Capricorn 179erect with his two arms stretched horizontally and the
legs in the posture of “the fifth regular step” (making an
angle of 90 degrees between the two legs) we find the
outlines of this dragon. The outstretched arms, the two
legs and the head are nothing but the five-pointed star. It
is in this posture that the disciple receives the robe of the
spiritual microcosm in perfect silence. Sound is not the
key of this process nor this sign.
The subjectivizing sound, “A M” which conceals thesacred word in the Lotus of the heart and keeps it locked
as a secret “in the act of fidelity” towards his fellow-beings
is the sound of this sign. Note that it is a double sound.
Even this is not uttered out. It is uttered only as the self-
expression of the disciple towards his fellow-beings as
the act of fidelity. It is uttered forth through the activity
of the star (through his behaviour towards his fellow-
beings as expressed through the activity of the five senses).
We find this figure on the coffins of the mummies in
Egypt.
It signifies that man would gain possession of theword at the penalty of death. Man should come down to
death by being crucified to redeem other souls. Only when
a man gives up his aim of living for himself and takes up
the mission of offering himself up for his fellow-beings
this word is imparted. “The de-va-s who came out from
Purusha tie him down to the rod of sacrifice as the beast of
sacrifice. HE is the sacrifice and they offer Him upon the
blades of the sacred grass (the rays of the Sun at dawn)”.....
says the sacred passage of the archaic book when it