,,transcriber',s ,,note ,italic text is denoted by underscores4 ,bold text is denoted by equal signs4 ,footnote anchors are denoted by number1 and the footnotes have been placed below the paragraph containing the anchor4 ,the tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font4 ,some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book4 ,,the ,,symbolism ,,of ,,colour ,,the ,,symbolism ,,of ,,colour ,,by ,,ellen ,,conroy1 ,m4,a4 8,speak to the earth and it shall teach you40--,,job4 ,,london ,,william ,,rider ,,son1 ,,limited #h ,,paternoster ,,row1 ,e4,c4 #d #aiba ,,contents ,,chap4 ,,page #a4 ,,colour ,a ,,true ,,symbol #a #b4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,red #f #c4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,yellow #ad #d4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,green #ba #e4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,blue #bg #f4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,purple #cf #g4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,white #dj #h4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,black #df #i4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,brown ,,and ,,grey #ej #aj4 ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,the ,,rainbow #ec ,,appendices-- #a4 ,,schools ,,of ,,colour #fa #b4 ,,the ,,colours ,,of ,,the ,,planets #fb #c4 ,,chromatics ,,of ,,the ,,sky #fd #d4 ,,yellow #fd #e4 ,,colour ,,and ,,form #fe #f4 ,,the ,,growth ,,of ,,plants ,,under ,,coloured ,,rays #fe ,,the ,,symbolism ,,of ,,colour ,,chapter ,i ,,colour ,a ,,true ,,symbol 8,the great below clenched by the great above40--,e4 ,b4 ,b4 8,god made the country2 man made the town10 says ,william ,cowper1 and almost everyone will agree that it is the deprivation of the colour of the country that makes our towns so sadly depressing1 for nearly all people appreciate colour1 though perhaps in a general way4 ,they realise that colour helps to beautify the world4 ,other people1 however1 look upon colour as one of the greatest joys in life4 ,the colour of the woods1 the flowers1 the sunrise1 and the sunset are sources of the very deepest emotion1 exalting them above mere interest in external things into the very highest realms of vision and beauty4 ,the colours of an artist like ,titian make them realise the joy of living4 ,even the word-pictures of the poets do the same1 so that they become firm believers in the poetic fallacy that what is beautiful in nature reflects what is beautiful in the mind of man4 ,thus ,buddha watching the sun rise seems to clothe ,nature with his own luminous soul1 which is striving to make a new age begin on the earth4 ,edwin ,arnold1 in his ,light of ,asia1 tells us that the ,buddha rose just before the ,false ,dawn and stood-- 8,watching the sleeping earth with ardent eyes ,and thoughts embracing all its living things2 ,while o'er the waving fields that murmur moves ,which is the kiss of ,morn waking the lands1 ,and in the ,east that miracle of ,day ,gathered and grew4 ,at first a dusk so dim ,night seems still unaware of whispered dawn1 ,but soon--before the jungle-cock crows twice-- ,a white verge clear1 a widening1 brightening white1 ,high as the herald star1 which fades in floods ,of silver1 warming into pale gold1 caught ,by topmost clouds1 and flaming on their rims ,to fervent golden glow1 flashed from the brink ,with saffron1 scarlet1 crimson1 amethyst2 ,whereat the sky turns splendid to the blue1 ,and1 robed in raiment of glad light1 the ,king ,of ,life and ,glory cometh40 ,as we read the passage the whole scene arises before us1 of the lonely watcher and the glorious ,eastern sky4 ,in other versions of the same event1 however1 we have more definite teaching concerning these beautiful sunrise hues4 ,the ,buddha plays his vina and the colour of the sky changes according to his seven notes--yellow1 blue1 violet1 green1 pink1 white1 and cream2 not colours given by chance1 but of deep esoteric meaning4 ,did we but know it1 no doubt the seven strings on the lute of ,apollo had once the same significance2 and though we know these seven strings had other meanings as well1 yet we must not therefore dismiss our theory1 for 8,is not ,god able to say many things in one80 ,that is the whole essence of the understanding of symbolism1 that there are planes of interpretation4 ,there has always existed a belief in the essential connection between colour and sound4 ,that is why in everyday language we say 8a colour clashes0 or 8a colour harmonises0--both terms from the sister art of music4 ,the scientist has now worked out this connection1#a so that we have the following facts3-- ,vibrations per second4 ,a tenor voice produces #djj ,red light 0 #djj1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj ,a soprano voice 0 #gjj ,violet light 0 #gjj1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj ,thus light gives a finer vibration than sound to the extent of a million million times1 and this is one reason why1 when the mind is so tired that even music seems wearisome1 it can be healed by means of colour4 ,professor ,wallace ,rimington of ,king's ,college made a colour organ in which colours were thrown on a screen when the organ was played4 #a ,dr ,mount ,bleyer of ,new ,york invented the vibrograph to give the connection between colour and sound4 ,few people recognise that colours are powers1 forces1 vitalities1 and vibrations4#b ,yet such they are1 and on the physical plane we are now learning to enlist them in all kinds of occupations1 as varied as that of the physician1 the gardener1 the brewer1 and the baker4 ,every year we are finding out more clearly how we can use these vibrations for the benefit of man4 ,every year new hospitals are being opened for colour healing4 ,every year we are finding out how we can obtain better crops by means of the application of coloured rays4#c ,the meteorologist#d has taken up the colour of the sky as an indication of weather1 and is making exhaustive tabulation of facts in order to make more definite the lore which we learnt as children in such rhymes as3-- 8,evening red and morning grey ,sets the traveller on his way2 ,evening grey and morning red ,brings down rain upon his head40 ,when we think of colours and read into them some of the wonderful truths with which they have been associated for many centuries1 we are astonished to find that there is a direct correspondence between the value apportioned to a colour on the physical plane and the value given symbolically4 ,swedenborg was continually insisting that there was no true symbolism without a direct correspondence4 ,thus1 if we take the lions at the base of ,nelson's column and substitute any other animals1 our minds would be instinctively offended4 ,why8 ,because ,nelson and his men had in them the same quality or qualities that we associate with the lion4 #b ,see ,appendix ,v4 #c ,see ,appendix ,,vi4 #d ,see ,appendix ,,iii4 ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning grips this great truth and expresses it in her poem of ,aurora ,leigh3-- 8,verily ,i was wrong1 ,and verily many thinkers of this age1 ,ay1 many ,christian teachers1 half in heaven1 ,are wrong in just my sense1 who understand ,our natural world too insularly1 as if ,no spiritual counterpart completed it1 ,consummating its meaning1 rounding all ,to justice and perfection1 line by line1 ,form by form1 nothing single or alone2 ,the great below clenched by the great above40 ,,chapter ,,ii ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,red 8,the ,holy ,grail1 rose-red1 with beatings in 't1 as if alive40 ,,tennyson4 ,considering first the colour red as being the lowest in the spectrum1 how is this correspondence manifest8 ,red is the colour of the blood2 hence1 is it surprising that red is the colour denoting life and action1 cheerfulness and enthusiasm8 ,red is used by healers as a powerful stimulant and tonic1 thus it has the meaning of health and vigour4 ,this is why nearly all red stones are said to have health-giving and disease-preventing properties4 ,the ruby in ,china and ,japan is said to give long life1 health1 and happiness4 ,all the imperial decrees of ,china have to be written or printed in red as a sign that there is the power behind to force them to be carried out4 ,children's clothing must contain some part of red4 ,usually this consists of a piece of red material twisted together with a pig's-tail1 thus making a talisman of great power against sickness4 ,in ,india and ,persia the garnet is said to bring deep1 abiding health to its possessor4 ,the ,romans used the red coral as a talisman to protect their children from all manner of diseases2 while in ,india1 ,china1 and ,japan it is used to-day as a safeguard against cholera4 ,the red carnelian was used by the ,hebrews to prevent attacks of plague1 and in ,china it is worn to prevent stomach troubles4 ,again1 we find the healthy man is inclined to be more cheerful than the sickly man2 so we instinctively think of ,mr ,greatheart as a man with rosy cheeks4 ,the garnet has nearly always been said to bestow the gift of cheerfulness upon its wearer4 ,then we find that the healthy man is usually more courageous and daring than the weakling2 hence red often means courage4 ,in fact1 the lack of red in the face is taken as a sign of the lack of courage--as in ,macbeth1 where the page-boy is told3 8,go prick thy face and over-red thy fear1 ,thou lily-livered boy40 ,courage was said to be the gift of ,mars1 the god of war2 hence red is the colour of war1 whether in its most barbaric1 cruel form or in its chivalrous form4 ,astrologers assign this colour to the planet ,mars from its symbolic value1 and not merely because ,mars looks red in the heavens4 ,mr ,alan ,leo writes thus3 8,the planet ,mars1 which is known by its red colour1 is said to be hot and exhaustive in its influence4 ,it presides over all adventure1 enterprise1 and heroic acts4 ,it makes the mind daring1 combative1 courageous1 fearless1 and venturesome4 ,in everything where pluck1 force1 and energy are required1 the ,mars man will be foremost4 ,he will be first in any acts of bravery1 and often regardless of his life and of the consequences of any noble act where courage is required40 ,so it is that the brave man is known as the man of self-sacrifice4 ,thus the colour of red takes on this added meaning of self-sacrifice1 sorrow1 or suffering1 which at first seem contradictory meanings to those of enthusiasm1 life1 and cheerfulness4 ,in art the martyrs are often clothed in red as a sign that they have suffered1 and also as a sign that they had the enthusiasm for the cause1 so that the sorrows and cruelties they endured were accounted by them nothing2 for red is pre-eminently the colour of enthusiasm1 of the fire which inspires a man to fight his way through all obstacles