About the diagram archive: Damiani created diagrams that used astrological symbolism to represent the intertwining of cosmological and metaphysical ideas. You can view below the diagrams in these sketchbooks (the names assigned to the sketchbooks don’t represent a chronological order), or click here to learn more about them.
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The Dignities of the Fourth Quadrant (Body of the One) and the Henads Associated with Them

Henads


Keyword(s): sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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The Idea of Man in Soul or Life, with the Planetary Spheres

Idea of Man


Keyword(s): cosmic circuit (planetary spheres); four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Idea of Man in Soul or Life

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The One Symbolized as the Triad (First Quadrant)

The One


Keyword(s): sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); Mars henad; Mercury henad; One, Dyad, Triad; One, Infinity, Bound; substantial and functional views of the One; Sun henad; Venus henad

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How the Intellectual-Principle Is Suspended from the One

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; metaphysical chart; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Triad

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The One as Fourfold and Sevenfold

The One


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Triad

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Two Perspectives on the Relation between Hiranyagarbha and Vaishvanara

Vedanta


Keyword(s): five elements; five senses; intellectual gods (Greek); mystic fire; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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The Internal Structure of Each Idea as Found Paradigmatically in the Metaphysical Chart

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Idea of Man; metaphysical and ontic charts

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The Intersection of the Divided Line as the Gnostic Functions of Individual Soul and the Universe Fabricated by the Demiurge

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi (Samkhya); four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); four gnostic and seven fabricative functions

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The One as Fourfold and Sevenfold

The One


Keyword(s): Double Act; four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body

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The Orphic Theogony and the Theosophical Categories of Gods, Monads, Souls, and Atoms Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); four essential dignities (Astrology); four worlds (Kabbalah); Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, Bodies (Theosophy); Kabbalistic trees (first-quadrant dignities); Orphic gods (G. R. S. Mead); Samkhya tattvas; tetractys

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The Universe with All Its Principles

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); four essential dignities (Astrology); Kabbalistic trees (fourth-quadrant dignities); seven principles of man (Theosophy); thirty-six tattvas of Kashmir Shaivism

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Rulerships, Exaltations, Monads, and the Triad Correlated with the Sections of Plato's Divided Line

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): four gnostic functions; four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Intellectual-Principle; seven principles of man (Theosophy)

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Four Gnostic Functions, Seven Theosophic Principles of Man, and the Nidana Chain Correlated with the Dignities Spanning the Four Cardinal Points of the Metaphysical Chart

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): antahkarana (Samkhya); four gnostic functions; four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); nidana chain (Buddhism); senses as exits and entrances; seven principles of man (Theosophy); twelve senses (Anthroposophy)

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Table

The Sixteen States of Consciousness and Seven Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to the Dignities of the Metaphysical Chart Arranged as a Table

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): the One above being; the One after being; the One as being; seven principles of man (Theosophy); sixteen aspects of Brahman (based on Mandukya Upanishad); sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); subject series and object series

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The Sixteen States of Consciousness and Sixteen Aspects of Brahman Mapped on to the Dignities of the Metaphysical Chart Arranged as a Table

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): the One above being; the One after being; the One as being; sixteen aspects of Brahman (based on Mandukya Upanishad); sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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The Transcendent One, The Triad, and the Seven Henads Suspended from the Triad

The One


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); henads; Triad

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Table

A Table of Planetary Dignities, with Correspondences to Plotinus (IV.3.30), the Chaldean Theogony, Samkhya, and the Divided Line

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Chaldean theogony (G. R. S. Mead); Divided Line; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Samkhya tattvas; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); subject series and object series; three levels of soul (Plotinus)

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Table

The Sixteen Aspects of Brahman Mapped on to the Dignities of the Metaphysical Chart Arranged as a Table

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Infinity and Bound; the One above being; the One after being; the One as being; sixteen aspects of Brahman (based on Mandukya Upanishad); sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); subject series and object series

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Twofold Zeus and Soul Vehicles Nested within the Metaphysical Chart

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Body monad; Demiurgic Intellect; four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Jupiter henad; metaphysical chart; soul vehicles; Universal Soul

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The Jupiter Henad

Henads


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Soul

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The Indeterminate Dyad, Intellect Inbound with Being, and Intellectual-Principle as Including the Completing Act of Being

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): completing act of Being (Plotinus, VI.7.40); Indeterminate Dyad; Intellect inbound with Being (Plotinus, VI.7.40); sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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Samkhya Tattvas, Five Elements, Four Gnostic Functions, and the Primordial Image Mapped on to Houses 9-12 Represented as Three Intersecting Circles

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): five elements; four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastics); Samkhya tattvas; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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The Soul Monad Arranged as a Kabbalistic Tree

Monads


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Kashmir Shaivism; Soul monad

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The Seven Planetary Henads

Henads


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Jupiter henad; Mars henad; Mercury henad; Moon henad; Saturn henad; Sun henad; Venus henad

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Table

The Five Koshas, the Orphic Gods, and the Samkhya Tattvas Mapped on to the Dignities of the Metaphysical Chart Arranged as a Table

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Being monad; Body monad; five koshas (Vedanta); fourteen lokas; Intellect monad; Life monad; Nature monad; Orphic gods (G. R. S. Mead); Samkhya tattvas; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); Soul monad; subject series and object series

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A Table of Planetary Dignities Arranged as Henads and Monads

Henads and Monads


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Indeterminate Dyad

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Henads Suspended from the Triad

Henads


Keyword(s): sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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How the Demiurge Assimilates the Twelve Ideas

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); metaphysical chart; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy)

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Twofold Zeus

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; Jupiter henad; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)

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Three Ways of Symbolizing the One, Dyad, Triad, and Tetrad

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); Idea of the Good; Intellectual-Principle; One, Dyad, Triad, Tetrad; One, Infinity, Bound; Phanes (12 Ideas); sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body

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How the Demiurge Assimilates the Twelve Ideas

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four states of consciousness (Mandukya Upanishad); four gnostic functions; four soul vehicles (Neoplatonism); Idea of Man; metaphysical chart; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)

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The Metaphysical Chart as the Divine Numbers 1-7

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): One, Dyad, Triad, Tetrad, Pentad, Hexad, Heptad; Samkhya system; sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad); thirty-six tattvas of Kashmir Shaivism

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How the Demiurge Assimilates the Twelve Ideas

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four elements; four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastic); metaphysical chart; Noetic-Noeric triad (Orphic); Samkhya tattvas; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of a human being (Theosophy); sixteen states of consciousness (based on Mandukya Upanishad)