Aries 83Purusha is “Sahasra Seersha”.* When translated this means
“the thousand-headed”, who assumes the form of the
thousand-headed serpent (of time) with its ever-
unwinding coils. This serpent of eternity (Ananta) is said
to bear the burden of the earth (the form-side of the
creation). The inner meaning however is that the Purusha
has Sahasra as his Seersha (head). The mystic passage
begins with the password Sahasra because the year god
has his first sign in Sahasra-ra, the thousand petalled
lotus or the centre with the thousand rays.
The god of the cycles of time is called Praja-pathi
(Patriarch). The year god is called Praja-pathi Daksha or the
able Patriarch. His head is cut off in the sacrifice. It is
replaced by the head of a ram. Initiating a disciple into
the consciousness of the head-centre causes the ending of
his man-consciousness and the beginning of God-
consciousness in him. This is called the ‘cutting of the
head’. In the year, therefore, it marks both the ending and
the beginning.
The word Krittika means scissors. The equinox is the
scissors which cuts the ring to form the beginning and
the ending. By this the reader can very easily understand
that the sign Aries marks the symbol of the great initiation
which links the disciple with Shamballa. In the physical
body of a disciple, the Shamballa is located in the head-
centre and it is directly linked up with the lord Sanat
Kumara who resides in the great centre on this earth called
Shamballa. The Pura-n.ic prophecies assure that the Kali
Yuga comes to an end by the advent of the World Teacher,
Kalki Avata-r (the Man on the Horse or the Man with the
body of a Horse) who comes from a place called
- Purushasu-kta.