or perish in the attempt4 ,it is thus most fitting that ,moses should receive his life work when near the burning bush1 which is surely the most appropriate symbol of the quality necessary before one can become the leader of a nation or change it from one of slaves to one of freemen4 ,red is the colour of the leader1 the colour of the kingly robes4#e ,then we may remember that pretty legend of the ,christmas ,rose1 when the shepherd's little daughter1 having no other gift to offer the infant ,christ1 gave him a fragrant white rose1 which was no sooner touched by the ,babe than it became a deep glorious red1 emblematic of his future suffering4 #e ,in ancient ,wales red robes showed honourable rank4 ,red is also the colour of the flame of love4 ,as ,robert ,burns sings gaily3-- 8,oh1 my ,love is like a red1 red rose1 ,that's newly sprung in ,june40 ,perhaps you remember that picture of ,rossetti called 8,dante's ,dream10 where ,beatrice lies cold and still1 clad in white1 while ,love is seen clothed in rose-red robes leading ,dante to her side3-- 8,then ,love said1 #8,now shall all things be made clear2 ,come and behold our lady where she lies4'0 ,based on very much the same thought there was an old legend that a red carbuncle was placed at the prow of ,noah's ark to give light and guidance4 ,this legend no doubt grew out of the appropriateness of red as a symbol for the burning love that directed the boat and brought it safely to ,ararat1 and also from the fact that the carbuncle gives off a faint phosphorescent glow in the dark4 ,psychics see this very clearly indeed1 but it is visible also to persons of normal vision4 ,among nearly all primitive nations red berries1 such as those of the mountain ash1 symbolise the ,spirit of ,god4 ,they have been called by such names as 8holy seed0 or 8fructifying honey dew40 ,in front of the high altar of a church or cathedral is seen the red lamp burning perpetually as a sign of the deep1 intense1 sacrificial1 all-enduring love of the ,creator4 ,the communion wine also partakes of this mystic symbolism1 when the joy1 the fervour1 and the uplift of the spiritual life is imparted to man4 ,there is a beautiful passage in ,tennyson's 8,holy ,grail10 when this mystic cup is seen by ,sir ,percival's sister floating down into her convent cell on a shaft of silver light1 making wondrous melody in its passage3-- 8,and down the long beam stole the ,holy ,grail1 ,rose-red with beatings in 't1 as if alive1 ,till all the white walls of my cell were dyed ,with rosy colours leaping on the wall2 ,and then the music faded1 and the ,grail ,passed1 and the beam decayed1 and from the walls ,the rosy quiverings died into the night40 ,or we may like to call to mind the esoteric order of ,rosicrucians1 in which all the glorious symbolism of the ,rose and the ,cross blended4 ,or again1 we may think of the red carnelian buckle of ,isis which was attached to the neck of the deceased while these words were chanted3-- 8,the blood of ,isis1 and the strength of ,isis1 and the words of power of ,isis shall be mighty to act as powers to protect this great and divine being1 and to guard him from him that would do unto him anything that he holdeth in abomination40 99 99 99 99 99 ,you will find that in all symbolism there is an exalted meaning given to the symbol and a debased meaning2 e4g4 a dog may mean all that is noble and full of devotion1 or it may give the meaning of all that is mean1 low1 and despicable4 ,in the case of red it may1 as we have seen1 be the sign of the sublime1 strong love of the ,creator2 but at the same time it can refer to debased love and carnal passion1 i4e4 love without the sacrificial element4 ,thus we have in ,revelation xvi4 #c 8the great red dragon who seeks to destroy the woman clothed with the sun10 i4e4 the woman or soul who is clothed with the ,sun of ,righteousness4 ,the dragon is frustrated in his attempt by ,michael1 whose name means 8,like unto ,god10 for what is ignoble must ever yield to the noble4 ,sometimes red may be used as a sign of exuberant animal spirits1 e4g4 in the expression 8to paint the town red40 ,lastly1 let us remember that the name ,adam means red1 and so he symbolises man unregenerate1 i4e4 of the earth1 earthy4 99 99 99 99 99 ,perhaps it would be wise to consider the colour pink next4 ,pink is hardly a colour so much as a tint2 but as it has a definite symbolism1 ,i have placed it next to red4 ,it is a most useful colour in healing4 ,in the human aura it often denotes the healer4 ,certainly in its esoteric meaning it denotes the man who wishes to use his life for the healing of others1 and the man who receives inspiration how he can help to uplift humanity4 ,unfortunately1 our poets do not often use the word because of its ugly sound4 ,when ,buddha sat under his ,bo-tree 7,ficus religiosa7 to meditate how he could save the world1 it is said that his whole body became enveloped in a most radiant blush-rose colour4 ,edwin ,arnold describes this scene3-- 8,there flew ,high overhead that hour five ,holy ,ones ,whose free wings faltered as they passed the tree4 #8,what power superior draws us from our flight8' ,they asked1--for spirits feel all force divine1 ,and know the sacred presence of the pure4 ,then looking downward1 they beheld the ,buddh ,crowned with a rose-hued aureole1 intent ,on thoughts to save2 while from the grove a voice ,cried1 #8,rishis6 this is he shall help the world4 ,descend and worship4' ,so the ,bright ,ones came ,and sang a song of praise1 folding their wings2 ,then journeyed on1 taking good news to ,god40 ,the colour pink is said to be the esoteric colour of the mystic number five1 which is the number of power1 inspiration1 and love-healing2 e4g4 five is the number of points in ,king ,solomon's seal1 which was a talisman of power and inspiration4 ,the ,pool of ,bethesda1 we may remember1 had five porches1 and it was there that the sick were healed4 ,we see from this connection that similar truths are wrapped up in other groups of symbols4 ,in fact1 we find that whether we take colours1 or numbers1 or trees1 or animals1 or mountains1 or rivers1 we learn the same deep truths4 ,the mystics knew that each was an expression of the heavenly mind3-- 8,earth's crammed with heaven ,and every common bush afire with ,god1 ,but only he who sees takes off his shoes40#f #f ,e4 ,b4 ,b41 ,aurora ,leigh4 ,carlyle used pink in its debased sense when he speaks 8of the rose-pink hue of sentimentality10 meaning a hue that lacks full virility4 99 99 99 99 99 ,when we come to the colour orange1 however1 we find that the ancients hardly ever refer to it4 ,if it had very much red in it1 it came under the symbolism of red4 ,if it had very much yellow in it1 then the symbolism of yellow was considered to embrace it4 ,they did not know it as a primary colour4 ,,chapter ,,iii ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,yellow 8,into the yellow of the ,rose ,eternal 444 ,me ,beatrice drew40--,,dante4 ,yellow is one of the most interesting colours4 ,being the colour of the sun1 all the attributes of the sun were given to it4 ,like red it was considered a masculine colour1 while green1 blue1 and violet were thought of as feminine4 ,like red1 too1 it is used by healers as a tonic4 ,as it is of such healing value to the brain1 we are not surprised to find that amber has been used as an antidote to insanity4 ,yellow stones are said to bring happiness to their owners1 for yellow was said to be the colour of unity--unity in affection1 unity with the spiritual powers of the universe1 unity with the ,sun of ,righteousness who comes with healing in his wings4 ,this old meaning of the colour yellow was well known and understood in the old ,roman ,catholic ,church4 ,therefore ,dante1 who wrote much of his great ,divine ,comedy consciously or unconsciously to interpret these old ideas and to enshrine them in poetry for evermore1 says when he has reached the highest part of heaven and is once more with ,beatrice3-- 8,into the yellow of the ,rose ,eternal 444 ,me ,beatrice drew40 ,the ,pope 7on the fourth ,sunday in ,lent7 presents a golden rose of jewels to any person greatly beloved by the ,church4 ,one can notice in the world at present a deep and increasing love for all yellow colours1#g for it is a colour that gives the appearance of sunlight to the most cheerless rooms4 ,may we not also hope that it is a sign that the world is now striving after unity1 and the desire to understand the other person's point of view8 ,the yellow robe donned by the ,buddhist is a symbol that he is now on the path that is to lead to spirituality4 ,the ,light of ,asia tells us that ,buddha taught his supreme truths 8to his own1 them of the yellow robe40 ,he taught them to practise 8yoga40 ,what is 8yoga08 ,to the ,western mind it usually means a kind of magic--even charlatanism1 but the real meaning of the word is 8union40 ,the belief of these yellow-robed men is that they have within them a spark of the ,godhead1 and that1 by suppressing the bodily desires and by concentrating their whole mental and psychic energies towards trying to understand this higher part of their nature1 they will become united with the ,supreme ,spirit and will understand how to do many things and see many things that the ordinary man cannot do or see4 #g ,see ,appendix ,,iv4 ,vishnu is clad in yellow for the same reason4 ,in the vision of ,ezekiel1 ,god is seen in the colour amber2 at least1 the amber colour is the outward sign of the presence of ,god4 ,in the ceremony of making a child become a ,brahmin a piece of saffron cloth is bound to his arm with a yellow cord4 ,the ,mexicans gave the name ,kan to the god who supported the sky4 ,the same word meant yellow4 ,yellow is the royal colour of ,china1 and the privilege of wearing yellow is most jealously guarded1 for does it not show that its possessor is a ,son of the ,sun8 ,similarly the saffron robes of the ancient ,irish nobility were a sign of their rank4 ,yellow is the marriage colour in ,india1 and the bride stains her hands yellow as a sign of the happiness and unity she expects in her married life4 ,the ,roman bride wore a crocus-coloured veil and yellow shoes4 ,among the ,jews marriage may be performed under the ,talis1 an orange silk robe stretched on four posts4 ,the bride and her maids walk round it seven times1 which is said to be in memory of the siege of ,jericho4 ,it might also be noted1 in ,calderon's picture of ,ruth and ,naomi1 that ,ruth1 who wishes ever to be with ,naomi1 wears a yellow robe--perhaps by chance1 perhaps by design1 or perhaps by intuition4 ,among the ,mayas and ,egyptians the great serpent of the universe 7who symbolises ,eternity and ,wisdom7 was said to be blue in colour but to have yellow scales4 ,in ,china the golden cock proclaims the dawn4 ,the golden