Occult Science in India: Part II. The Philosophical Tenets of the Indian Initiates: Chapter IV. The Frontal Sign of the Initiates According to the Agrouchada-Parikchai
CHAPTER IV.
THE FRONTAL SIGN OF THE INITIATES ACCORDING TO THE AGROUCHADA-PARIKCHAI.
Every morning those who have been initiated into the third degree, after terminating
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The border of triangles signifies that everything in nature is subject to the laws of the Trinity.
Brahma—Vischnou—Siva.
The germ—The womb—The offspring.
The seed—The earth—The plant.
The father—The mother—The child.
The serpent is a symbol of wisdom and perseverance. It also indicates that the multitude are not to be admitted to a revelation of the higher truths, which often lead weak minds to insanity and death. The seven-knotted stick represents the seven degrees of the power of evocation and external manifestation, which form the subject
of study to those who have been initiated into the various degrees with which we are acquainted:
Grihasta—or House-Master.
Pourohita—or Priest of Popular Evocations.
Fakir—Performing.
Sanyassis—Superior Exorcists.
Nirvanys—Naked Evocators,
Yoguys—Contemplative.
Brahmatma—Supreme Chief.