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AFRICAN
In the interpretation of numbers it is necessary:
(a) To discount zeroes (1,000 is 10).(b) To reduce numbers to their original values
(16 = 1 + 6 = 7)
Therefore, references to 33 crores of gods in Hindu teachings refer to 11 (x 3) sectors of the zodiac and their respective hierarchies. Also 16 palm nuts on the tree relate to the seven (1 + 6 = 7) divisions of the levels of manifestation from Aries (the head) to Libra (the foot).
The zodiac is divided into four quadrants.
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Quadrant |
Triad |
Nature |
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Cosmic |
God |
Saturn-Cronos |
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Monadic |
Father |
Star-Sun |
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Solar |
Higher Self |
Individuality |
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Lunar |
Lower Self |
Personality |
Emanation proceeds from Capricorn through Aquarius, from Quadrant 1 to 4. All major mythologies relate to this zodiacal sequence.
(a) Capricorn is the cave-tomb or rock.(b) Aquarius is the cosmic energies of Space (Dan).
(c) Pisces is the Cosmic Ocean of the Virgin Mother.
(d) Aries is the point of manifestation under the control of the artificer-smith, and ruled by Mars or Ares, related to iron. The Sun-Monad is the Father in Heaven from whom descend the triads of the Higher and Lower Selves.
The astrological correspondences are as follows:
Sign
Capricorn Nana Buluku, Olorun. Aquarius Dan (In Judaism the
Scorpio-energies). Aquarius Cosmic energies of Fohat in
Aquarius. Pisces Vodu (voda or waters), Cosmic Sea,
Olukun. Pisces Mahu (Moon and fertility), Child of
Nana. Aries Lisa (Sun and power), Sun exalted in
Aries. Aries Dan Ayido Hwedo. Energies of the Seven
Rays of the rainbow through Aries as the cosmic serpent-like
powers of Dan-Scorpio. (See The
Aquarian Bible.) Aries Xevioso is the thunder god (Jupiter as
ruler of Pisces) who manifests in Aries using the symbol of
the Ram (Aries). So also we have Jupiter-Amun as a
Ram-headed god in Egypt.
In the Yoruba teachings Olorun (Saturn-Cronos) marries Olukun (Pisces Sea or Rhea) and gives birth to the Gemini twins of Obtala and Odudua (The Sun-Monad in Gemini). Obtala grew drunk (descended into incarnation via Cancer). Odudua threw down a five-toed chicken (the withered or cut-off hand or foot representing the lower hemisphere of the zodiac as the microcosmic pentad).
Obtala is the sky god (Saturn-Cronos). He marries Odudua (the Virgin Mother in Pisces). Their son Orungan is the Sun exalted in Aries. He emanates from Pisces into Aries as the Sun Monad. From him come the 16 (1 + 6 = 7) great gods. These are the Angelic Hierarchies of the Seven Rays who control the emanations through the Seven Planes from Aries.
Shango, the war god, (Mars ruler of Aries) hanged himself on a tree. (The Sun-Monad was crucified on the Cosmic Tree of the Aries-Libra axis.) He had three wives (the Trinity reflected into the Monadic triad of Taurus, Gemini and Cancer).
Ogun, the god of iron and smiths, is the Demiurge-artificer in Aries (Weyland, Hephaestus, etc.). Oschun, the river god, depicts the descent of spiritual energies from Aries through the planes.
The sixteen palm nuts on the palm tree are the seven (1 x 6 = 7) planes of manifestation related to the Seven Rays and the 16 (1 + 6 = 7) gods. Ifa is the Son of God as Christ who is crucified on the Tree.
The world has 22 divisions (the 22 nomes of Egypt related to the three planes (mental, astral and physical) with their seven subdivisions and their source of origin. (3 x 7 = 21, + 1(source) = 22.).
Human life has seven ages (as in Shakespeare). These seven correspond to the Seven Planes, the Seven Rays, the seven Sacred Planets, the Chinese number of Return/Completion, the seven notes, days of the week, chakras, etc.