hawk1 the golden eagle1 the golden ass1#h and the golden calf were all symbols of deity4 ,athena1 who represented union with the mind of ,zeus1 had a robe called the 8peplus10 a crocus-coloured garment with figures woven into it of the gods conquering the giants4 ,it was suspended to the mast of a ship when it was to be carried in procession1 being too holy to be carried by hands4 ,the mundane egg which is to be met with in nearly all ancient religions1 whether of ,india1 ,egypt1 ,phnicia1 ,japan1 or the ,south ,sea ,islands1 was said to have been a golden one--that is1 it represents the sun or deity4 ,probably our children's tale of the goose that lays the golden eggs is a survival of one of these ancient beliefs4 ,we must remember1 too1 that the colour of gold not only partook of the meaning of the colour yellow1 but also of the symbolism of the metal gold1 which is the metal of the sun4 ,thus the colour began to mean all that was pure1 all that had been refined1 and hence glory and wisdom4 ,thus the halo of saints and of ,god is often made of gold leaf4 ,similarly the gates and doors of heaven are nearly always represented as being of gold4 #h ,read the ,golden ,ass of ,apuleius1 where the hero only regains his real shape by eating roses1 which are symbols of prayer4 ,we may remember1 too1 that among the emblems attached to ,st ,john are the eagle and the ,river ,pison4 ,this ,river ,pison is mentioned in ,genesis as flowing through ,havilah1 where there is much gold4 ,it therefore became the river of inspiration and the wisdom of ,god2 and since ,st ,john received the greatest vision1 it was considered his most appropriate emblem4 ,the ladder which ,jacob saw in his dream at ,bethel or the ,house of ,god is described by ,dante as being of gold3-- 8,i saw reared up1 ,in colour like to sun-illumined gold1 ,a ladder1 which my ken pursued in vain1 ,so lofty was the summit40 ,for it is by the ladder of wisdom that we attain wisdom and receive inspiration4 ,the ,pre-,raphaelite ,brotherhood made it their particular joy to replace this beautiful symbolism into art4 ,thus ,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti speaks very beautifully in 8,the ,blessed ,damozel0 of a golden thread of life that is woven into the robes of the spirits who arrive in the next world after having lived during earth life in unity with ,god3-- 8,we two1 she said1 will seek the groves ,where the ,lady ,mary is1 ,with her five handmaidens1 whose names ,are five great symphonies3-- ,cecily1 ,gertrude1 ,magdalen1 ,margaret and ,rosalys4 ,circle-wise sit they with bound locks ,and bosoms covered1 ,weaving the golden thread ,to fashion the birth-robes for them ,who are just born1 being dead40 ,this golden thread is spoken of by the mystic ,blake3-- 8,i give you the end of a golden string1 ,only wind it into a ball2 ,it will lead you in at heaven's gate1 ,built in ,jerusalem's wall40 ,the ,greeks also had a legend of a golden thread by which ,jupiter drew up souls to heaven4 ,here we might mention the ,golden ,bough given to neas in order that he may visit the dead and yet retain his life 7neid1 bk4 vi4 #bi74 ,in the ,kalevala1 the great ,finnish epic1 ,ilmater is invoked3-- 8,ancient daughter of ,creation1 ,come in all thy golden beauty40 ,and as ,ilmater stands for wisdom1 we are not surprised that ,ecclesiasticus should say1 8,get wisdom1 and get much gold by her40 ,so also ,keats writes3-- 8,much have ,i travelled in the realms of gold40 ,in ,babbit's book on colour there is an illustration of the aura seen round the head of a man4 ,above the top part of the head is seen the colour yellow4 ,now1 the phrenologist locates this as the seat of spirituality2 thus we see that once more two studies agree in their conclusions4 ,yellow was thus to the ancients the greatest of all the colours1 and had the most exalted meaning4 99 99 99 99 99 ,it is perhaps to be expected1 then1 that in its degraded meaning it is the saddest of all colours1 for we recognise the deceitful ,judas very often in ancient pictures from the fact that he is given dingy yellow robes4 ,the ,jews in ,venice formerly had to wear yellow hats1 to show the scorn in which the ,venetians held them4 ,yellow is the colour of decaying vegetable life1 of the poorness of life4 ,thus it means separation instead of unity4 ,,chapter ,,iv ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,green 8,hope rules a land for ever green40--,,wordsworth4 8,hope rules a land for ever green10 says ,wordsworth4 ,he means a land where nothing dies1 for green is the colour of plant life1 the colour of spring and of all that is fresh and young and joyous4 ,when looking at ,watts' picture of ,hope1 we see that she sits almost like a picture of ,despair1 but she is trying to obtain music from her one last string4 ,we notice that the green ,watts uses is of a particularly hard1 bluish character1 so unlike the joyous green of spring4 ,when ,rossetti in 8,dante's ,dream0 depicts the two maidens lifting the veil from the face of ,beatrice1 we notice what a full rich green he uses for their robes1 for he wishes to make his colour proclaim the fact that he feels no despair1 but a sublime ,hope and ,faith which will go with him until the time that ,beatrice will draw him into the 8yellow of the ,rose ,eternal40 ,shelley understood that green meant hope and gladness1 for he wrote3-- 8,many a green isle needs must be ,in the deep1 wide sea of ,misery1 ,or the mariner worn and wan ,never thus could journey on ,day and night1 and night and day1 ,drifting on his weary way1 ,with the solid darkness black ,closing round his vessel's track3 ,whilst above1 the sunless sky ,big with clouds hangs heavily2 ,and behind1 the tempest fleet1 ,hurries on with lightning feet1 ,riving sail1 and cord1 and plank1 ,till the ship has almost drank ,death from the o'er-brimming deep1 ,and sinks down1 down1 like that sleep ,when the dreamer seems to be ,weltering through eternity40 ,among the ancient ,druids of ,wales1 green was the colour of the robes of the 8ovates10 that is1 the men who were hoping to become bards or ,druids later4 ,the colour green was used by the people of the ,east with a much deeper significance1 however4 ,the ,hindoos said that ,om1 the ,sun1 drove across the sky in a chariot drawn by a green horse with seven heads1 and preceded by ,aruna1 the ,dawn4 ,as we have no green horses in nature1 the statement must be highly symbolic4 ,horses are always a sign of knowledge4#i ,in the old ,hindoo zodiacs1 instead of the constellation ,aries or the ,ram1 we often have a horse4 ,aries is the sign governing the head or mentality4 ,the horse is used in exactly the same way4 ,the number seven means what is complete in both body and spirit1 for it contains the basic four 7which is the number of man1 who has to perfect his fourfold nature--body1 mind1 soul1 and spirit71 and also it contains the three1 which is the perfection of the ,trinity1 for every great religion has contained a ,trinity4 ,thus we see that seven refers to perfection in all things1 whether of heaven or of earth4 ,what1 then1 do we mean by a seven-headed green horse8 ,this--that the knowledge and wisdom of ,om are eternal1 everlasting1 all-enduring1 and that they comprehend the whole universe4 #i ,cf4 ,sanskrit 8harit0 7#a7 a horse1 7#b7 the light1 bright1 shining4 ,cf4 ,pegasus1 the winged horse of the ,muses1 in poetical imagination4 ,in ,palestine ,st ,george is sometimes called 8the everlasting green one10 for the fight between good and evil is never-ending1 but to the true ,st ,george the victory is ever assured4 ,time was addressed by the ,egyptians as the 8everlasting green one10 for the main experiences of life are the same to everyone1 whether born now or hundreds of years ago4 ,external circumstances alter1 but each person has the same lessons to learn4 ,the ,fortunate ,isles of the ,greeks and the ,islands of the ,blessed of the ,north ,american ,indians are said to have been green4 ,nearly all evergreen plants were considered especially sacred4 ,edgar ,allan ,poe addressed his love as 8,a green isle in the sea40 ,the ,hindoos say that the emerald gives the gift of knowledge and memory4 ,it also gives the ability to tell the future1 even as the green laurel tree of ,apollo did4 ,the emerald also confers immortality on the soul1 and enables it to gain faith4 ,this belief will surely explain why greenstone amulets are so common in the tombs of the ,egyptians1 for faith would bring them safely to the ,fields of ,peace1 where immortality was enjoyed4 ,isis1 the goddess of the crescent moon1 which often mystically means the pure soul1 is sometimes called the 8,lady of the ,emerald0--that is1 she whose soul is pure enough to gain immortality4 ,when ,pizarro went to ,mexico he found that a goddess there was worshipped as the ,goddess of the ,emerald4 ,the emerald is often seen on the breastplates of ,pallas and of ,minerva1 for both these goddesses stand for the ,divine mind--the all-enduring ,wisdom4 ,the ,virgin ,mary is often represented clothed in a green mantle and standing on the crescent moon4 ,she has faith and hope until the ,day-star awakes in her heart4 ,the walls of the ,new ,jerusalem are seen by ,john in ,revelation to be made of jasper4 ,the ,new ,jerusalem1 like the ,ark and the ,temple1 is said by mystics to be a soul symbol2 hence1 how appropriate that the green jasper should be the material of which it is said to be made6 ,among the ,chinese1 ,tao is said to have been miraculously born of 8the excellent ,virgin of ,jasper40 ,green is sometimes said to be the colour of the planet ,mercury1#aj which is the planet governing the mind and conferring knowledge--knowledge not only of the kind essential to material success1 but also inspirational knowledge and celestial wisdom4 ,the god ,mercury had assigned to him nearly all the main attributes of ,hermes1 just as ,hermes in the same way received the main characteristics of ,thot and his companion ,anubis4 ,the 8green hill of ,anubis10 where the good souls were directed1 is the hill of everlasting life and of ,eternal ,wisdom4 ,thot also had green hills dedicated to him4 ,it is probably due to the ,phnicians that we have place names perpetuating this fact1 e4g4 ,toot's ,hill in ,epping ,forest1 ,tothill ,street1 ,tooting1 and ,tewkesbury4 ,in ,christian times the archangel ,michael was given the work and attributes of these gods2 and surely it is marvellous the number of hills and rocks sacred to ,st ,michael1 while in ancient pictures we often see him conducting the souls of the departed to the green hill of ,zion4 #aj ,see ,appendix ,,ii4 ,when we think of the great gifts symbolised by green1 how full of meaning seems the green turban of the ,mohammedan who has visited ,mecca6 ,we can also realise what great truths could have been