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ISSUE THREE |  NOV/DEC

                                                       he  pyramid  always  as  a  method  of  providing  new
                                                       symbolises     bigger    life to the dead, because the
                                                       consciousness       of   pyramid  represented  the  form
                                                       strength and energy.  of the physical body emerging
                                                       In your inside there  from the earth and ascending
                                         Tis a point in which all  towards the light of the sun.
                                         levels cut themselves. This is the  Within man, there are two
                                         place of the renewal at which even  aspects.  There  is  his  real
                                         dull  razor  blades  become  sharp  inner,  divine  self.  There  is
                                         again.  With  a  bigger  pyramid  also  the body and  intellect
                                         this place can be used for mystic  which,  at  his  present  stage
                                         experiences.  The  entrance  of  a  of  evolution,  consider  himself
                                         pyramid  in  the  dream  stands  for  to  be  a  separate  egoist  entity.
                                         the search for the sense of life.  However,  there  comes  a  time
                                         She exists, as everybody knows,  when man realises that he is not
                                         of a square  and four equilateral  the body and intellect. His real
                                         triangles, can translate as a vision  existence is a state of being; a
                                         the action strictly directed on  consciousness at one with the
                                         order. The pyramid can be to be  Universal consciousness.
                                         travelled in the dream a picture for
                                         the  wish of  the  dreaming. Often  The  great  pyramids  of  Egypt
                                         are  reflected  in  her  also  actual  hold  a  real  significance  in  this
                                         travel recollections. On the other  great spiritual quest.
                                         hand, the pyramid can also be on
                                         a discussion with ritual religious  Firstly, there is great significance
                                         problems.  Old-Egyptian  dream  in an equilateral triangle.  The
                                         researchers stated who sees a  three sides refer to the tri-
                                         pyramid, a secret gets.                natured  aspect  of  God:  God
                                                                                the creator, God the preserver
                                         Spirituality                           and  God  the transformer. This
                                         At the spiritual level the pyramid     tri-natured  aspect  of  God,  can
                                         is a symbol  for the integration       also be seen in the analogy of
                                         of self-and  soul.  In dreams  the     a seeker’s journey. There is the
                                         pyramid can stand for the death,       starting point, which represents
                                         but  it  also contains rebirth.  The   his birth in the matter of creation,
                                         base of the pyramid stands for the     there is then the long journey of
                                         body, the sides show the spiritual     evolution  and  inner  discovery;
                                         attempts, the point symbolises the     finally  ending  in  the  seeker’s
                                         harmonious  union of the human         realisation of his true identity. At
                                         with the ‘higher self-‘ (God).         this point, the seeker loses his
                                                                                identity and re-submerges in his
                                         On  a  metaphysical  level,  for       original  divine  consciousness.
                                         some belief systems the Great          Thus  there  are  3  aspects  to
                                         Pyramid  is  a  place  of  great       a  seeker’s  journey.  This  tri-
                                         spiritual   significance.   If   the   natured  aspect  is  perfectly
                                         Great Pyramid was used for             reflected  in  an  equilateral
                                         religious  purposes  –  such  as  a    triangle, which boasts a perfect
                                         temple,  place  of  meditation,  or    symmetry. Within the 3 lines of
                                         holy monument — rather than            the triangle, there is the area
                                         as a tomb, then certainly its size     within. Thus we can say that the
                                         alone  would  make  it  a  place  of   one is in the three and the three
                                         wonder.  The  ancient  Egyptians       encompasses  the  one. This  is
                                         saw  the  shape  of  the  pyramids     the  nature  of  God,  3  in  1  and


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