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The Human Body in Symbolism

After Manly P. Hall · The Secret Teachings of All Ages

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Crown · Kether Divine Spark · ♄ Saturn
Left Eye · Moon Passive Intellect · Water
Left Ear Occult Hearing · ♃ Jupiter
Left Shoulder ♃ Receptive Power · Air
Left Arm · Passive Arc Receiving · Lunar Polarity
Heart · Sun / Sol Seat of Divine Fire · ♌ Leo
Liver · ♃ Jupiter Vital Heat · Blood Purification
Left Hand Passive · Receptive Force
Left Leg · ♍ Virgo Mutable Earth · Discernment
As Above · So Below
Right Eye · Sun Active Intellect · Fire
Right Ear Earthly Hearing · ♂ Mars
Mouth · Mercury Logos · Utterance · ♊
Right Shoulder ♂ Active Power · Fire
Right Arm · Active Arc Projecting · Solar Polarity
Lungs · Mercury / Air Breath of Life · Prana
Spleen · ♄ Saturn Melancholia · Black Bile
Right Hand Active · Creative Force
Right Leg · ♐ Sagittarius Mutable Fire · Aspiration
Zodiacal Rulerships of the Body
♈ Aries Head & Face Fire · Cardinal
♉ Taurus Neck & Throat Earth · Fixed
♊ Gemini Shoulders, Arms & Lungs Air · Mutable
♋ Cancer Breast & Stomach Water · Cardinal
♌ Leo Heart & Upper Back Fire · Fixed
♍ Virgo Bowels & Abdomen Earth · Mutable
♎ Libra Kidneys & Loins Air · Cardinal
♏ Scorpio Genitals & Bladder Water · Fixed
♐ Sagittarius Hips & Thighs Fire · Mutable
♑ Capricorn Knees & Bones Earth · Cardinal
♒ Aquarius Ankles & Circulation Air · Fixed
♓ Pisces Feet & Lymphatics Water · Mutable
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Planetary Organ Rulerships
The seven classical planets govern the vital organs
☉ SunHeart · Vital Force
☽ MoonBrain · Stomach · Womb
☿ MercuryLungs · Nervous System
♀ VenusKidneys · Throat · Veins
♂ MarsGallbladder · Adrenals
♃ JupiterLiver · Arterial Blood
♄ SaturnSpleen · Bones · Skin
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Humoral Correspondences
The four temperaments and their bodily seat
BloodSanguine · Air · Heart · ♃
Yellow BileCholeric · Fire · Liver · ♂
Black BileMelancholic · Earth · Spleen · ♄
PhlegmPhlegmatic · Water · Brain · ☽
Vital SpiritsHeart — Pneuma Zōtikon
Animal SpiritsBrain — Pneuma Psychikon
Natural SpiritsLiver — Pneuma Physikon
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Kabbalistic / Sephirothic Map
The Tree of Life superimposed on Adam Kadmon
KetherCrown of the Head
Chokmah / BinahRight / Left Hemisphere
Chesed / GeburahRight / Left Arm
TipharethHeart · Solar Center
Netzach / HodRight / Left Leg
YesodGenerative Organs
MalkuthFeet · Earth · Matter
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Alchemical Principles in the Body
Sulphur, Mercury, Salt — the Tria Prima
Sulphur 🜄Spirit · Vital Heat · Heart
Mercury 🜘Soul · Breath · Nervous Sys.
Salt 🜔Body · Bones · Matter
SolveDissolution of the Ego-body
CoagulaCrystallization of the Self
QuintessenceAether · Immortal Vehicle
Philosopher's StonePerfected Human Body
The Tripartite Body — Three Worlds
Celestial / Divine Head · Neck · Shoulders Divine Intellect · Noûs
♄ Saturn · ♃ Jupiter
Archetypal World (Atziluth)
Crown, Brow & Throat Centers
The Tabernacle of the Most High
Spiritual / Mediating Chest · Heart · Solar Plexus Soul · Anima Mundi
☉ Sun · ☽ Moon · ♀ Venus
Creative World (Beriah)
Heart & Solar Centers
The Holy of Holies
Material / Generative Abdomen · Pelvis · Limbs Body · Nephesh · Desire
♂ Mars · ☿ Mercury
Formative World (Yetzirah)
Sacral & Root Centers
The Outer Court
The Body as Temple — Microcosmic Doctrine
The Skull as Heavenly Vault The cranial dome mirrors the celestial sphere. The twelve cranial nerves correspond to the twelve zodiacal signs radiating from the brain-sun.
The Spine as World Axis The vertebral column is the Caduceus, the axis mundi. The thirty-three vertebrae correspond to the degrees of Masonic initiation and the levels of Jacob's Ladder.
The Heart as Sanctum The heart is the solar altar within the temple-body, the seat of the Divine Spark (Pneuma). It corresponds to Tiphareth on the Tree of Life — the mediating center of all forces.
Right vs. Left Polarity The right side is solar, active, masculine (Jachin), governed by the Sun and Mars. The left side is lunar, receptive, feminine (Boaz), governed by the Moon and Venus.
Breath as Sacred Fire Respiration is the perpetual temple rite. The lungs are the twin bellows of the alchemical furnace; inhalation receives divine fire, exhalation returns it purified.
The Eyes as Luminaries The right eye is the Sun (active, rational, diurnal). The left eye is the Moon (passive, intuitive, nocturnal). Together they form the "All-Seeing Eye" in the adept.
The Four Elements in the Body
🜂 Fire Heat · Bile · Vitality
Right side · Heart
Choleric · Active
♌ Leo · ♈ Aries · ♐ Sagittarius
🜄 Water Moisture · Blood · Lymph
Left side · Womb
Phlegmatic · Receptive
♋ Cancer · ♏ Scorpio · ♓ Pisces
🜁 Air Breath · Nervous force
Lungs · Brain · Nerves
Sanguine · Mediating
♊ Gemini · ♎ Libra · ♒ Aquarius
🜃 Earth Density · Bones · Flesh
Feet · Lower Body
Melancholic · Fixed
♉ Taurus · ♍ Virgo · ♑ Capricorn