Poems By Arjava

Notes

BY THE AUTHOR

The golden yellow of Topaz=The principle behind manifested Life.

The blue of Sapphire=Light (in the sense of the awakening into activity of the limitless Divine Consciousness : as in Gen. I. 3-5, " And God said, Let there be light : and there was light. .. And there was evening and there was morning one day.").

The Ruby represents, in our terrestrial existence, what is fully achieved in a super-terrestrial Love which—unlimited and undimmed by the conditions of earthly existence—is symbolised by the spotless purity and dazzling glory of Diamond.

The late " Alan Leo," an English astrologer, writes as follows of ' The Sign of the Archer,' Sagittarius :—

" This is pictorially represented by a man who is half horse (spiritual consciousness evolving out of and utilising and controlling our animal nature) shooting an arrow from his bow—' an arrow shot into the unknown ' (the symbol of rebirth and the beginning of a new and higher life). This sign suggests the passage of consciousness from one state to another. Its most distinguishing characteristic, perhaps, is its love of sport and travel, having the attribute of sympathy. In its best interpretation, the activities of this sign are directed towards a higher state of existence, in which aspiration and devotion are the keynotes. Aries is the architect, the pioneer, Leo the organiser, the vitalised, Sagittarius the builder, the executants........The third decimate of Sagittarius rising awakens the best half of the dual sign Sagittarius and quickens the intuitive and inspirational nature of the sign. It increases the love nature of the sign and makes the native very demonstrative and ardent in affection,.... and readily expressing his sympathetic, sensitive and kind-hearted nature."

L. 2 When the sky has been overcast with continued rain, the first sign of the weather clearing is usually seen just above the horizon—country folk call this silvery light the weather-gleam.

L. 8 An owl is called a howlet (pronounced " hûllet ") in north-country dialect.

Traditional attributes of Mahalakshmi, the bestower of wealth—or, in the further and more profound interpretation which Sri Aurobindo has given :—

" The goddess of the supreme love and delight.. .vivid and sweet and wonderful with her deep secret of beauty and harmony find fine rhythm, her intricate and subtle opulence, her compelling attraction Vid captivating grace. .... Ascetic bareness and harshness are not pleasing to her nor the suppression of the heart's deeper emotions and the rigid repression of the soul's and the life's parts of beauty. For it is through love and beauty that she lays on men the yoke of the Divine."

(" The Mother," pp. 44 ) .

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