The Key To The ECK-Vidya Symbols

No one can go far in the study of the spiritual works of Eckankar especially with the ECK-Vidya* without becoming aware of the importance of symbols, for symbols are the language of the mysteries and of the greatest of all mysteries the psychic nature of man.

While it is true that we are not interested mainly in the psychic side of man, it is something which those concerned with the ECK-Vidya should know about and have well understood within their own minds, and hearts.

It is said there are over one thousand distinct languages recognized by linguists, more than a hundred auxiliary languages like Esperanto and basic English, not to mention the dead languages, slang, and the technical lingo of various trades and professions. Little wonder then that man has dreamed and yearned for a universal language, a system of communication that could reach intact from the remote past into the incalculable future and speak distinctly and personally to those who are traveling the varied paths to God.

Besides symbols we find that throughout the whole of the sacred works in any religion there are key words which represent the secret meaning of esoteric understanding. For example the word Solomon means ‘man of the sun.’ Other words definitely have meaning so that when one finds the whole key to the language of the Spirit, not that of the psychic, he can certainly see new meanings.

First, the secrets of the psychic sciences, that is the science of the unrevealed, show that there is, in fact, a different language and the words of that language are symbols in form. It is the universal language between man and Kal, the universal god of the lower worlds, and between man and nature, and between the conscious and subconscious factors of the mind itself. On the other hand the second part is that which is the language of the illuminated.

However, we shall proceed with consideration of symbols in general and of certain key symbols in particular. Chief among the latter are those which man has derived from nature: the circle, triangle, cross and cube. There are others of course which will be discussed in this chapter.

The circle represents unity, completeness, the integrated whole and has powerful psychic implications as to its use in the various arts. By the means of the principle embodied in this symbol, man unites his finite human consciousness with the forces of the Infinite for good or evil. By tradition, the witch and the ceremonial magician perform their rituals with a clearly definite magic circle which serves the dual purpose of concentrating psychic energy for a specific purpose within the circle and of preventing useful, but possibly harmful, energies from invading the circle and assaulting the practitioner.

It is the symbol of the magicians own consciousness and the limits he has set to a specific ritual or operation. The drawing of the circle within itself, is no protection, but the state of mind induced and symbolized by the performance, the assurance and direction it gives to the magician, is a very real factor indeed.

The ancients considered the circle as God, the center of which represents boundless space and limitless time in eternity. It marks off the space in which creation takes place or the circle formed by the downpouring of the creative force in the psychic worlds. Every circle is a unity and every unit is or may be expressed by the circle. There are no straight lines in nature. Nature seems to run in circles, curves, spirals, arcs and whorls. The branches of trees appear to curve, as well as flower stems. Time is also curved, the cells of the body are circular, the skull domed, the foot arched, and other parts of the body are either cylindrical, turbular or circular. Persistent thinking upon this including the moon and sun as disks, the zodiac also, will open doors to the unknown mysteries of the psychic worlds.

The circle is formed by the serpent, the supposed symbol of life and knowledge, swallowing its tail, symbolizing unending life and immortality. But the symbol means far more than the cycle of time, for it also symbolizes the source of creation in the lower worlds, the womb of nature, from which the future of man proceeds, even the fetus in the womb being curved upon itself in a circular fashion.

The manifestation of the creative force in the physical world in its aspect as sex is a most potent factor in man’s evolution, spiritual as well as physical. In fact upon its right understanding rests the destiny of mankind on this planet. Only by the power of the ECK can man meet and conquer all that comes to him in his manifestation and out of the blind forces of sex can he create a new life for himself and all concerned.

The cube is the square by which extension becomes the cube, a six-sided, equal-faceted symbol of truth. It is this cube or stone, which has become the cornerstone of the temple of human consciousness. Falsehood crumples away and gives way to time. It is only truth which can endure the pressures of time and change. It is for this reason that most altars have a solid square or rectangular form.

The cube unfolded forms a cross. The meaning of symbology is that the cube represents the undeveloped man; regardless of whether it is in form of the cross r the cube. It is the mere personality which has within itself the potentialities of the divine man. But to manifest these potentialities the ECK must be born in the spiritual consciousness, or the heart, and awakened and unfolded.

In ancient times the cross was worn as a talisman against evil. It was placed upon the breast of the dead after embalmment. The Swastika or Thor’s Hammer, another form of the balanced cross, is commonly worn as a talisman. In the light of the neophyte it is supposed to bring about purification, adjustment and balance by blows from its whirling ends or by the hard knocks of karma, hence its name the Hammer of Thor.

No struggle, of all the myriad bitter conflicts to engage mankind, has been more persistent and universal than the struggle to discover, establish and uphold truth. The diamond like the cross and the cube, is related to the physical world and man’s human experience. It represents divine power brought to bear upon the material conditions. Intuition, clairvoyance, inspiration are faculties of the higher mind whereby light is reflected as from a flawless diamond.

