. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . lso p. 626) haveBuddha as the central supreme power of the Universe, presidingat, standing on or above its wheel, on, at, or above the nave of itswheel, trampling the world under his feet; or else from place toplace leaving behind him those marks of his footsteps which,rightly interpreted, are but cryptic emblems of the whole of hisCreation. As to the form of the chakra on the Siamese footprint, as towhich I have already said so much, I think there need be nohesitation in admitting that it implies rapid re
. The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . lso p. 626) haveBuddha as the central supreme power of the Universe, presidingat, standing on or above its wheel, on, at, or above the nave of itswheel, trampling the world under his feet; or else from place toplace leaving behind him those marks of his footsteps which,rightly interpreted, are but cryptic emblems of the whole of hisCreation. As to the form of the chakra on the Siamese footprint, as towhich I have already said so much, I think there need be nohesitation in admitting that it implies rapid revolution on itscentre. I here give a rough sketch of it, merely indicating, asneedless for the present purpose, its elaborate and minuteornamentation. An identical symbol is seen on the shield ofAthene Polias (which I maintain to be the title of a Polar divinity) [The tet represents the tree which grew up around the coffin of Osiris, and the fourcross bars indicate the four cardinal points.—E. A. W. B.]- Notice Soininaire (1876) 149. FootprintP\ The Cliakra as Wheel of the Law. 645.
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