Fundamental symbols
The symbols presented share one of the basic keys of symbolism. They all refer to an alternate movement between the non-manifested and the manifested.
- The lotus emerges from briny depths to blossom in full day light.
- The primeval Androgyne gave birth to the ordinary being, who will rediscover his original state only while following the way back towards the non-manifested.
- The double spiral perfectly conveys this double movement through its two poles.
- The triskele opens the non-manifested onto its polarity manifestation.
- The trigram arrangements around the yin-yang symbol suggest a close connection between the boundary line separating the black and white halves of the symbol and the double spiral.
- The labyrinth symbolizes a back and forth movement between the outer and the inner, the periphery and the centre, the manifested and the non-manifested.
- The rainbow and its coloured manifestation evoke the whole spectrum of the visible or white light, representative of its non-manifested state.
- The cross and the crescent, two symbols linking the worlds above (non-manifested) and below (manifested).
- The construction of ancient structures as Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid or the Chinese Ming Tang already complied with orientation rules linked to light and darkness.
- The orientation of the Temple, Romanesque Basilica or Gothic Cathedral relates opposite compass points, light and darkness, the manifested and the non-manifested
This double movement between manifested and non-manifested will help us to perceive the very object of symbolism, that is to say universality beneath diversity.