In "Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines", Rene Guenon writes:
"The word 'symbol', in its most general sense, can be applied to every formal expression of a doctrine, whether verbal, visual, or otherwise; a word can have no other function or justification but that of symbolizing an idea, which amounts to saying that it gives, as far as such a thing is possible, a sensible and moreover purely analogical representation of the idea. Taken in this sense, symbolism which is but the employing of forms or images as signs of ideas or of suprasensible things, is evidently natural to the human mind, and therefore necessary and spontaneous; language provides a simple example of this process"
This blog focuses on using geometric diagrams rather than language as a means of conveying Principles. Unfortunately, symbolism can often be confused and distorted by many. For example, the cosmic dance of Shiva/Shakti, important in Shaivism and Tantrism, is widely misunderstood; not just in the West but in the East as well. Psychoanalysts would reduce symbolism in Tradition to mere associations to some archetype within the collective unconscious of man. So it seems that the lower cannot comprehend the higher.
We embark on this project which ideally should've been completed some time ago but for various reasons, has been on hold.
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