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 One, Dyad, and Triad

The One


Keyword(s): One, Dyad, Triad; One, Infinity, Bound

Image A02

The Intelligible-Intellectual Order

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): Aristotle's four causes; five Dhyani Buddhas; houses 5-8 (Life); Noetic-Noeric triad (Orphic); six forces of Nature; subjective conception of the universe in the Mind of God; thirty-six tattvas of Kashmir Shaivism

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The Mars Henad

Henads


Keyword(s): Eight Hypotheses (Plato's Parmenides); Orphic theogony (G. R. S. Mead)

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Nous Conceived as Being, Life, and Intellect

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Being, Soul, Body; houses 5-8 (Life); hydra-headed beast (Plato)

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Being or Noetic Triad

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): houses 1-4 (Being); Orphic theogony (G. R. S. Mead)

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Seven Dhyani Buddhas in the Fifth and Eleventh Houses

Fifth-Eleventh House Axis


Keyword(s): fourteen lokas; Idea of Man in Being; seven Dhyani Buddhas

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Intelligence Radiating as the Three Levels of the Cosmos

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): body schema; metaphysical chart (soul of cosmos); twelve senses (Anthroposophy); Vesta/Rhea (house 8); zodiac (intellect of cosmos)

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The Orphic Theogony Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)


Keyword(s): four intellects (Scholastics); unity, intellect, soul, and body of the universe (houses 3-6); vesica (house 11)

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Types of Unities Available from the Metaphysical Chart

Unities


Keyword(s): Triad

Image A10

Henads and Monads Suspended from the Triad

Henads and Monads


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

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The Nidana Chain and Cosmic Skandhas; Saturn and Sun Dignities ("Who" and "What")

Nidana Chain and the Five Skandhas (Buddhism)


Keyword(s): Saturn and Sun dignities; vesica (houses 11-12)

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

Buddhist Epistemology


Keyword(s): eight consciousnesses (Yogacara); Sautrantika; seven planetary functions; Vaibhashika

Image A19

The Inerratic, Planetary, and Sublunary Spheres Mapped on to a Vesica of House 12

Nature (House 12)


Keyword(s): four elements; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; seven chakras (Hinduism)

Image A20
Handwritten Text

Order in Which to Present Topics

Ms. Composition Plans


Keyword(s): Number

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Seventy-Two Powers Originating in the Second Quadrant

Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): Being, Power, Activity; Noetic, Noetic-Noeric, Noeric triads (Orphic); seventy-two powers

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The Three Levels of the Cosmos as an Expression of the Demiurge's Contemplation of the Ideas

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): four elements; nidana chain (Buddhism); Prime Mover; seven planetary spheres; zodiac

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Parmenides' Second Hypothesis Mapped on to First-Quadrant Dignities

The One


Keyword(s): Noetic, Noetic-Noeric, Noeric triads (Orphic); second hypothesis (Plato's Parmenides); Triad; Universal Good, Universal Soul, Universal Mind

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The Four Fixed Signs

Fifth-Eleventh House Axis


Keyword(s): four fixed signs

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Three Aspects of the Idea of Man in Soul

Idea of Man


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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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Fifth-Eleventh House Axis: Jivatma and the Fourteen Lokas

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): fifth-eleventh house axis; fourteen lokas; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)

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The Transmission of the Ideas through the Intelligibles

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): Triad, Tetrad, Pentad

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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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The Being and Intellect of the One

Intellectual-Principle


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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 Dignities of the Second Quadrant (Quadratic Being) and the Henads Associated with Them

Henads


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The Dignities of the Third Quadrant (Hypostasis of Soul) and the Henads Associated with Them

Henads


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Twofold Zeus and the Twelve Cosmic Gods Nested within the Metaphysical Chart

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; metaphysical chart; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic); Universal Soul

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Demiurgic Intellect and the Twelve Cosmic Gods Nested within a Circle Representing the Twelve Ideas

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)

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The Four Aspects of the One: One, Being, Life, and Intellect

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; henads; Idea of the Good; Triad, Tetrad

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The Dignities of the First Quadrant (the One) and the Henads Associated with Them

Henads


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect; Idea of the Good; Triad

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The One as One, Dyad, and Triad

The One


Keyword(s): One, Dyad, Triad; One, Infinity, Bound; Universal Good, Universal Soul, Universal Mind

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Nous or the Idea of the Good Viewed as Being, Life, and Intellect

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): Idea of the Good

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The Idea of Man in Soul or Life, with Demiurgic Intellect and Particular Soul

Idea of Man


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; Idea of Man in Soul or Life; Orphic theogony (G. R. S. Mead); particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being)

Image A42

The Orphic Theogony Mapped on to the One as Sevenfold

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)


Keyword(s): metaphysical chart with Orphic theogony

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How Being Is Suspended from the One

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): fifth-eleventh house axis; metaphysical chart; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Triad

Image A44

The Second Triad (Life)

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): henads; houses 5-8 (as a second triad); One, Dyad, Triad, Tetrad, Pentad

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The Twelve Ideas

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Phanes (12 Ideas)

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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

Image A47
Preliminary Drawings

A Vesica Bisected by a Line

Preliminary Drawings


Keyword(s): vesica

Image A48
Preliminary Drawings

A Vesica inside of Two Concentric Circles

Preliminary Drawings


Keyword(s): three Intellects: divine, cosmic, human; vesica (houses 10-12)