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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	Les versets 32.25-33 de la Genèse relatent le combat de Jacob avec l'Ange. Un combat qui n'a rien d'angélique car Jacob doit, en réalité, affronter trois adversaires:
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Ils donnèrent naissance aux êtres humains tels que nous les connaissons. Selon Aristophane, l'amour ne serait rien d'autre que le sentiment de nostalgie de notre ancienne nature et une quête désespérée de l'unité perdue.

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In the “Symposium” of Plato, Aristophanes builds up his speech about love on a myth. In bygone days, only androgynes used to exist. They were composed of two beings of opposite sex, placed side by side. Boosted by their double nature, they wanted to challenge the Gods and therefore Zeus decided to punish the androgynes by splitting them in two. They gave birth to human beings looking just like us. According to Aristophanes, love would be nothing else but a feeling of nostalgia towards our ancient nature and a desperate quest for our lost unity. The union of beings or opposites would portray an attempt to re-find the missing link through the search for soul mate.

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Ce carré symbolise la réalisation matérielle, limite ultime de la manifestation du Centre. Ce n'est rien d'autre que la fameuse “quadrature du cercle” de la tradition hermétique. Le cercle figure le commencement d'une tradition et le carré son achèvement en relation avec une forme traditionnelle dérivée.

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When the possibilities of states of being have achieved their full development and reached their final equilibrium, the circle of the Celtic rowel (representing the expansion of the Centre) is transformed into a more stable form, a square (or a rectangle). This square symbolizes the material realization, limit of the manifestation of the Centre. This is nothing but the famous “squaring of the circle” of the Hermetic tradition. The circle stands for the beginning of a tradition and the square for its achievement in relation to a derived traditional form. In specific Christian terms, both drawings may be respectively associated with the Earthly Jerusalem or Old Testament and the Heavenly Jerusalem or New Testament.

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La hotte chargée de présents évoque la corne d'abondance tournée vers le haut de nombre de traditions. Les souliers placés sous le sapin ou les bas accrochés à la cheminée ne sont rien d'autre que des cornes destinées à être remplies par les dieux.

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Travelling through the sky on his sledge pulled by reindeers, he goes into the homes down the chimneys, the communication axis par excellence between Heaven and Earth, celestial (red) and terrestrial (green) fires. The gifts are meant for little and great beings as innocents as the old man white beard. The sack full of presents recalls the horn of plenty with its mouth upwards common to many traditions. The shoes under the tree and the stockings hanging on the chimney are nothing else than horns of plenty to be filled by the Gods. Putting a single shoe or stocking means getting out of duality proper to the manifested world and move towards the One, the unique at the origin of everything and receive the most beautiful of all the gifts, the ability to live the present.

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La disposition de l'ouvrage intérieur ressemble à une roue avec quatre rayons (prolongés au-delà du cercle). Elle n'est rien d'autre que la projection sur un plan horizontal d'une sphère repérée par les trois axes passant par son centre et représentant l'espace cosmique.

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The layout of the inner work looks like a wheel with four spokes (extending beyond the circle). It is nothing but the projection on a horizontal plan of a sphere marked out by the three axes crossing at its centre and representing the cosmic world. It follows that the wheel depicts the terrestrial world and its four compass point directions within the celestial sphere. A sphere used as a framework of the world and human destiny.

  Mexique, l'aigle et le ...  

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L'aigle et son ennemi symbolisent l'opposition entre le Ciel et la Terre, entre l'ange représentant les états supérieurs et le démon assimilé aux états inférieurs, entre le monde céleste et le monde infernal. Rien d'étonnant dès lors que l'un des principaux symboles du dieu égyptien Toth, l'ibis destructeur de reptiles, soit devenu un symbole du Christ.

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The fight between the eagle and serpent can be found in many traditions. In the Indian tradition for instance, the mythical bird Garuda, an eagle originally, is often represented as fighting Naga. Elsewhere, it is replaced by other serpent destructor birds such as the ibis, the stork or the heron. The eagle and its enemy symbolize the opposition between Heaven and Earth, between the angel representing the superior states and the demon assimilated to the inferior states, between the celestial and the infernal world. No wonder that one of the principal symbols of the Egyptian God Toth, the ibis destructor of reptiles, became a symbol of the Christ.

