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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Three Buddhist Schools Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

Buddhist Epistemology


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi (Samkhya); eight consciousnesses (Yogacara); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Sautrantika; seven chakras (Hinduism); Vaibhashika

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The Seven Planetary Functions and the Way the Dignities of Saturn Are Related to the Degrees of the Zodiac

Astrology Theory


Keyword(s): ahamkara (Samkhya); Saturn henad; seven planetary functions

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Twofold Zeus

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): ahamkara (Samkhya); Demiurgic Intellect; five genera (Plato's Sophist); four tanmatras (Samkhya); individual soul; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; nidana chain (Buddhism); particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being)

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Twofold Zeus

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being); Samkhya tattvas; Universal Soul informing matter

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Six Cosmic Tattvas, the Nidana Chain, Samkhya Tattvas, and Six Lokas Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): four intellects (Scholastics); fourteen lokas; nidana chain (Buddhism); Samkhya tattvas; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); six realms of existence (Buddhism)

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Henads and Monads Suspended from the Triad

Henads and Monads


Keyword(s): Samkhya tattvas; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Triad

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The System of Nature (Houses 10-12) in the Context of the Demiurgic Intellect

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): nidana chain (Buddhism); Samkhya tattvas; seven principles of man (Theosophy)

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The One as Fourfold and Sevenfold

The One


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; Samkhya tattvas; Saturn henad and Body monad; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body

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The Samkhya System Mapped on to the Second and Fourth Quadrants

Samkhya


Keyword(s): Samkhya tattvas; Saturn henad and Body Monad

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The Samkhya System Mapped on to the Third Quadrant

Samkhya


Keyword(s): Samkhya tattvas

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The Samkhya System Mapped on to Saturn in Aries and a Vesica of Houses 10-12

Samkhya


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi; knowing, willing, feeling; Samkhya tattvas; Saturn in Aries

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The Samkhya System in the Context of Saturn in Aries

Samkhya


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi; Jupiter in Sagittarius (Being of Soul); Samkhya tattvas; Saturn henad and Body monad; Saturn in Aries

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The Samkhya System and the Five Skandhas Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi (Samkhya); four elements; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; metaphysical chart; nidana chain and the five skandhas (Buddhism); Samkhya tattvas

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Twelfth-House Table: Principles of a Human Being

Nature (House 12)


Keyword(s): Atma, causal, subtle, gross (Raja Yoga); five elements; five koshas (Vedanta); five skandhas (Buddhism); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Samkhya tattvas; seven chakras (Hinduism); seven principles of man (Theosophy); six soul vehicles (Neoplatonism)

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Prakriti, Karana Akasha, and Aviveka Mapped on to Houses 10-12

Samkhya


Keyword(s): being of tenth-house Idea; psychoid, psychic, physical (Jung)

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Three Perspectives on Saturn in Aries

Saturn in Aries


Keyword(s): Divine Numbers; One, Dyad, Triad, Tetrad; prakriti (Samkhya); Saturn henad and Body monad

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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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Prakriti, Karana Akasha, and Aviveka Correlated with Houses 10-12

Samkhya


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Prakriti, Karana Akasha, and Aviveka Mapped on to Houses 3-6, 7-10, and 11-2

Samkhya


Keyword(s): psychoid, psychic, physical (Jung)

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Unmanifest and Manifest Levels of the System of Nature (Houses 10-12)

Samkhya


Keyword(s): Absolute Soul informing matter

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The Samkhya System Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

Samkhya


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Different Ways of Mapping the Samkhya System on to the Dignities of the Metaphysical Chart

Samkhya


Keyword(s): inerratic, planetary, sublunary; particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being); Samkhya tattvas; twofold Zeus

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Demiurgic Intellect Ring and Particular Soul Ring

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four tanmatras (Samkhya); particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being)

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The Samkhya System in the Context of Twofold Zeus

Samkhya


Keyword(s): bhavas of buddhi; Demiurgic Intellect; five genera (Plato's Sophist); particular soul; Samkhya tattvas; Universal Soul informing matter

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The Sun in Aquarius as the Meeting Point of Absolute and Individual Soul

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): five genera (Plato's Sophist); four essential dignities (Astrology); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Samkhya tattvas; seven chakras (Hinduism); Absolute Soul informing matter

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Twofold Zeus

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): ahamkara (Samkhya); ascendant, midheaven, descendant, nadir; Demiurgic Intellect; four essential dignities (Astrology); four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastics); four psychological functions (Jung); four tanmatras (Samkhya); fourteen lokas; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being); regular aspects (Astrology); Universal Soul informing matter

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The Individual Soul and Its Vehicles

Soul


Keyword(s): asmita; bhavas of buddhi (Samkhya); categories of the imagination; five knowledges (Yoga); five koshas (Vedanta); four soul vehicles (Neoplatonism); Witness-I

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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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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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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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Samkhya Tattvas, Alchemical Stages, Nidanas, and the Twelve Greek Gods Correlated with the Dignities of the Demiurgic Intellect Ring

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four gnostic functions; metaphysical chart; nidana chain (Buddhism); Samkhya tattvas; twelvefold alchemical process; twelve liberated gods (Orphic); twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)

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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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Twofold Zeus and Soul Vehicles Nested within the Metaphysical Chart

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Aristotle’s four causes; Demiurgic Intellect; four elements; four gnostic functions; metaphysical chart; Samkhya tattvas; soul vehicles; Universal Soul

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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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Substance, Function, and Thinking Mapped on to the Threefold Metaphysical Chart

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): knowing, willing, feeling; sattva, rajas, tamas (Samkhya); substance, function, thinking

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Universal Soul Informs the Matter of the Fourth Quadrant

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Samkhya tattvas; Universal Soul informing matter

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The Intersection of the Soul-Ring Planets and the System of Nature (Houses 10-12)

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): four essential dignities (Astrology); Samkhya tattvas

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Twofold Zeus and the Twelve Cosmic Gods

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four elements; four intellects (Scholastics); Jupiter henad; Samkhya tattvas; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); tanmatras; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)

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Samkhya Tattvas, Four Elements, and Supercosmic and Cosmic Orders of Orphic Gods Mapped on to Houses 9-12

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): Aristotle's four causes; Buddhist stupa, symbolism of; Demiurgic Intellect; five elements; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Samkhya tattvas; soul; supercosmic gods (Orphic); 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)