DIAMOND
THE KEY OF CARBON
A diamond is a single molecule of carbon atoms arrayed in tetrahedral configuration. Atomic number is 6 - 6 protons and 6 electrons.
6 Realms, six neutrons in carbon twelve - seven in carbon 13 - and 8 in radio-active carbon 14.
Maps of maps of maps of maps ...
A diamond is a single molecule of carbon atoms arrayed in tetrahedral configuration. Atomic number is 6 - 6 protons and 6 electrons.
6 Realms, six neutrons in carbon twelve - seven in carbon 13 - and 8 in radio-active carbon 14.
Maps of maps of maps of maps ...
VAJRA - Lama Anagarika Govinda:
"As a visible symbol the vajra takes the shape of a sceptre (the emblem of supreme, sovereign power), and therefore it is correct to call it 'diamond sceptre.' This sceptre assumes a form corresponding to its function. Its centre is a sphere which represents the seed or germ of the universe in its undifferentiated form as 'bindu' (dot, zero, drop, smallest unit). Its potential force is indicated in pictorial representations by a spiral issuing from the centre of the sphere. From the undifferentiated unity of the centre grow the two opposite poles of unfoldment in form of lotus-blossoms, which represent the polarity of all conscious existence."
James Hillman on diamond.
"Could there be an archetypal aspect to darkness that might account for our disdain, as well as the fear, the psychological shudder it can release? Does the human eye prefer light to darkness? Is the human being heliotropic, fundamentally adapted to light? Is visual perception its preferred sense as we witness in the embryo, where from its earliest weeks the rudimentary optical system begins to form before many others?"
Hillman, James, The Seduction of Black, Spring 61, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1977, p.4
de Rola on diamond.