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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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Six Cosmic Tattvas, Four Gnostic Functions, and Four Samadhis Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): four essential dignities (Astrology); four gnostic functions; four levels of samadhi; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; metaphysical chart; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Six Cosmic Tattvas, the Nidana Chain, Skandhas, Chakras, and Six Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): composition of soul (Timaeus); five chakras (Buddhism); five Dhyani Buddhas; five elements; four essential dignities (Astrology); nidana chain and the five skandhas (Buddhism); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Three Intellects: Divine, Cosmic, and Human

Three Intellects: Divine, Cosmic, and Human


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastics); nidana chain (Buddhism); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); six realms of existence (Buddhism); vesica (houses 10-12)
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Fifth-Eleventh House Axis: Jivatma and Its Vehicles

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): fifth-eleventh house axis; four gnostic functions; four levels of samadhi; four soul vehicles (Neoplatonism); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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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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Second- and Fourth-Quadrant Vesicas

Fifth-Eleventh House Axis


Keyword(s): seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Six Cosmic Tattvas, the Nidana Chain, and Six Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Chaldean theogony (G. R. S. Mead); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; metaphysical chart; nidana chain (Buddhism); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); six realms of existence (Buddhism)
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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 Fourteen Lokas

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): seven chakras (Hinduism); fourteen lokas; Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, Bodies (Theosophy)
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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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Six Cosmic Tattvas, Twelve Liberated Gods, the Nidana Chain, and Chakras Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): categories of Aristotle, Kant, and Plotinus; five elements; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; nidana chain (Buddhism); seven chakras (Hinduism); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); twelve liberated gods (Orphic); twelvefold alchemical process
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Six Cosmic Tattvas, Six Theosophic Principles of Man, and Seven Chakras Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Atma, causal, subtle, gross (Raja Yoga); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; seven chakras (Hinduism); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Divided Line and Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): Divided Line; five elements; four gnostic functions; fourteen lokas; Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, Bodies (Theosophy); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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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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The Sevenfold Structure of Man and the Universe

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): fifth-eleventh house axis; fourteen lokas; Kabbalistic tree (fourth-quadrant dignities); seven chakras (Hinduism); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Rulerships, Exaltations, Henads, and Monads Correlated with the Sections of Plato's Divided Line

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): Being monad; Body monad; Intellect monad; Life monad; Mars henad; seven principles of man (Theosophy); Soul monad; Venus henad
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The Dignities of the First and Second Quadrants Arranged as Kabbalistic Trees

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): Intellectual monad; Kabbalistic trees (first-quadrant dignities); Kabbalistic trees (second-quadrant dignities); seven principles of man (Theosophy); Universal Good, Universal Soul, Universal Mind
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The Dignities of the Four Quadrants Arranged as Kabbalistic Trees

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): monads and unities; the One above being; the One as being; the One in being; seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Three Cosmic Planes and Seven Principles of Theosophy Mapped on to the Threefold Metaphysical Chart

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Being, Life, Intellect; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; seven principles of man (Theosophy); Soul, Nature, Body; three cosmic planes (Theosophy)
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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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The Dignities of the Four Quadrants Arranged as Kabbalistic Trees

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Divided Line; four essential dignities (Astrology); the One above being; the One after beings; the One as being(s); the One in beings; the One posterior to being(s); 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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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 Dignities of Houses 4-6, with the One-Being Represented by the Dignities of House 4

Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): the One Being (house 4 as Sacred Tetragrammaton); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Chaldean Theogony Mapped on to Houses 10-12 and the Fixed Cross as Representing the Idea of Man

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Causal Intellect; Chaldean theogony (G. R. S. Mead); fourfold Idea of Man (fixed signs); fourteen lokas; Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, Bodies (Theosophy); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; kundalini; Pisces; seven chakras (Hinduism); seven levels of earthly consciousness (Woodroffe); Yogacara epistemology
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Seven Theosophic Principles of Man, Four Platonic Gnostic Faculties, and the Primordial Image Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 11-12

Epistemology


Keyword(s): four gnostic functions; fourteen lokas; seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Alaya-Vijnana, Four Gnostic Functions, and the Concrete Individual Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

Epistemology


Keyword(s): alaya-vijnana (Yogacara Buddhism); five Dhyani Buddhas; four gnostic functions; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Indeterminate and Determinate Cognition Mapped on to Houses 11-12

Epistemology


Keyword(s): determinate and indeterminate cognition (Buddhist Logicians); eight consciousnesses (Yogacara Buddhism); four gnostic functions; fourteen lokas; knowing, willing, feeling, body; seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Six Cosmic Tattvas, the Metaphysical Chart, and Six Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Being, Life, Intellect; four essential dignities (Astrology); metaphysical chart; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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Seven Theosophic Principles of Man, the Fourteen Lokas, and the Theosophical Categories of Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, and Bodies Mapped on to Houses 10-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): five elements; fourteen lokas; Gods, Monads, Souls, Atoms, Bodies (Theosophy); Kabbalistic tree (fourth-quadrant dignities); seven chakras (Hinduism); seven levels of earthly consciousness (Woodroffe); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Monads of Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, and Body Correlated with Plato's Divided Line, Three Levels of the Sun, and Three Cosmic Planes of Theosophy

Monads


Keyword(s): Being monad; Body monad; Divided Line; Intellect monad; Life monad; Nature monad; seven principles of man (Theosophy); Soul monad; three cosmic planes (Theosophy)
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The Body Monad Arranged as a Kabbalistic Tree

Monads


Keyword(s): Body monad; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Seven Principles of Manifestation Represented as Planetary Henads

Henads


Keyword(s): seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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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 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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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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Six Cosmic Tattvas, Four Intellects, Four Gnostic Functions, and Six Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12, Nested within the Metaphysical Chart

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Aristotle’s four causes; Demiurgic Soul; determinate cognition and indeterminate cognition (Buddhist Logicians); five chakras (Buddhism); four elements; four essential dignities (Astrology); four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastics); eight consciousnesses (Yogacara Buddhism); inerratic, planetary, sublunary; metaphysical chart; Phanes (12 Ideas); seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy); six realms of existence (Buddhism)
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Six Cosmic Tattvas and Six Theosophic Principles of Man Mapped on to a Vesica of Houses 10-12, Nested within the Twelve Ideas

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)


Keyword(s): Being, Life, Intellect; Demiurgic Intellect; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; Saturn in Aries; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of man (Theosophy)
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The Components of the Buddhist Mandala

Nidana Chain and the Five Skandhas (Buddhism)


Keyword(s): Buddhist Logicians; eight consciousnesses (Yogacara Buddhism); five chakras (Buddhism); five Dhyani Buddhas; five elements; five functions of manas (Awakening of Faith); four essential dignities (Astrology); metaphysical chart; nidana chain and five skandhas; seven cosmic tattvas (Theosophy); seven principles of a human being (Theosophy); six realms of existence (Buddhism)
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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)