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 Nidana Chain Correlated with the Twelve Houses

Nidana Chain and the Five Skandhas (Buddhism)


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Plato's Divided Line with Astrological Correlations

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): astrology theory; dignity and nondignity; four gnostic functions; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; soul

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Plato's Divided Line Correlated with the Four Essential Dignities and the Four Intellects

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): four essential dignities (Astrology); four gnostic functions; four intellects (Scholastics); four psychological functions (Jung)

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The Nidana Chain and the Twelve Alchemical Stages Mapped on to the Metaphysical Chart

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): nidana chain (Buddhism); twelvefold alchemical process

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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 Soul Monad Arranged as a Kabbalistic Tree

Monads


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

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Handwritten Text

"As a Monad"

Short Written Pieces


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The Intellect Monad Arranged as a Kabbalistic Tree

Monads


Keyword(s): Intellect monad

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The Three Levels of the Cosmos, with the Senses of Anthroposophy Correlated with the Twelve Houses of the Metaphysical Chart

Nature (House 12)


Keyword(s): four elements; inerratic, planetary, sublunary; metaphysical chart; twelve senses (Anthroposophy)

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The Monads of Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, and Body

Monads


Keyword(s): Being monad; Body monad; Intellect monad; Life monad; Nature monad; 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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Handwritten Text

"Liberation"

Short Written Pieces


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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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The Application of the Categories of Being to Plato's Divided Line

Divided Line (Plato)


Keyword(s): five genera (Plato's Sophist); Intellectual-Principle; Vedanta

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One, Dyad, Triad, and Intellectual-Principle

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): completing act of Being (Plotinus, VI.7.40); Intellect inbound with Being (Plotinus, VI.7.40)

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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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The Meaning of the Signs When Transposed to Other Quadrants

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): fourfold: One, Intellect, Soul, Body

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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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The Primal Triad, Bound, Infinite, and the Existent Correlated with the Rulerships in Quadrants 1-4

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): One, Infinity, Bound, Existent; twelve rulerships; Universal Good, Universal Soul, Universal Mind

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The Ten Dignities of the First Quadrant Grouped by Dignity and Arranged in the Shape of a Diamond

The One


Keyword(s): Triad; Universal Good, Universal Soul, Universal Mind

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The Dignities in the Detriment Ring as Receivers and Transmitters

Metaphysical Chart


Keyword(s): Being, Life, Intellect, Soul, Nature, Body; Body monad

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One, Infinity, Bound, Being Correlated with the Dignities of Houses 1-4

The One and Intellectual-Principle


Keyword(s): One, Infinity, Bound, Being

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The Dignities of the Four Quadrants Arranged as Connected Kabbalistic Trees

Metaphysical Chart


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Table

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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The Saturn Henad

Henads


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The Sautrantika, Yogacara, and Vaibhashika Schools Correlated with the Three Signs of Cancer, Scorpio, and Aquarius

Buddhist Epistemology


Keyword(s): eight consciousnesses (Yogacara); five skandhas; Sautrantika; six forces of Nature; Vaibhashika

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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 His Activity in the Fourth Quadrant

Twofold Zeus


Keyword(s): Absolute Soul informing matter; Demiurgic Intellect; five genera (Plato's Sophist); individual soul; particular soul (Intellect, Life, Being)