  Échecs, alliance du bla...  

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De ce fait, les oppositions apparentes entre yang et yin sont transformées en complémentaires et, finalement, unifiées. L'union du yang et du yin n'est rien d'autre que le reflet de l'Unité dans la diversité du monde manifesté.

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). The universal Intelligence transcends the individual faculties. Thereby, the apparent oppositions between yang and yin are transformed into complements and, finally, unified. The union of yang and yin is nothing but the reflection of the Unity in the diversity of the manifested world. Achieving the union of the celestial and terrestrial orders and rejoin the World Centre were the ultimate goal of the initiated being. Nevertheless, the being knows nothing about the World as long as he knows nothing about himself. To find the Centre of the World, it is necessary to first rediscover his own centre. The inner quest is the first step towards the discovery of oneself and the Self.

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En tant qu'Un, Dieu n'a pu en effet créer le monde à partir de quelque substance extérieure. Le Rien (Aïn) n'est rien d'autre que la totalité des Possibilités de manifestation et de non manifestation inhérentes au Principe, au Tout à la source de tout.

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Creation is truly a Judaic idea, which was taken over by Christianity and Islam. When people wrote that God has "created the world from nothing", it means from nothing outside Him. As the One, God was, indeed, unable to create the world from any external substance. Nothingness (Ain) is nothing but the whole set of Possibilities of manifestation and non-manifestation inherent to the Principle, to the Whole at the source of everything. As Nothingness is beyond worlds, no sefirah stands at the centre of the world of Creation, even if an eleventh sefirah of Knowledge (Daath) came later in between the sefirot Hochmah and Binah on one hand and Hesed and Gevurah on the other hand.

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Chacune d'elles montre deux tiges se séparant et s'entrecroisant à partir d'un tronc commun. Les 24 formes végétales du pourtour décrivent la subdivision d'une tige centrale en deux tiges latérales. Tout cela ne traduit rien d'autre que la polarisation (2) du Principe (1).

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In the rose of the south aisle, Virgin Mary in majesty stands in a circle with the child Jesus on her knees. She is surrounded by a first circle of 12 thurifiers or angels playing various trumpets to announce a great cosmic advent. A second circle of 24 lancets is composed of vegetable decorations. Each of them shows two stems parting and crossing each other from a common trunk. The 24 vegetable forms around depict the subdivision of a central stem into two lateral ones. All this expresses nothing but the polarization (2) of the Principle (1).

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Il symbolise la résolution des opposés au sein de l'Unité. Rien d'étonnant, par conséquent, dans le fait que le Bhoutan soit vraiment le seul pays au monde à préconiser un développement durable et à le mettre en pratique.

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As a symbol of the Principle and its manifestation through the polarization into yang and yin, the dragon acts as guarantor for the harmony between Unity and its manifested elements. It is the resolution of opposites within the Unity. Therefore, no wonder that Bhutan is really the only country in the world to advocate a sustainable development and to put it into practice. Indeed, sustainable development means nothing but preserving harmony between the different components of development (environmental, social, economic and institutional) throughout generations.

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La double influence du Ciel et de la Terre ne traduit rien d'autre que la complémentarité du yin et du yang, respectivement associés aux phases descendante et ascendante. Il est aisé de voir, qu'au sein du symbole yin-yang, la double spirale correspond à la ligne de démarcation entre les zones claire et sombre.

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The double influence of Heaven and Earth is nothing but the complement between yin and yang, respectively associated with the descending and ascending phases. It is easy to see that, within the yin-yang symbol, the double spiral corresponds to the outline of the border between clear and dark regions. Moreover, the black point in the white part and the white point in the dark area represent the two poles.

  Unité sous la diversité...  

