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one’s kingship (a full explanation of the horse ritual will be
given in our volume on the Rituals). The As’wattha tree of
Lord Krishn.a is the Bodhi tree of Lord Buddha. Buddha had his
final realisation when he took shelter under this tree.
The bow and the arrow sign has another symbolism
to the spiritualist. The grip of the arrow which causes
tension at the middle point of the string is located in the
heart-centre. It is pulled down into high tension upto
Mu-la-dha-ra by tracing the origin of the word in meditation.
Then the arch of the bow is identified with the arch of the
eye-brows. Through the centre of the eye-brows, the word
as self-expression is released from Mu-la-dha-ra through
Brahmarandhra to the head-centre. The head-chakra is shot
and there is the head-lotus with thousand petals. The
whole apparatus of the bow and the arrow is called
Pran.ava. This bow is said to have been given to Nara by
the Lord of Fire. It was given along with the sacred Chariot
(the soul as the abode of man). This allegory is found in
Maha-bha-ratha and the Upanishads.
Sagittarius is also known as the birthplace of the
Seven Judges who come down to earth to lay the law. For
this reason this sign is linked up with the constellation of
the Great Bear. When this linking is done, the seven layers
of consciousness in man undergo a transformation. Then,
man is ready to receive his ten commandments through
the ten signs, when the Sun-God makes his appearance
on the Mount (Capricorn) as the Burning Bush with his
name “I am that I am”. The man who has attained that
stage is called the Law-Giver. He comes down again to
fellow-beings to lead them through the great journey from
bondage to the Promised Land. Henceforth, he has no
business to reverse his wheel. His very planetary path is
his upward path (winter solstice). If he does not come