The Ancient of the Ancients
The King and the Queen as the central motif, with the Lion, the Triangle and the Pyramid and the Divine in a secondary part. From The Secret Teachings of All Ages.
Key · 4 motifs
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- Primary motif
- Secondary motifs · 3
The picture
The Name in a triangle of light above the throne, hexagrams on the pillars; the Triangle and the Divine secondary, by eye. By eye
Not yet decoded: the motifs are marked, but most of the marks carry no reading yet and say so. The sourced notes come with the entry.
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By eye The central motif, the crowned and bearded figure on the throne.
Hall, 1928 “In the Zohar His robes are said to be white, but they are here shown as red to signify that the garments of Divinity partake of the nature of cosmic activity.”
Hall, 1928 “He sits upon a throne of flaming light and the flashes of the fire are subject to His will.”
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By eye A secondary motif, the figure standing in the light beneath the Name.
Symbolica The letter of the Name in the light above the throne, and the figure standing beneath it with arms raised, are on the plate; Hall's caption reads the enthroned One and names neither. Observed on the plate, and left unread rather than guessed.
No entry yet for this motif. The wall gathers every work that carries it.
By eye A secondary motif, the white triangle at the top, with the Name in it.
Symbolica Observed on the plate. Hall's caption does not name the triangle, and the entry decides whether it is the same triangle of light that stands over the Sephiroth in his other plates.
No entry yet for this motif. The wall gathers every work that carries it.
By eye A secondary motif, the lion at the right of the throne, one of the four faces.
Symbolica The bull, the man, the eagle and the lion stand about the throne, the four faces of the tetramorph; Hall's caption for this plate names none of them. Observed on the plate, and left unread rather than guessed.
Also carrying the King and the Queen
5 works, 4 with it as the central motif. The symbol.
Also carrying the Lion
6 works. The symbol.
Also carrying the Triangle and the Pyramid
5 works. The symbol.
Also carrying the Divine
7 works. The symbol.
By the same hand
In the same series
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