Geomantic Knight "The cyclic symbolism of the Chess board resides in the fact that it expresses the unfolding of space according to the quaternary and octonary of principle directions (4x4x4=8x8) and that it synthesizes in crystalline form, the two great complementary cycles of the sun and moon: the duodenary of the zodiac and the 28 lunar mansions; further more, the number 64, the sum of the squares on the Chess board is a submultiple of the fundamental cyclic number 25920, which measures the precession of the equinoxes - Titus Burckhardt .
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Discovering the Habitation Spiral "The true mathematical science is that which measureth the invisible lines and immortal beams which can pass through cold and turf, hill and dale. It was for this reason, it was accounted by all ancient priests the chiefest science, for it gave them power both in their words and works." Dr. John Dee
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Artificial Memory Lost in the Woods Awareness does not engage with objects of the ordinary mind. It is “self-cognizing primordial wisdom.” This can be illustrated by the “light” of the new moon: a profoundly indwelling luminosity, which does not radiate outward. Therefore, despite the fact that the five primordial wisdoms are spontaneously present in awareness, the latter is without thoughts related to sense objects. By contrast, even when it is still, the ordinary mind nevertheless “moves” and follows after different objects. It is like the light of the moon on the fifteenth of the month, which radiates outward and engulfs everything. Awareness is like the light of the new moon - Jigme Lingpa Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book Two: Vajrayana and the Great Perfection