taught1 and no doubt were1 in the 8,green ,schools0#aa of the ,persian sufis4 #aa ,see ,appendix ,i4 99 99 99 99 99 ,green in its degraded sense gives us 8the green-eyed monster jealousy10 which is the direct opposite of celestial wisdom1 for jealousy is always due to the intrusion of the desires of the self1 while celestial wisdom wishes to give rather than to receive4 ,the colour green is often said to forebode death4 ,this idea may be a survival of the ancient worship of ,mercury1 and even of ,st ,michael#ab in ,christian times1 both of whom were messengers of death4 #ab ,see picture of ,st ,michael presenting taper of death to the ,virgin 7,fra ,filippo ,lippi74 ,,chapter ,v ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,blue 8,blue1 'tis the colour of heaven60--,,keats4 ,in the spectrum we ought to be able to recognise both blue and indigo1 though many people find difficulty in recognising the indigo ray4 ,blue belongs to the cooling end of the spectrum1 and thus it is right and fitting that symbolically it should be the colour of ,truth1 which is the result of calm reflection and never of heated argument4 ,even in everyday language we speak of 8true-blue40 ,blue is the colour of the heavens--that is1 blue is the colour of the abode of ,god3-- 8,then went up ,moses1 and ,aaron1 and ,nadab1 and ,abihu1 and seventy of the elders of ,israel2 and they saw the ,god of ,israel3 and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone1 and as it were the very heaven for clearness40#ac #ac ,exodus xxiv4 #i-aa4 ,ezekiel has very much the same vision1 not because he copied from an older version1 but because it is given to every great seer to realise for himself any real basic truth1 such as that ,god dwells in ,truth4 ,clairvoyant visions often repeat themselves to different people in different countries and in different ages4 8,and above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne1 as the appearance of a sapphire stone3 and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it4 ,and ,i saw as the colour of amber40#ad #ad ,ezekiel i4 #bf4 ,a wonderful vision truly that within ,truth dwells the amber of unity and the divine ,spirit4 ,the ,egyptian judges wore a breastplate of blue covered with symbolic figures4 ,the blue was to show that they would reverence truth in their judgments and not stoop to bribery4 ,moses was commanded to make the robe of the ephod of blue1 and on the skirts of it were to be pomegranates of blue4 ,this was to symbolise that the true priest of ,god was to abound in ,truth--not in mere facts and formalities4 ,truth is ever greater than mere facts4 ,facts may sometimes give the appearance of an untruth1 but ,truth is ever one and indivisible4 ,as said previously1 it contains unity4 ,again ,moses was commanded to-- 8,speak unto the children of ,israel1 and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments1 throughout their generations1 and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue 444 that ye may remember1 and do all my commandments1 and be holy unto your ,god40#ae #ae ,numbers xv4 #ch4 ,here we might mention that the ,rabbins considered that blue was the colour of the two stones on which the ,commandments were written4 ,plato tells us that the robes of the priests of ,atlantis were blue4 ,the ,buddhists say1 8,sapphire produces peace of mind and equanimity4 ,it chases out evil thoughts by establishing healthy circulation4 ,it opens barred doors to the spirit4 ,it produces a desire for prayer4 ,it brings peace1 but he who would wear it must lead a pure and holy life40 ,surely1 if all this is true1 it is almost essential that we should follow the advice of colour healers and have our ceilings always of blue4 ,blue is often called the colour of devotion1 but we must remember that devotion is not an end in itself2 it is the striving after eternal ,truth and ,wisdom that matters4 ,so much did the ,hindoos think of the colour that their gods are addressed by the epithet 8narayan10 and they are said to be born of the sea which ever reflects the blue of heaven4 ,in ,egypt the gods were often painted blue to show their heavenly origin2 e4g4 ,kneph the ,creator1 the great ,mind1 wears blue robes4 ,mummies were shrouded in blue beads to show that they were united with the soul of ,truth4 ,odin1 the wise ,all-,father of the ,scandinavians1 is nearly always spoken of as wearing blue robes4 ,the blue pines near the homes of ,philemon and ,baucis were sacred to ,jupiter4 ,sin1 the ,assyrian god1 is said to have had a blue beard4 ,our conception of blue beard has taken on the debased meaning of cruelty4 ,isis is often called the ,lady of the ,turquoise1 while ,osiris is god of the turquoise and the lapis lazuli4 ,the ,virgin ,mary is often clad in a blue robe1 for the same reason that she is often represented as standing by the ,well of ,truth1 as in ,arthur ,hacker's 8,annunciation40 ,the ,hindoo ,mariama is addressed as 8,holy ,nari ,mariama1 mother of perpetual fecundity40 ,in both ,mexico and ,chaldea blue was worn as mourning1 being a token of the joy that the soul realised in the ,fields of ,peace4 ,the turquoise and the lapis lazuli seem to have had in them the two blues that appealed most to the ancients4 ,in the 8,burden of ,isis0 we have these words in praise of ,osiris1 who is identified with the spirit of the departed3-- 8,with turquoise is thy hair twined1 and with lapis lazuli1 the finest of lapis lazuli4 ,lo1 the lapis lazuli is above thy hair40 ,there is another similar incantation in the ,festival ,songs of ,isis and ,nephthys3-- 8,thy hair is like turquoise as thou comest from the ,fields of ,turquoise2 thy hair is like unto the finest of lapis lazuli1 and thou thyself art more blue than thy hair4 ,thy skin and body are like southern alabaster1 and thy bones are of silver4 ,the perfume of thy hair is like unto new myrrh1 and thy skull is of lapis lazuli40 ,since hair is not blue1 the statement must be symbolic1 and means that the spirit of the departed has now become one with ,eternal ,truth4 ,surely we cannot read the above passages without thinking of the ,song of ,solomon1 where the bridegroom is compared to 8bright ivory overlaid with sapphires40 ,there is another such song in praise of ,amen-,ra3-- 8,praise to ,amen-,ra1 ,to the bull of ,heliopolis1 to the chief of all the gods1 ,to the beautiful and beloved god1 ,who giveth life by all manner of warmth1 ,by all manner of fair cattle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,amen1 bull fair of face1 ,beloved in ,thebes2 ,he fashioneth earth1 the silver and the gold1 ,real lapis lazuli for those who love him40 ,the same imagery is used by the ,buddhists4 ,when ,buddha sat under the ,bo-tree on his throne of knowledge1 all truths were revealed to him4 ,to symbolise this we are told that he saw the great white cosmic umbrella1 and also the ,fields of ,lapis ,lazuli1 where all the preceding ,buddhas dwelt in ecstasy3-- 8,he hath overthrown the flag of pride1 ,he hath obtained the triple knowledge4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,king of ,physicians ,with his heavenly ,amrita#af ,will dull all human pain ,and lead all flesh to ,nirvana4 ,having entered the ,city of ,omniscience1 ,and become one with the ,buddhas1 ,he is now indivisible40 #af ,amrita1 bread of life4 ,this last word gives us the key to the whole situation that in the ,fields of ,lapis ,lazuli there dwell the pure spirits who have become the soul of ,truth1 inseparable from ,divine ,truth1 indivisible from the ,spirit of ,god4 ,when we consider the ,greeks we remember that ,homer always speaks of ,pallas1 the ,goddess of ,wisdom1 as 8the blue-eyed maid0 for is she not the goddess who teaches the will of ,zeus and the truths of ,zeus8 ,the heroine of almost every fairy tale in the world is blue-eyed1 as a sign that she is the true1 good1 and lovable maiden who is the object and reward of the quest and labour of the prince4 ,in the epic of the ,finns1 ,ilmater is invoked in these words3-- 8,rise up1 ,o water-mother1 ,raise thy blue cap from the billows40 ,and this makes us think of ,venus rising from the blue ocean4 ,we must recollect that blue was the colour of the robes of the ,druidic bards4 ,the bards were men who had been 8ovates0 and had worn the green4 ,they were still to retain in themselves all that was meant by the green1 but blue is symbolically a higher colour1 even as it is physically4 ,many people think that red would have been a better colour for the bards1 because this symbolises the enthusiasm that is so necessary in song and poetry2 but the bards were to have more than enthusiasm--they were to have the gift of looking beyond the world and of obtaining great ,truths to uplift humanity4 ,they were to be ,masters of ,wisdom4 ,they were to get beyond mere passion and look into the cooler1 calmer regions beyond1 whence they could draw these great and deep truths4 ,it makes us think instinctively of ,wordsworth's definition of poetry as 8,passion recollected in tranquillity40 ,from the great ,triads of the ,druids we learn the duties of the bards3-- #a4 ,to make a country habitable4 #b4 ,to civilise the people4 #c4 ,to promote science4 ,blake had the same belief in the duty of a poet1 which he expresses very beautifully3-- 8,i will not cease from mental strife ,nor shall my sword sleep in my hand ,till we have built ,jerusalem ,in ,england's green and pleasant land40 ,the work and duty1 as given in the first two parts of the ,triad1 recalls ,j4 ,russell ,lowell's wonderful lines3-- 8,he who would be the tongue of this wide world ,must string his harp with cords of banded iron ,and strike it with a toil-embrownd hand40 ,in our own time1 ,maurice ,maeterlinck has written a little play called ,the ,blue ,bird4 ,the playbills tell us that the quest of the ,blue ,bird is the quest for happiness1 but it seems to be far more than this4 ,a bird often symbolises spirit4 ,thus the quest of the ,blue ,bird is really the quest for spiritual truths4#ag ,the children in their journey first appeal to their dead grandparents for the bird4 ,by this ,maeterlinck means us to ask ourselves whether the past was able to know ,truth1 and the fact that the children do not find the bird there shows us that ,maeterlinck thinks ,truth is of the future4 #ag ,see ,henry ,rose1 ,the ,blue ,bird4 ,still1 the children have grown by appealing to the past1 as is shown when the grandparents measure the children against the door4 ,they have also another great fact to learn--that there are no dead4 ,next the children ask the ,trees if they have the ,blue ,bird4 ,these ,trees1 who think they are the rightful custodians of the ,blue ,bird1 and resent the intrusion of the children1 represent the persecuting churches of the world who have become stereotyped and hate progress4 ,so the