The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge

Spiral

  • an important symbol that shows continuous development and therefore can relate to the schematic expression of time.
  • if we view the spiral as a path out from within, it is a symbolic expression of a person's process from inner states to objects of the outer world.
  • if we view the spiral as a path in from without, then we proceed from objects of the outer world to within where we find the essence of humanity, an essence from which everything comes and to which everything goes.
  • on a cosmic scale can relate to implicate order*37 or, conversely, to explicate order.