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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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A Chart Comparing Various Philosophies Using a 12-Column by 7-Row Table

Metaphysical Chart
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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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The One and Being

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): Triad; rulerships; exaltations
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The Intelligible, Intelligible-Intellectual, and Intellectual Aspects of Being

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)


Keyword(s): Orphic theogony (G. R. S. Mead)
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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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Threefold Nous: The One above Being, the One posterior to Beings, and the One as Beings

Being, Life, Intellect (Intellectual-Principle)
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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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Plato's Divided Line and the Grades of Knowledge Possessed by the Three Aspects of Brahman in the Context of the Orphic Theogony

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)


Keyword(s): Divided Line; fourfold: One, Being, Soul, Body; metaphysical chart with Orphic theogony
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Preliminary Drawings

Sketch of the Library at Wisdom's Goldenrod, Valois, NY

Preliminary Drawings
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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 Twelve Senses and Seven Bodily Functions of Anthroposophy Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart

Nature (House 12)


Keyword(s): metaphysical chart; seven bodily functions (Anthroposophy); twelve senses (Anthroposophy)
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Table

A Table of Planetary Dignities, with the Rulerships and Exaltations Correlated with the Four Sections of Plato's Divided Line

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): Divided Line; four gnostic functions; the One above being; the One after Being; the One as being
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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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Table

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 Four Gnostic Functions Correlated with the Dignities Spanning the Four Cardinal Points of the Metaphysical Chart

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): four gnostic functions
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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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The One Being as the Source of Infinity and Bound and the Intellect, Soul, and Body Monads

The One


Keyword(s): Body monad; Intellect monad; One, Infinity, Bound; the One Being (house 1); Sacred Tetragrammaton (house 4); Soul monad
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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 Transcendent One as the Source of Infinity and Bound and the Intellect, Soul, and Body Monads

The One


Keyword(s): Body monad; Intellect monad; One, Infinity, Bound; Sacred Tetragrammaton (house 4); Soul monad
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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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The Relation between the Dignities of Houses 2 and 3, the Exaltations and Detriments of Houses 1-3, and the Rulerships of the Second and Third Quadrants

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Triad
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The Metaphysical Meaning of the Twelve Zodiacal Signs, the Dignities of the First Quadrant, and Intellect, Soul, and Body Monads Arranged as Kabbalistic Trees

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Body monad; Intellect monad; Kabbalistic trees; One, Infinity, Bound; the One Being (house 4); Soul monad; twelve rulerships
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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 Metaphysical Chart

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Indeterminate Dyad; Jupiter henad; One, Infinity, Bound
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The Twelve Rulerships Grouped by Quadrant

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): One, Infinity, Bound, Being; twelve rulerships
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The Triad, the Seven Exaltations, and the Twelve Rulerships

The One and Intellectual-Principle
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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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The First-Quadrant Dignities and the Four Rings of the Metaphysical Chart Correlated with Divine Numbers 3-7

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): five genera (Plato's Sophist); four essential dignities (Astrology); henads and monads; knowing, willing, feeling, body; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Triad, Tetrad, Pentad, Hexad, Septad
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The Four Elements, Aristotle's Four Causes, and the Seven Lokas in the Context of Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)

Universal Manifestation (Houses 9-12)


Keyword(s): Aristotle’s four causes; Causal Intellect; four elements; fourteen lokas; knowing, willing, feeling; kundalini stages (Jung); seven chakras (Hinduism); seven levels of earthly consciousness (Woodroffe); Yogacara epistemology
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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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Handwritten Text

The Conceptions of the Father

Short Written Pieces


Keyword(s): Chaldean Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)
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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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Five Cosmic Skandhas and Six Nidanas Mapped on to Houses 4-9, with an Explanation of the Function of Attachment, the Ninth Link

Nidana Chain and the Five Skandhas (Buddhism)
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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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The Orphic Theogony Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart, with the Cosmic Order in Houses 9-12

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)


Keyword(s): five elements; rational soul of universe (Aquarius); sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body
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The Dignities of Houses 11-12

System of Nature (Houses 10-12)
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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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The Five Cosmic Skandhas Combined into Individual Wholes by Jupiter in Sagittarius

Nidana Chain and the Five Skandhas (Buddhism)


Keyword(s): Aristotle’s four causes; Buddhist stupa, symbolism of; five chakras (Buddhism); five elements
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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 Four Gnostic Functions and the Four Elements Mapped on to the Cardinal Cross

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): four elements
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Two Ways of Mapping the Orphic Theogony on to the Metaphysical Chart

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)
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The Noetic and Noetic-Noeric Triads

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)
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The Orphic Theogony Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart, with the Cosmic Order in Houses 9-12

Orphic Theogony (G. R. S. Mead)


Keyword(s): Buddhist stupa, symbolism of; five Dhyani Buddhas; five elements; sevenfold: One, Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; six forces of Nature; thirty-six tattvas of Kashmir Shaivism; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods
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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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Demiurgic Intellect and the Twelve Cosmic Gods Nested within the Metaphysical Chart

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Demiurgic Intellect; four elements; metaphysical chart; twelve mundane gods or twelve cosmic gods (Orphic)
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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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The Dignities of the First and Second Quadrants and Some Henads Associated with Them

Henads and Monads


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Being, Soul, Body; Mars henad; Moon henad; Sun henad