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Le processus de génération-destruction n'est rien d'autre qu'une succession de cycles de vie et de mort. Toute destruction ou mort dans un état de manifestation est toujours suivie d'une ré-génération ou re-naissance dans un autre en attendant qu'un autre cycle prenne la relève.

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The generation-destruction process is nothing but a succession of death and life cycles. Any destruction or death within a manifestation state is always followed by a re-generation or re-birth into another one until another cycle takes over. An indefinite succession of cycles, source of the nature diversity. A diversity potentially contained within the Centre where all oppositions are fully integrated into the Nature unity.

  Échecs, alliance du bla...  

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Tout élément d'un tel monde est, en effet, yin par rapport au Ciel (yang) et yang par rapport à la Terre (yin). Autrement dit, le yang est toujours accompagné du yin et le yin du yang. Le jeu alterné des blancs et des noirs joint à l'alternance des cases de l'échiquier n'exprime rien d'autre.

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All what will come under the intermediary world, between celestial and terrestrial worlds, will at once partake of yang and yin. Indeed, any element of such a world is yin in comparison with Heaven (yang) and yang in comparison with Earth (yin). In other words, yang is always accompanied by yin and yin by yang. The alternated play of white and black joined to the alternative squares of the chessboard squares express nothing else.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	La coutume d'offrir des cadeaux à l'Épiphanie, notamment dans les pays chrétiens du Sud, est naturellement en relation avec les Rois-mages dans leur hommage au “Maître de l'éternel présent”. Cette coutume n'est rien d'autre qu'un reliquat de la reconnaissance de l'innocence du cœur du jeune enfant et de sa facilité à vivre le présent.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	The custom of giving gifts at Epiphany, notably in Southern Christian countries, is obviously related to the three Wise men paying homage to the “Master of the eternal present”. This custom is nothing but a remainder of the recognition of the innocence of the young child heart and its ability to live the present. A capacity that the grownup has unfortunately lost.

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Il symbolise la résolution des opposés au sein de l'Unité. Rien d'étonnant, par conséquent, dans le fait que le Bhoutan soit vraiment le seul pays au monde à préconiser un développement durable et à le mettre en pratique.

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As a symbol of the Principle and its manifestation through the polarization into yang and yin, the dragon acts as guarantor for the harmony between Unity and its manifested elements. It is the resolution of opposites within the Unity. Therefore, no wonder that Bhutan is really the only country in the world to advocate a sustainable development and to put it into practice. Indeed, sustainable development means nothing but preserving harmony between the different components of development (environmental, social, economic and institutional) throughout generations.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	Retourner au Centre signifie surmonter les contradictions apparentes entre les extrêmes et retrouver l'harmonie en soi-même et avec le monde extérieur. L'harmonie n'est rien d'autre que le reflet de l'Unité principielle dans la diversité du monde manifesté.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	Returning to the Centre means to overcome the apparent contradictions between the extremes and rediscover the harmony within oneself and with the outer world. The harmony is nothing but the reflection of the principial Unity within the diversity of the manifested world. To reach it, one must follow the “Dharma”, source of the essential nature of all manifested beings.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	En d'autres termes, le périmètre de la pyramide est très proche de la circonférence du cercle de rayon égal à la hauteur de la pyramide. Cette relation entre la hauteur et la base ne traduit rien d'autre que la “quadrature du cercle”, symbole de l'alliance du Ciel et de la Terre.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	Now, this is an approaching value for π and 2b/h ≅ π or 4b ≅ 2πh. In other words, the pyramid perimeter is very close to the circumference of a circle, the radius of which is the pyramid height. This relation between the height and the base expresses nothing but the “squaring of the circle”, symbol of the alliance of Heaven and Earth.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	Lieu de naissance et couche nuptiale d'Isis et d'Osiris, il symbolise également la naissance et la re-naissance après la mort. Rien d'étonnant dès lors qu'il orne les colonnes des monuments de l'architecture égyptienne et de ses représentations murales.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	Birthplace and wedding bed of Isis and Osiris, it also symbolizes the birth and the re-birth after death. It is hardly surprising that it decorates the monument columns of the Egyptian architecture and its mural representations. The column symbolizes the Universe Axis from which spread as many lotus beams representing the full blooming of the world manifestation.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	1 retour Notons que les deux croix tridimensionnelles ont l'axe Est-Ouest en commun. Rien d'étonnant dès lors que l'entrée des temples et des églises se fasse le long de cet axe susceptible d'ouvrir l'être à la fois sur lui-même et sur le Cosmos.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	1 back Note that both three-dimensional crosses have the East-West axis in common. No wonder that temples and churches are using that axis as entry, which may open up the being both to himself and to the Cosmos.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	Ce dernier n'est pas à proprement parler un jour repos hors de la création, mais plutôt son couronnement final consistant en un retour vers le Principe. La septième strophe ne traduit rien d'autre que ce mouvement de retour précédant la descente.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	The seven verse poem echoes the world creation in the Genesis. The creation from the divine Principle occurred in six days and ended up with a seventh, a so-called resting day. The last is not really a resting day outside the creation, but rather its final crowning consisting in a return to the Principle. The seventh verse means nothing else but that return move preceding the descent.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	Le récit de Jean-Baptiste n'est rien d'autre qu'un retour aux sources suggéré par la seule présence de l'arbre en arrière-plan. Puvis de Chavannes touche ici au plus profond de l'événement, si bien décrit dans le poème de Stéphane Mallarmé.
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	The narrative of John the Baptist is nothing else but a return to the sources only suggested by the presence of the tree in the background. Puvis de Chavannes touches here the depth of the event, so well described by the Stéphane Mallarmé's poem.