children are in great danger and are only saved when the dog 7or human common sense7 bursts his bonds and ,fairy ,light comes to the rescue4 ,the children never find the ,blue ,bird1 for is it possible to obtain universal ,truth and put it in a cage8 ,when a man says vaingloriously that he has all ,truth1 it is a sign that he is very far from his statement4 ,still ,mytyl and ,tyltyl are better children for going on their journey1 showing that it is the quest that is the great thing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,blue in its lowest meaning signifies depression and despair4 ,we have such expressions as 8a fit of the blues40 ,or again it may mean hardness1 coldness1 or cruelty1 even1 as in such an expression as 8steel-blue eyes0 or 8,bluebeard40 ,a blue-stocking means someone who has cultivated intellect and left out affection4 ,,chapter ,,vi ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,purple 8,and they put upon him a robe of purple40--,,st ,,john4 ,the next and highest colour of the spectrum is violet4 ,like green and blue1 it is calming and soothing in its influence4 ,like green and blue1 it is said by the mystics to be a feminine colour4 ,it seems as though the ancient people used the term purple to include violet1 and in fact any tint made up of blue and red in whatever proportions4 ,pliny tells us that the colour of the amaranth is a far more beautiful purple that any the dyers can obtain4 ,this1 however1 does not help us much1 for the amaranth can be almost any shade from red to blue4 ,even to-day we see how carelessly the word purple is used when we have in a great writer's book the phrase1 8the purple rainbow40 ,the symbolism of purple partakes of the ,red of ,love and ,self-sacrifice and the blue of ,truth2 hence it was considered symbolic of ,wisdom1 and is mentioned as being the colour of the canopy#ah of ,solomon's chariot4 ,purple was considered the most glorious of colours1 for the purple dye was so costly that it became part of the insignia of royalty4 ,in ,england it is used as the sign of royal mourning4 #ah ,song of ,solomon iii4 #aj4 ,before we really comprehend the symbolism of purple1 however1 we must reflect that purple was said by the ,egyptians to be the colour of the earth4 ,at evening1 in some parts of the world1 looking across the ploughed fields that seem so red in the daylight1 we see that they appear tinged with purple4 ,our painters of landscape show this purple colour1 while our poets speak of purple shadows4 ,thus the colour became symbolic of the basic qualities in our nature that form a sure foundation on which to build the very highest qualities--patience1 endurance1 perseverance1 ability to be long suffering and slow to anger4 ,all these qualities are a sine qua non to the evolved soul4 ,this is why the suffering ,christ was given a purple robe before ,his crucifixion4 ,it is to show that the ,king of kings is also the lowliest and most gentle of all beings--that ,he had such humility as was expressed in the washing of the disciples' feet4 ,as ,he ,himself said3 8,he who would be the chief among you1 let him be your servant40 ,how we think here of the humble1 fragrant violet4 ,we remember the story of ,sir ,gareth in the ,idylls of the ,king4 8,and ,gareth bowed himself ,with all obedience to the king1 and wrought ,all kind of service with a noble ease ,that graced the lowest act in doing it40 ,the ,egyptians often made their soldiers talismans of amethyst because they said that this stone could give them the necessary calmness of mind to ensure victory4 ,the ,magi of ,persia said that amethyst was born of the ,sun and of the ,moon1 which confirms us in the belief that purple has all the symbolism of the red and of the blue1 the masculine and feminine forces1 the spirit and the soul4 ,it evidently seems to have been used in this way by the ,finns1 for in the 8,kalevala10 ,wainomoinem sails over the 8blue back of the waters0 till he 8gains the purple-coloured harbour0 of the next world4 ,here purple is used of a greater realm than that of the ocean4 ,many old rosaries were made of amethyst1 because its effect was to make the wearer withdraw from all the trials of the world and worship in a holy calm4 ,in ,king's ,ancient ,gnostic ,gems we are given a translation of a poem by ,marbodus3-- 8,on high the amethyst is set ,in colour like the violet1 ,with flames as if of gold it shows ,and far it purple radiance throws2 ,the humble heart it signifies ,of him1 who in the ,saviour dies40 ,so we see why the martyrs are often represented as being clad in purple4 ,this ability to endure for the truth brings them the fullest reward in the love of the ,saviour4 ,when we see the angels with purple robes it signifies that they partake of the sorrows of ,christ and desire to help men with loving messages to attain the heavenly home beyond the blue firmament4 ,in some of the ancient orders of nuns the women wore purple veils as a sign of repentance and of faith in the divine love of ,god4 ,shakespeare1 in ,a ,midsummer ,night's ,dream1 speaks of the 8,flower of purple dye ,hit with ,cupid's archery0 --a flower that we now consider to be the pansy1 the name of which is probably derived from 8,pensez moi10 and emblematic of humility and sweet1 loving thoughts4 99 99 99 99 99 ,purple in its debased meaning gives us over-weening pride1 pomp1 and vanity4 ,it is the colour of the rich man who has no love in his heart for ,lazarus1 and no belief in anything but the things of the world4 ,,chapter ,,vii ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,white 8,oh6 what a power has white simplicity40--,,keats4 ,it is to be remembered in studying ancient colour symbolism that it was not realised that white was the sum of the seven colours of the rainbow4 ,to us1 because we know this fact1 white is more naturally the colour of unity than yellow4 ,thus ,shelley writes3-- 8,life like a dome of many-coloured glass ,stains the white radiance of eternity40 ,white1 in fact1 symbolised not so much unity as purity1 innocence1 and the great joy of the man who has fought the good fight and attained the spiritual life4 ,it is to symbolise this joy that the souls of the ,redeemed in ,revelation are clad in white robes4 ,for the same reason ,dante sees the souls of the blessed in ,paradise in form of a white rose3-- 8,in form then of a white rose ,displayed itself to me the saintly host ,whom ,christ in ,his own blood had made ,his bride2 ,faces had they all of living flame1 ,and wings of gold1 and all the rest so white1 ,no snow unto that beauty can attain40 ,tennyson1 in 8,st ,agnes' ,eve10 uses white in the same way to convey the ecstasy of ,st ,agnes3-- 8,make ,thou my spirit pure and clear ,as are the frosty skies1 ,or this first snowdrop of the year ,that in my bosom lies40 ,the ,archangel ,gabriel is usually known in pictures from the fact that his emblem is the lily--sometimes called the 8lily of the annunciation10 as a sign that a pure soul is necessary before ,christ can take possession of it4 ,gabriel is usually said to be the ,angel of the ,moon1 to which the colour white and the metal silver were given by astrologers and mystics4 ,it was the custom of ,roman ladies to wear white4 ,the wearing of bright colours was looked upon as portraying a lack of virtue4 ,the word 8candidate0 tells us that integrity was expected of all persons desiring office4 ,hesiod the poet sees ,modesty and ,justice in white robes3-- 8,and those fair forms in snowy raiment bright ,leave the broad earth1 and heavenward soar from sight2 ,justice and ,modesty1 from mortals driven1 ,rise to th' immortal family of heaven40 ,hermas sees the ,church as a virgin in white3-- 8,behold there met me a certain virgin1 well-adorned1 and as if she had just come out of her bride-chamber--all in white1 having on white shoes1 and a veil down her face1 and her head covered with shining hair4 ,now1 ,i knew by my former visions that it was the church40 ,the ,japanese use white as symbol of death1 and a bride wears white as her parents consider her dead to them and belonging only to her husband4 ,in ,revelation there is a curious statement3 8,to him that overcometh will ,i give the white stone40 ,it was the custom to give the victor in the games a white stone1 so that the sentence seems a truism1 as 8,to him that overcometh will ,i give the sign of victory02 but when we dig more deeply into the meaning of the white stone we find that it is a sign of deity1 of the ,spirit of ,god marking out ,his chosen one4 ,in the ,amaravati tope at the ,british ,museum ,buddha is seen sitting on the white stone1 and sometimes the white stone is used in place of ,buddha4 ,in ,ireland1 until recent times1 white stones were placed in a coffin and called 8,god's stones40 ,hence 8,to him that overcometh will ,i give the white stone0 means that to the victor shall be given the joy of the presence of ,god1 the joy of harmony1 the music of the spheres-- 8,when the morning stars sang together1 ,and all the sons of ,god shouted for joy40 ,there was a similar idea among the ,egyptians4 ,in the papyrus of ,ani you will note that when he is justified he is shown with white hair4 ,similarly1 ,christ in ,revelation has hair#ai as white as wool4 #ai ,revelation i4 #ad4 ,in ,revelation ,christ rides on the white horse4 ,st ,george is nearly always depicted on a white horse4 ,castor and ,pollux were said to ride on white horses4 ,a horse1 as ,i have said before1 means knowledge4 ,thus to ride on the white horse means to have all heavenly counsel to aid you in gaining the victory and in obtaining the reward4 ,it is said that there will be one more incarnation of ,vishnu1 when he will carry the sword of justice and ride the white horse1 like ,christ in ,revelation4 ,we must remember that the horse was used by the ,hindoos instead of the ,ram4 ,now as ,aries or the ,ram is the constellation in which the sun starts his zodiacal journey each year1 the ram or horse means the opener of new thought1 the dawn of a new era4 ,hence to ride the white horse means to begin a new kingdom on earth of joy and happiness and purity4 ,when ,mahomet comes again he will ride the white horse ,alborac4 ,in ancient ,rome the white horse was sacred to ,jupiter1 and once a year the consul1 clad in white robes1 rode to the ,capitol to adore ,jupiter as the ,sun-god4 ,buddha is said to have been borne to earth on a white elephant1 i4e4 on ,divine ,wisdom or the ,holy ,ghost4 ,in some of the old ,buddhist zodiacs the elephant takes the place of the sign ,capricorn or the goat4 ,capricorn is the sign governing from #bast ,december to #aith ,january1 and this is the time during which all world-saviours are said to have been born4 ,osiris and ,zeus are spoken of as white bulls1 for the bull betokens cosmic energy and creative force4 ,when ,yasdhara dreams that ,siddartha or ,buddha is escaping from the palace1 she sees 8a white bull with wide branching horns40 ,the ,druids proper of ,wales wore white robes4 ,it may be mentioned that it took twenty years to train a ,druid1 so that surely the white robe in their case was a sign that the wearer had laboured much and conquered many things4 ,the work of a ,druid is given in the ,triads3-- #a4 ,to keep his word4 #b4 ,to keep his secret4 #c4 ,to keep the peace4 ,it must be remembered that he was a bard previous to being a ,druid4 ,druidship was the last stage of initiation1 and what he learnt in this was not to be given out directly to the world but to be expressed only in the inward power that accrued to him4 ,he kept the peace because he knew that the arts flourish in times of peace and are destroyed during war4 ,still we must remember that when war came he was ever ready to lead the people1 and many a ,druid died in the forefront of the battle1 for to him death was the gate of life and the entrance to the joy of the ,mighty ,hu4 ,the symbolism of silver is related to that of white1 for silver is the colour of the moon1 of chastity1 and the ability to radiate purity and joy1 however dark the night and difficult the circumstances4 ,artemis and ,diana are both virgin goddesses of the moon1 punishing evil deeds and immorality4 ,solomon speaks of the 8silver cord40 ,it is the bond between the mortal and the everlasting3 when it is loosed then the soul is released and regains the music of the spheres4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh writes3-- 8,my soul like quiet palmer ,travelleth toward the land of heaven1 ,over the silver mountains ,whence spring the nectar fountains40 ,in the ,paradise of the ,brahmins1 ,brahma has his being in the heart of a silver rose 7,tamura ,pua72 that is1 in the heart of all fragrance1 sweetness1 beauty1 purity1 and joy there is ,god4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in its opposite symbolism white means lack of courage and sometimes deceitfulness--e4g4 8whited sepulchres40 ,,chapter ,,viii ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,black 8,upon all the glory shall be a defence40--,,isaiah4 ,although science does not now consider black as a colour1 yet it is still considered so by the public and was considered so by the ancients4 ,to them it was the colour of mystery and of the mysterious ways and wisdom of ,god4 ,in ,egypt1 ,kneph the ,creative ,mind was sometimes addressed as 8,thrice unknown darkness transcending all intellectual perception10 for certainly the wisdom of ,god is beyond the comprehension of human intellect4 ,one of our modern mystics1 ,henry ,vaughan1 seems to arrive at the same thought when he says1 8,there is in ,god a deep and dazzling darkness02 meaning that the mysteries of ,god are unfathomable but glorious4 ,black was considered the colour of wisdom1 and ,milton1 who is so accurate in his symbolism1 uses it as such3-- 8,goddess staid and holy1 ,whose saintly visage is too bright ,to hit the sense of human sight2 ,and therefore to our weaker view ,o'erlaid with black1 staid wisdom's hue40 ,black also symbolised eternity2 thus ,night1 the mother of all things1 was sometimes portrayed by the ,greeks in a starry veil1 holding two children--one white and the other black--to symbolise ,time and ,eternity4 ,osiris and also ,horus are sometimes painted white and sometimes black1 to show that they manifested themselves in time though they were eternal4 ,black also meant silence--the things that are not to be revealed to everyone--the thoughts that lie too deep for tears--the innermost and most sacred experiences of life4 ,it is not that we ought to be selfish with our knowledge--far otherwise3-- 8,give all thou canst2 high heaven rejects the lore ,of nicely-calculated less or more40#bj #bj ,wordsworth1 8,within ,king's ,college ,chapel40 ,it is that certain experiences can only be comprehended by a person having similar experiences4 ,in olden times a black rose was used as the symbol of the silence of an initiate1 such a silence as that comprehended by ,st ,paul when speaking of the man who was caught up into heaven and heard#ba unspeakable things which it is not lawful for any man to utter4 ,the great promise#bb to every initiate is1 8,i will give thee the treasures of darkness40 #ba #b ,corinthians xii4 #d4 #bb ,isaiah xlv4 #c4 ,as the old proverb says1 8,if you would know more you must be more40 ,until then there is a veil#bc and a defence#bd upon the face of all knowledge4 ,this is no doubt the meaning of the veil of ,isis4 ,this is the reason why so much of the ancient belief is wrapped up in symbolism1 and why the ancient pictures are so full of symbols1 for in them an initiate could tell at a glance how much the artist knew of the inner mysteries2 for example1 one often sees the ornamental broken pavement in ancient pictures4 ,this was one of the many hints to look well into the picture and ponder much1 for it represented not historical fact but mystic truth4 ,the almond-shaped aura or vesica piscis was used in much the same way4 ,many pictures of the ,ascension of ,christ and of the ,assumption of the ,virgin contain the vesica piscis to show that if you did not believe these events to be historically true yet they are deep truths relating to the spirit and soul of every man--that the spirit and soul do ascend when their labours are done4 ,the architects1 too1 were versed in these hidden truths1 so that we may truly say that our great cathedrals and churches represent the sum-total of all the architect knew4 ,they are really 8frozen religion40 ,the ordinary person sees a great and stately edifice but the initiate sees worlds on worlds unfold4 #bc ,exodus xxxiv4 #ce4 #bd ,isaiah iv4 #e4 ,black to us of the ,west is merely the sombre colour of mourning1 a sign that our lives have been bereft of the joy of the presence of a loved one4 ,it is perhaps the most depressing of all colours1 physically1 mentally1 and morally1 and surely if people believed in their religion they would never wear such a colour2 but unfortunately few people have the courage to go against custom1 and to openly rejoice that their loved ones are in a better land4 ,we may remember how the ,lady ,olivia's grief was reproved by the ,clown in ,twelfth ,night3-- ,clown3 ,good madonna1 why mournest thou8 ,olivia3 ,good fool1 for my brother's death4 ,clown3 ,i think his soul is in hell1 madonna4 ,olivia3 ,i know his soul is in heaven1 fool4 ,clown3 ,the more fool you1 madonna1 to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven4 ,of course black used with other colours often gives beautiful effects and throws these colours into relief4 ,it is a most useful decorative colour when used in moderation1 but when totally unrelieved1 it is an abomination4 ,by shutting out the light rays of the sun it lays the whole system open to disease4 ,in the human aura it is evidence of the deepest depths of human wickedness4 ,black in its lowest symbolism means this wickedness and foulness1 and hatred of the light of the healing sun4 ,the black angels are the evil angels4 ,black magic was occult art used for selfish purposes and very often requiring blood sacrifice1 even of human blood1 in the performing of it4 ,,chapter ,,ix ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,brown ,,and ,,grey 8,beauty is never lost1 ,god's colours are all fast40--,,whittier4 ,we next consider the colour brown--the symbol of autumn and decay4 ,the autumn may indeed be a beautiful season of mellow fruitfulness1 and the rich red-brown hues may delight us1 but for all this1 the brown is a sign that the life is surely1 though gently1 passing away from the leaves4 ,yet because the tree does not die merely because the leaves perish1 brown takes on the meaning of the still quietness that is necessary before the next period of effort4 ,we have the expression 8to be in a brown study10 that is1 in a calm state of mind1 oblivious to external facts and objects for the time being1 yet really working out some deep problem that has to be solved before physical effort is of any value4 ,there is a softness and gentleness about brown which calms our restless minds4 ,browns and other sombre 8useful0 colours are usually tabooed by healers because they tend to depression4 ,if rest is needed1 this is better given by blues and purples since they are quietening in effect4 ,in ordinary household decoration1 golden browns may be used with the most restful and helpful effect4 ,in the human aura1 however1 the presence of much brown indicates an unprogressed character--one who needs to make his life more spiritual4 ,grey eyes are considered by many the best for expressing tenderness and sadness1 but as a rule grey denotes what is hard and unfeeling4 ,still there are such a number of shades of grey that probably this last meaning is only appropriate to the shades having much blue in them4 ,tennyson writes3-- 8,break1 break1 break1 ,on thy cold grey stones1 ,o sea1 ,and ,i would that my tongue could utter ,the thoughts that arise in me40 ,kingsley writes3-- 8',tis the hard grey weather ,breeds hard ,englishmen4 99 99 99 99 99 ,sends our ,english hearts of oak ,seaward round the world40 ,w4 ,s4 ,cary1 in 8,heraclitus10 writes3-- 8,they told me1 ,heraclitus1 they told me you were dead2 ,they brought me bitter news to bear1 and bitter tears to shed4 ,i wept as ,i remembered how often you and ,i ,had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky4 ,and now that thou art lying1 my dear old ,carian guest1 ,a handful of grey ashes1 long1 long ago at rest1 ,still are thy pleasant voices1 thy nightingales awake1 ,for ,death1 he taketh all away1 but them he cannot take40 ,w4 ,e4 ,henley1 in his 8,song of the ,sword10 sings3-- 8,follow1 ,o follow me1 ,till the waste places ,all the grey globe over ,ooze1 as the honeycomb ,drops1 with the sweetness ,distilled of my strength40 ,again we must contrast this modern symbolism with the ancient4 ,grey was the union of black and white1 and so partook of the symbolism of each4 ,christ in grey robes was not a cheerless ,christ4 ,his grey robes symbolised resurrection--the triumph of life over death2 they symbolise the joy of white over the despair of black1 of the joy of knowledge of future and everlasting life over the dark1 inscrutable ways of apparent death4 ,the grey friars wore grey robes to portray ,christ risen1 still alive and working for the people of earth4 ,,chapter ,x ,,the ,,old ,,language ,,of ,,the ,,rainbow 8,be thou the rainbow to the storms of life40--,,byron4 ,we have come to the end of our survey of the inner meanings of separate colours1 showing us how 8,the invisible things of ,god from the creation of the world are clearly seen1 being understood by the things which are made40#be #be ,romans i4 #bj4 ,however1 we should not properly complete our task if we did not consider the rainbow and the deep symbolic meaning attached to it4 ,since every ray gives out some great truth and blessing1 the rainbow stood for all blessing1 the sign of the presence of ,god's love4 ,in ,greece1 ,iris 7who is sometimes regarded as the rainbow itself1 or a goddess clothed with the rainbow1 or dwelling in the rainbow1 or making a rainbow path to earth7 is the messenger of the gods4 ,she is not mentioned in the ,odyssey but very often in the ,iliad4 ,she has some of the functions of ,hermes1 but unlike ,hermes has little or nothing to do with the pale realms of ,pluto4 ,she is generally looked upon as ,juno's chief messenger1 and confers blessings on those whom ,juno loves4 ,in the neid1 book iv41 we have a beautiful description of ,iris coming to release the suffering soul of ,dido1 the luckless ,queen of ,carthage3-- 8,then ,juno1 pitying her agony ,of lingering death1 sent ,iris down with speed ,her struggling soul from clinging limbs to free4 99 99 99 99 99 ,so down to earth came ,iris from on high ,on saffron wings all glittering with the dew4 ,a thousand tints against the sunlit sky ,she flashed from out her rainbow as she flew40 ,the ,scandinavians believed that on the rainbow arch the souls of the heroes were able to march in triumph to the great wassail in ,valhalla4 ,curiously enough this rainbow is spoken of as 8treble-hued40 ,it would be interesting to know which three main colours of the rainbow they thought of4 8,over all swept the magnificent arch of ,bifrst1#bf the treble-hued rainbow1 and ,odin turned and said3 #8,see1 children1 how ,bifrst bids us climb yet higher1 humbly to learn of the holy ,nornir 7the ,fates7 and drink in wisdom from the fountain of ,urd 7,norn of the ,past74 ,let us mount and ride4' ,and the glorious procession took its way across the plain to the luminous trembling end of the bridge1 where golden-toothed ,heimdal 7the sleepless guardian of ,bifrst7 stood on guard4 ,with a smile of welcome he threw open the gate1 and they swept proudly on1 singing a song of joyous thanksgiving for the beauty and peace of all around them2 but1 when great ,thor would have set his foot on the bridge1 ,heimdal barred the way with his spear40#bg #bf ,bif-rost--the wave-rest1 i4e4 the resting place of the waves4 #bg ,asgard4 ,k4 ,f4 ,boult4 ,so of all the gods ,thor might not tread the rainbow2 still1 he was allowed to make his journey into the council of the gods by other paths4 ,the rainbow is said to have been given to ,noah as a sign that there should be no more flood or no more sea of trouble1 for the sea or the salt water stands mystically for the troubles1 the trials1 and the suffering which the soul has to surmount before it receives blessing and peace4 ,how this makes us think of the meaning of ,bifrst4 ,the promise that there shall be no more sea does not stand for the drying-up of actual oceans but is a promise given to every true navigator of the soul--such as ,noah was--if only the ark or soul is constructed according to divine instructions and has its little window above into which light may shine4 ,in the 8,kalevala10 ,wainomoinem builds a magic boat1 but forgets the last three words of his enchantment1 and so he cannot complete the boat4 ,he journeys over the whole world to find these words1 and when he does eventually find them he finishes the boat and gives it as a dowry to the ,maid of ,beauty3-- 8,sitting on the arch of heaven ,on the bow of many colours40 ,among the ,peruvians the rainbow was worshipped under the name of ,chucychu4 ,ezekiel#bh sees the rainbow beautiful and bright around his vision of ,god and the ,cherubim4 ,st ,john#bi also has a vision of ,christ manifesting within a rainbow glory4 #bh ,ezekiel i4 #bh4 #bi ,revelation iv4 #c4 ,we should naturally expect from the above that the opal should have much the same meaning as the rainbow4 ,we certainly do find that in the ,east it was considered a most sacred stone1 and it was said to contain the ,spirit of ,truth4 ,the ,greeks were probably responsible for our belief that it brings ill-luck in love affairs2 but we must remember that they considered it capable of giving the gift of prophecy1 provided that the gift was used for the benefit of others4 ,if this was not so1 then bad fortune came to the seer4 ,joseph's coat of many colours has been said to have been a sign of all-blessing1 but we must remember that there is considerable doubt concerning the context of this passage1 ,still we do know that in many nations certain variously coloured garments have been considered garments of honour4 ,thus the ancient ,irish bards had robes striped with the following colours as a sign of their noble and honourable calling--white1 blue1 green1 black1 and red4 ,modern symbolism speaks in very beautiful language of the fact that the seven rays of the spectrum give white light1 but we must remember that this symbolism is essentially modern4 ,thus1 as ,i have said previously1 white represents unity2 while to the ancients1 yellow1 the sun colour1 was the colour of unity4 ,the seven rays have been likened to the seven gifts of the ,holy ,spirit1 and sometimes they are likened to the ,elohim4 ,in the spectrum we have three main rays1 sometimes given as red1 yellow1 and blue1 and sometimes as red1 green1 and blue4 ,these are said mystically to stand for the ,trinity or ,god in ,three--that is1 ,god in manifestation2 while the white ray would represent ,god in ,unity or the ,one ,supreme ,cause--,god ,unmanifest--,god ever changeless4 ,sometimes the seven rays are likened to the various ways and methods of approach to spiritual vision1 for few people receive this vision in the same way or under the same conditions4 ,some people receive inspiration through work1 others in quiet meditation1 or by concentrating their energies on some great truth4 ,thus the ,zoroastrians and ,parsees have concentrated on the virtue of ,purity1 and they realise that all that is unclean1 whether of the body or of the soul1 is forever separate from ,god4 ,this is a great and basic truth that must be enshrined in the heart of every worshipper3-- 8,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they shall see ,god0 --a wonderful promise1 hardly to be comprehended except by the saints1 the seers1 and the exalted ones4 ,then the ,buddhists lay stress on the ,brotherhood of ,man1 and so charity and the virtue of giving willingly and freely has been exalted to one of supreme importance in ,india4 ,the ,christians lay stress on the ,love of ,god--the highest conception so far2 but one that must include the other truths or it becomes degraded and debasing1 as in the belief of the person who holds that the more wickedly he lives1 the more ,god will have to forgive1 and therefore the more love ,god will have for him4 ,so all ,truths are necessary in order to form the white ray4 ,as ,james ,russell ,lowell says3-- 8,god sends ,his teachers into every land1 ,to every clime and every race of men1 ,with revelation fitted for their growth ,and shape of mind1 nor gives the realm of ,truth ,into the keeping of one single race4 99 99 99 99 99 ,all nations have their message from on high1 ,each the ,messiah of some central thought ,for the fulfilment and delight of man2 ,one has to teach that ,labour is divine1 ,another ,freedom and another ,mind2 ,and all1 that ,god is open-eyed and just1 ,the happy centre and calm heart of all40 ,this wonderful study of symbolism sheds new light on many old customs and myths4 ,from it1 we are able to penetrate to the heart of things1 and to see that every nation has aspired earnestly to understand the universe1 and to realise that the ,creator is manifest in ,his works4 ,unfortunately the modern world in its haste has for many generations cast aside this desire to know more deeply these inner truths4 ,the ,puritan saw that symbolism had degenerated into image-worship and into corrupt and unworthy practices1 and so his mission was to destroy this dragon of false priests and to give simplicity and reality4 ,almost too well he seems to the artist-minds to have done his work1 but we must remember that it was an age of 8,no compromise40 ,now1 however1 there seem to be signs all over the world that people would once again love to have these beautiful symbols1 for just as the mathematician can reach greater truths by means of his symbols1 so the mystic by his can attain to the highest realms of ecstasy4 ,he becomes one of the uplifting forces of the world2 one who gives light4 ,his eyes and face reveal the inward light1 and so he becomes a star4 ,mere knowledge1 mere intellect1 without the inner vision1 never makes the star soul--8,he whose face gives no light can never become a star40 ,to such a one the object can never enslave4 ,he has become1 as the ,hindoos say1 8,a ,king of the ,zodiac02 that is1 he has learnt all his lessons1 journeyed through the twelve great constellations1 performed his appointed labours1 and is able to receive the great reward4 ,what is the great reward8 ,to see the spiritual significance burn through from all the objects of ,nature and so to obtain communion with the ,maker1 and thus enter into the golden yellow petals of the ,eternal ,rose4 ,you ask me lastly why ,i think it is that the nations should agree so well in choosing the inner meanings of colours4 ,it seems to me that in olden times the gift of being able to see the human aura was one well known to the prophets and seers4 ,now1 once a person has this gift it is very easy to connect the type of person exhaling the aura with particular qualities4 ,when another aura is seen containing one of the same colours the quality it shows would ever after be connected with that colour1 and so there would grow up a colour symbolism differing little all over the world4 ,many of the most successful colour healers of to-day see the human aura1 and according to the beauty of the colours they see the beauty of the ,mind1 and according to the lack of beautiful coloration they see illness and wrong-doing4 ,still it must be borne in mind that the wrong-doer even in health cannot attain so beautiful or refined an aura as the good man4 ,in sickness the colours of the latter are greyish in value1 whereas the colours of the evil man are muddy-looking4 ,it is indeed a great subject1 proving that the physicians of the future must minister to the soul as well as the body4 ,the world awaits them4 ,,appendices ,,appendix ,i ,,schools ,,of ,,colour 7p4 #be7 ,in these ancient schools of colour the students of seership concentrated for1 sometimes1 years on the truths coming to them from a given colour4 ,of the ,persian ,sufis there are said to have been four colours3-- #a4 ,gold ,school4--,where all the beauty and majesty of the