universe (Hermes
Buntu. If there is connection Trismegistus). This is the Secondly, there should
between our solar system basis of the notion that says be a balance between the
and our human bodies, ‘Man, Know Thyself’, for Mind and the Body. There
then there is definitely if you know yourself, you should be a balance between
a connection between automatically understand the Spirit, Thought/Soul
materialism and spiritualism. the workings of the cosmic and Word. This means the
Contrary to the current order. human personality should
belief, this signifies the fact be integrated within itself
that there is a connection The Human Body & and into the living organism
between the spiritual world Its Connection with the that is the universe because
and material world. The two Cosmic Order. disharmony within the
worlds are interdependent. physical causes disharmony
At the material level, the within the spiritual world.
On the other hand, eight chambers of the human This nature of the balance
Motshekga (The Path to brain are symbolized by is maintained by Ubuntu/
Self-knowledge, October the labyrinth. The eighth Ma’at.
2012) argues that the chamber of the human brain
spiritual body consists of corresponds to the Bull of In our human bodies we
the ethereal or quintessential Heaven, while the remaining have 7 energy centres called
element, while the material seven chambers correspond chakras. These energy
body consists of the four to the seven Pleides or centres are connected to
elements of water, fire, earth circumpolar stars. At the some of our celestial bodies
and air. The spiritual part physical level, the Bull of (stars), such as the Orion,
must abide by the Moral Heaven corresponds to the Milky Way, Sirius A, and
Law that it inherited on zodiac while the remaining Sirius B. Such energy
its descent to the material Seven Cows correspond to comes from these celestial
world, while the physical the seven outer planets. The bodies, and that is why the
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