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Show textShow cached sourceOpen source URL	1 retour Le vide n'est rien d'autre qu'absence de matière, de substance (non d'essence).
Compare text pagesCompare HTM pagesOpen source URLOpen target URLDefine users.skynet.be as primary domain	1 back Emptiness is nothing but absence of matter, of substance (not essence).

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L'émotion intense de son art, qui faisait naturellement appel à la ferveur religieuse de son pays d'adoption, n'a pourtant rien d'espagnol. Son œuvre n'a pas de connexion avec la peinture ibère antérieure ni postérieure.

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The intense emotionalism of his art, which naturally appealed to the religious fervour of his adopted country, is not strictly speaking Spanish. His work has no connection with the former Spanish painting neither later one. Through a cultural marriage, El Greco's art gave birth to a very personal style. He was a painter without homeland, but not without roots. The strangeness of his art has even suggested that he was mad, but his paintings only expressed the faith of the land of the greatest mystics such as Saint John of the Cross and Saint Theresa. After his death he was generally forgotten until the emergence of Expressionism in the early 20th century. His canvasses have particularly influenced modern painters, especially:

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Les nombreuses branches constellées de bougies représentent autant d'états, de degrés à parcourir en cheminant le long des guirlandes avant d'atteindre la cime. L'étoile surmontant la crête de l'arbre n'est rien d'autre que l'état ou le degré ultime que symbolise le pôle nord céleste ou l'étoile polaire dans l'hémisphère Nord.

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During a period where ordinarily nature is resting before coming back in spring, the evergreen tree symbolizes another nature, the spiritual nature, always present beyond the season cycle or the death and re-birth cycles of the beings in different states. From this point of view, it recalls the Life tree of various traditions, particularly Nordic, whose terrestrial roots are related to celestial branches through the common trunk. The trunk symbolizes the “World Axis” connecting all being states, all multiple ways used to link Earth to Heaven. The many candle-spangled branches represent as many states, degrees to be achieved while wending along the garlands before reaching the peak. The star topping the crest of the tree is nothing but the ultimate degree symbolizing the north celestial pole or polar star in the Northern hemisphere. This motionless pole, around which the stars of the cosmic world are apparently turning, depicts the immutable Principle where everything is coming from and going back to: “the alpha and the omega, the Principle and the end”. By the way, does the candle illumination not recall the glittering of the stars of the celestial vault turning around the polar star while we are moving around the tree?