The creative process commences with the division of the cosmic egg (Father-Mother or Spirit-Matter) in Aquarius. The seeds from the egg fall into the Waters of Space in Pisces, under the control of Saturn-Cronos in Capricorn. The smith (Demiurge-artificer in Aries) descends (into Libra) from the sky (Aries) on a bean-stalk (the Aries-Libra axis or Cosmic Tree). His chest breaks into four triangles (the four quadrants of the zodiacal mandala) which contain "twelve living things" (the powers and attributes of the signs of the zodiac).
The tortoise, as in China represents the microcosmic or lower hemisphere of the zodiac. The toad-serpent forms the upper macrocosmic half.
The Baluba and Lulua also divide the zodiac into four quadrants to form the cross in the circle through which the cosmic serpent of Fohat in Aquarius moves in a spiral path.
The supreme god Amma created the Earth (Pisces). Amma married her and she gave birth to Yurugu. (The divine phallus of Aroma is the Sun exalted in Aries.) The rain from Aroma created twins (the Gemini twins of the Sun-Monad).
Amma made eight ancestors (the Egyptian ogdoad), four male and four female. These symbolize the four quadrants of the zodiacal mandala.
Nommo, a child of Aroma, sent the first smith (the Demiurgeartificer in Aries) on an ark (across the Cosmic Sea of Pisces) down the rainbow (the Seven Rays emanating from Aries through the seven manifested planes).
Taurus is the "Voice of the Void" in the Bambara teachings. (Taurus rules the throat or voice as the Verbum.) God created Faro (the Cosmic Ocean of Pisces) and Pemba (the Cosmic Tree of Aries) as the balanza tree. The tree was nurtured by blood (the spiritual energies descending through the planes). This is the blood of Odin, the spear-wound of Christ and the wound of Amfortas.
The Sara tribes tell of the descent of Su (the Soul) down a bamboo tube (the spine) into incarnation. Similarly, Wantu is said to slip down a rope to Earth. This rope is the sutr-atma or Thread-Self from the Monad to the Personality on the physical plane.
The Sudanese Dinka see their ancestor-god Deng, like Thor or Zeus, as the wielder of lightning, as also does the creator, Nyame of the Ashanti tribe. (The lightning is the power of Fohat in Aquarius.)
In Buganda, Kibuka is the god of war (like Mars in Aries) as is Shango in Nigeria. Like Mars Shango is symbolized by the Ram (of Aries).
The god of the pygmies Khonvum (Khan-Nun) has a bow of serpents (Fohat in Aquarius) and collects pieces of Stars (the Star-Monads descending through Aries). The elephant Ghor (Ganesh, son of Shiva) is related to thunder (Thor in Scandinavia). The Bushmen worship Thora. (Thor related to Jupiter and Thursday is the father of the gods in Greek mythology.)
The magician Cagn dies and is resurrected. His daughter (Virgo the Soul) marries a serpent (kundalini) and descends into the physical body, which is death to the Soul. Gamab (as the Demiurge in Aries) is the god who "eats" men. This refers to the apparent "death" or crucifixion of the Star-Monad as it descends into incarnation. This crucifixion is on the Celestial Tree (the Aries-Libra axis).
In Uganda the god Hangi who supports the sky is similar to the Maori god Rangi, the sky father.
The creator god is called Mulungu in East Africa, Leza in central Africa and Nyambe in West Africa. The spider Anansi (Ghana) takes the role of Thoth-Hermes as a thief or trickster, similar to the monkey in China. The egg of the universe is symbolized by the calabash or gourd divided by a line into two hemispheres (macrocosm and microcosm, or the universe and man).
The Fon of Dahomey say the Sun (Lisa) and the Moon (Mawu?) are the creators. Their union produces seven pairs (the positive and negative energies of the seven manifested planes, and the seven chakras in man). The sky gods (Lipika or Lords of Karma) keep an account of men's lives (the Book of Life in Revelation). The snake swallowing its tail represents cyclic time (as the Ouroborus or World Serpent).
Men steal fire, as Prometheus does in Greek mythology. The Dogon is said to steal fire from the smithy (the lame-smith Demiurge in Aries) and slide down the rainbow to Earth. (The rainbow symbolizes the energies of the Seven Rays manifesting from Aries.) The sacred Tree (the Aries-Libra axis) links Heaven and Earth. It is also depicted as a vine or rope. Man and woman come from the Tree Aries, issuing forth in the floodwaters from Pisces, the Great Sea.