inner symbolism of the sun colour was to glorify their souls4 #b4 ,green ,school4--,where they learnt of immortality1 and the need of ever serving the ,maker4 #c4 ,black ,school4--,where they pondered on the mysteries of ,god and learnt wisdom thereby4 #d4 ,white ,school4--,where as full initiates they knew the joy of ,god4 ,there have also been rosaries of symbolic colours4 ,roses and prayers seem to have some connection in nearly all great religions1 hence the colour of the rose was to denote a prayer or deep desire for the quality symbolised by the rose4 ,,appendix ,,ii ,,the ,,colours ,,of ,,the ,,planets 7p4 #be7 ,this is a subject on which research gives variable results4 ,in recent years ,mr4 ,alan ,leo1 perhaps the greatest modern exponent of astrology1 assigned the following colours to the planets3-- ,sun orange ,moon violet ,mercury yellow ,venus blue ,mars red ,jupiter indigo ,saturn green ,a list perhaps more in harmony with the ancient beliefs is the one given below3-- ,sun yellow or gold ,moon white or silver ,mercury green ,venus blue 7turquoise or lapis lazuli7 ,mars red ,jupiter purple 7or lapis lazuli7 ,saturn black 7sometimes black with orange flecks74 ,saturn1 it may be said1 is the planet of mystery and the mysterious ways of ,god4 ,he is like the god ,chronos or the ,angel ,oriphel2 he makes the person wait till his appointed hour before gifts are given4 ,still1 as he often1 by means of waiting and suffering1 causes the person to develop some of the very highest gifts1 he is sometimes given the yellow flecks4 ,minnie ,theobald1 in an explanation of a ,passion play entitled ,the ,descent of the ,light ,spark1 writes on the colours worn by the ,planets in her play4 ,i quote at some length3-- 8,these seven principles are represented in my drama as the seven planets1 which in the ancient mode of consciousness typified different modes of consciousness and substance4444 ,neptune and ,uranus are the two planets of regeneration and rebirth1 they are connected with cosmic consciousness2 and so in the colour scheme either iridescence or all colour must be present to indicate their connection with wholeness4444 ,red typifies life and consciousness1 and suggests the power of the ,father1 the ,lord of ,fire1 reappearing in the lower worlds4 ,blue indicates the mother element or the substance into which life enters2 yellow stands for the personality or child4 ,colour is language2 any planet may be represented by any colour2 it depends upon the particular activity of the particular planetary spirit to be portrayed4 ,in this drama ,mercury or ,memory1 the messenger between ,time and ,eternity1 wears red1 for he is carrying life and consciousness down to the cross of matter4 ,he is the representative in the lower regions of the ,light ,spark2 he is the flame hidden within each one of us1 giving us memory of our divine origin4 ,next comes ,venus1 our fundamental soul-substance1 the medium between the ego and personal mind2 she is clad in blue4 ,jupiter1 personal mind1 follows next1 clad in yellow4 ,then we have ,mars4 ,our soul-substance1 blue1 has become mingled with personal mind1 yellow1 and so we get green4 ,red1 cosmic life becomes green1 personal life1 for after the birth of the personal mind everything becomes reversed4 ,our personal life-current is the complementary mode of activity to the crucified cosmic life-current4 ,this personal life and passion is the field of activity of ,mars1 and so shows his complementary colour1 green4 ,finally1 black or ,saturn marks the limit of the fall4 ,here we have the negation of the life of ,eternity1 black or dense matter being the inversion of the pure white light of spirit40 ,this last quotation will show how modern mysticism uses colours4 ,,appendix ,,iii ,,chromatics ,,of ,,the ,,sky4 ,by ,j4 ,s4 ,,dyason 7p4 #d7 ,the following is a tabulation of his observations3-- ,copper at sunset presages wind or rain4 ,bright yellow 0 wind4 ,pale yellow 0 wet4 ,rosy sky 0 fine4 ,pale green 0 wind or rain4 ,indian red 0 wind4 ,grey in the morning 0 fine4 ,red 0 wind or rain4 ,dark blue 0 wind4 ,bright blue 0 fine4 ,a high dawn 0 wind4 ,a low dawn 0 fine4 ,,appendix ,,iv ,,yellow 7p4 #ae7 ,yellow is still a non-canonical colour in the church4 ,blue is also non-canonical4 ,the five canonical colours are 7#a7 white used at ,easter1 ,christmas1 ,circumcision1 and ,epiphany2 7#b7 red at ,exaltation and ,invention of ,cross1 ,pentecost1 and ,feasts of ,martyrs2 7#c7 violet on ,ash ,wednesday1 ,lent1 ,septuagesima1 ,quinquagesima1 and ,advent2 7#d7 black on ,good ,friday2 7#e7 green on ordinary ,sundays and week days4 ,,appendix ,v ,,colour ,,and ,,form 7p4 #d7 ,since colour is vibration1 it is easy to see that it must also give form4 ,some of the most beautiful designs in the world have been produced by vibration4 ,in his great book on ,colour1 ,babbit takes red1 yellow1 and blue and gives them the forms of the triangle1 the hexagon1 and the circle4 ,the triangle has the sharpest corners1 thus it is appropriate to the energising fiery red4 ,the circle1 with no corners1 represents the calm indwelling blue2 and the yellow1 which has energy and yet peace1 partakes of the hexagon1 which still has angles but yet approaches the shape of the circle4 ,,appendix ,,vi 7p4 #d7 ,m4 ,camille ,flammarion has made many interesting experiments on the growth of plants under different coloured rays4 ,in one experiment he took young lettuces from the same plot of ground1 and all the same size4 ,his results showed that-- ,under red glass lettuce grows four times as quickly as in direct sunlight4 0 green 0 0 slightly quicker than in sunlight4 0 blue 0 becomes very stunted4 ,in another experiment he worked with ,indian corn4 ,in sunlight one plant grew to #be inches4 ,under red glass 0 0 0 #ah 0 0 green 0 0 0 #h 0 0 blue 0 0 0 #f 0 ,beans flourished under white and red glass4 0 perished 0 green 0 blue 0 ,from the above it seems that blue glass is bad for plants2 but this is not always so1 as is seen from the experiments of ,general ,pleasanton1 where he grew the best grapes in his district by using alternate white and blue glass in his greenhouses4 ,babbit states that blue light develops germination of plants1 while red and yellow develop animalcul4 ,yellow rays cause carbon to deposit from the air1 and so form the woody fibre of plants4 ,red and yellow cause seeding and fruitage4 ,,printed ,,in ,,great ,,britain ,,by ,,neill ,,and ,,co41 ,,ltd41 ,,edinburgh4 ,,rider',s ,,publications4 ,,the ,,new ,,science ,,of ,,colour4 ,by ,,beatrice ,,irwin4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #add pp41 with coloured frontispiece1 #cs4 #f;d4 net4 ,,contents4--,introduction--,colour-,sci ence--,the ,necessity for a ,colour-,theatre and ,college--,colour and ,decoration--,colour and ,evolution--,modern ,science and ,colour--,colour as a ,medium of ,expression--,colour ,systems--,the ,development of ,colour ,sense--,therapeutic ,powers of ,colour--,colour ,stimuli and ,colour ,exercises--,the ,dawn of the ,colour ,age4 8,a thoughtful1 interesting1 and well reasoned1 if sometimes fantastic-seeming little treatise1 on a subject concerning which too little is yet known1 and which opens up promising vistas of inquiry40--,scotsman4 ,,the ,,rose ,,immortal4 ,by ,a4 ,,bothwell ,,gosse1 ,author of 8,the ,knights ,templars10 8,the ,civilization of the ,ancient ,egyptians10 etc4 ,parchment1 #e #d1 #fd pp41 #as4 #f;d4 net4 ,,contents4--,the ,path--,the ,goal--,the ,red ,rose of ,sorrow--,the ,white ,rose of ,joy--,the ,golden ,rose of ,union--,the ,little ,black ,rose of ,silence4 8,within the narrow compass of these few pages it has been the aim of the author to trace the evolution of this beautiful symbol among the different faiths of mankind1 and to show how its varying interpretation has served to bring out the meaning underlying the mysticism of all religions40--,from the ,foreword by ,,ralph ,,shirley4 ,,problems ,,of ,,the ,,borderland4 ,an explanatory rendering of the introductory chapters of 8,the ,book of the ,elements40 ,by ,j4 ,,herbert ,,slater1 ,author of 8,engravings and their ,value10 etc4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 viii4 #bhf pp41 #cs4 #f;d4 net4 8,describes many of these ,first ,steps to a ,wider ,knowledge which to-day are interesting those least imaginative of men1 the ,churchman and the ,scientist40--,the ,tatler4 ,,the ,,open ,,vision4 ,a ,study of ,psychic ,phenomena4 ,by ,,horatio ,w4 ,,dresser1 ,ph4,d41 ,author of 8,the ,spirit of ,the ,new ,thought10 etc4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #es4 net4 ,,william ,,rider ,,son1 ,,limited #h ,,paternoster ,,row1 ,,london1 ,e4,c4 #d ,,rider',s ,,publications4 ,,occultists ,,and ,,mystics ,,of ,,all ,,ages4 ,by ,,ralph ,,shirley1 ,author of 8,a ,short ,life of ,abraham ,lincoln10 8,the ,new ,god10 etc4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 illustrated1 #ds4 #f;d4 net4 ,,contents4--,apollonius of ,tyana--,plotinus--,michael ,scot--,paracelsus--,emanuel ,swedenborg--,cagliostro--,anna ,kingsford and ,edward ,maitland4 8,this book may not inaccurately be described as romance--using the word in its widest understanding4 ,it deals with the deeds and sayings of wonderful people1 who each in turn helped to mould and to re-make the state of the world4 ,this book can be cordially commended to all lovers of these engrossing subjects40--,the ,ladies' ,field4 ,,the ,,gift ,,of ,,the ,,spirit4 ,a ,selection from the ,essays of ,,prentice ,,mulford4 ,third ,edition4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #es4 net4 ,,the ,,gift ,,of ,,understanding4 ,a further selection from the ,works of ,,prentice ,,mulford4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #es4 net4 ,,essays ,,of ,,prentice ,,mulford4 ,third ,series4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #es4 net4 ,,essays ,,of ,,prentice ,,mulford4 ,fourth ,series4 ,crown #hvo1 cloth1 #es4 net4 ,these four volumes constitute the cheapest and best edition of the ,essays of ,prentice ,mulford published in the ,english language4 ,,science ,,and ,,the ,,infinite1 or ,through a ,window in the ,blank ,wall4 ,by ,,sydney ,t4 ,,klein4 ,crown #hvo1 #ahc pp41 cloth1 #ds4 #f;d4 net4 8,this book is of an importance which ,i think it would be hard to overrate4 ,the two main religious tendencies of to-day are towards ,science and ,mysticism4 ,mr ,klein unites the two40--,english ,review4 ,,master ,,keys ,,of ,,life ,,and ,,death4 ,by ,captain ,,carey1 ,r4,n4 ,crown #hvo1 #cs4 #f;d4 net4 8,master ,keys0 explains in simple ,english the occult teachings of ,theosophy and ,spiritualism concerning ,life and ,death4 ,,william ,,rider ,,son1 ,,limited #h ,,paternoster ,,row1 ,,london1 ,e4,c4 #d ,,transcriber',s ,,note ,page #b3 8same event1 whoever10 changed to 8same event1 however104