In form the diamond is a double or reversed triangle and the triangle itself represents Spirit when the apex is uppermost and matter when the apex is reversed. The seal of Solomon is formed by superimposing two equilateral triangles so as to form a six pointed star, a powerful symbol in magic. It symbolizes the great dualistic forces in nature which, together with an underlying cosmic force unity, form the mysterious trinity or triad on which every cosmogony and theogony is based.

The upwards-pointing triangle, of which the great Pyramid is an architectural example, symbolizes Spirit, of which the elementary manifestation is fire. If you strike a match or light a candle and observe it’s found the flame rises. This is a quality which is representative of Spirit and of all things spiritual, that may be uplifting and noble.

The downward-pointing triangle is related to the element of water and that vast, submerged sea we call the subconscious mind. As water flows downward and seeks its own level, so ideas and impressions are received by the subconscious mind. As the ocean is unexplored, full of mysteries and wonders, rich in resources and of immense psychic power, we find that each counterpart of the triangle is a power in its own right.

The triangle symbolizes affinity and harmony, for each of those elements combined within it, water, fire, air, stand in triangular relationship and its relationship in the affairs of man, mind and Spirit, in similar placement are said to be the favorable aspects of life in ECK. Yet it is often thought of as the symbol of the triune Godhead. But all manifestations of that Godhead must contain a reflection of the triangle: the inner reality, the outer manifestation, and the Life Force which unites the dual forces.

Next we find the five-pointed star which is often called the pentacle of the magicians. The mystic wand said to have been used by Moses and Aaron and all initiates was described as a rod with a 5-pointed star at its end. It is used in all magical rites both black and white and is noted that to this magic symbol of the pentacle every elemental force must bow. Man himself is this pentacle, for with his hands out-stretched, his feet spread and his head erect, he forms the 5-pointed star.

The flames, which are said to issue from the 5 points of the pentacle on the end of the wand are the powers inherent in the perfected body, the glorious robe of man’s strength. For when the five senses of men are illuminated by the divine fire of the ECK, they radiate the spiritual powers by which he can perform all of the miracles of the true magician. The mystical significance of this symbol is that as man, through his spiritual development, lifts up the spinal column (the rod), and with it flaming forth from his five extremities and illuminating his five senses (the pentacle) on all planes he indeed becomes a magician capable of performing either white or black magic. The flaming pentacle also represents man’s uplifted hand with his magnetic force streaming from his five fingers. The flaming pentacle is but another version of the truth symbolized by by the parable of the 5 wise virgins who kept their lamps trimmed and burning, while the pentacle reversed refers to the 5 foolish virgins who could not enter in.

The pentacle in reversal, the 1 point down and the two points up, is a symbol of black magic, for this places man’s head and hands on the ground and his feet in the air. This focuses his 5 powers downward on the lower planes; that he is proceeding downward instead of evolving upward, using his head to scheme and his hands to pull at whatever possible at the expense of others, instead of blessing and uplifting all.

The reversal of this symbol is intentionally done by the black magicians. No black magician seeking merely for phenomena or personal power has ever or can ever truly enter into man’s divine heritage. All the sin, suffering, disease, antagonism and misery manifested in the world today results from man’s reversal of the pentacle, of himself and his powers.

The symbol of the pentacle is to show that man is both human and divine; that he stands at the top of the lower kingdom as a minor god, to bless or curse in proportion to the degree to which he finds a just balance and will mete out just weights to all things within the lower kingdoms.

Bells are another symbol which is important for the ECK-Vidya. For example its sound is a symbol of creative power. Since it is in a hanging position, it partakes of the mystic significance of all objects which are suspended between heaven and earth. It is related, by its shape to the vault and consequently, to the heavens.

The tolling bell is both a mark of death and a defense against evil. They have been used for social, ritual, and magical purposes from time immemorial. In the pagan temple of antiquity the bell’s outer shell was regarded as female and the clapper as the male. The use of bells in the rites of religions of the world, stems from their early use in magic. They were rung by the Chinese to summon rain, by the Tyrolese to protect the harvest. Even bells attached to domestic animals, such as the pack horses, donkeys, burros had and still have in some parts of the world, the additional function of affording protection against evil spirits. In modern Italy they are worn by horses and cattle as a defense against the Evil Eye.

Bells, of course, represent the ECK, the Audible Life Stream, yet the tinkling of bells is the representative sound for the Causal Plane, which is the plane of memory. Here is where the memories, karmic patterns, and akashic records are stored in the lower worlds; that is the Mental, Astral and Physical Planes. It is above the time track of the Physical worlds and when one reaches this area he can read the records of the individual but only for the first three planes. The full reading of the individual Soul must be done from the fifth world, that of the Atma Sarup.

The chime hours in the ancient times attached to bells and bell ringing were particularly at the time of 3, 6, 9 and 12, which are established as the mystical numbers of the ECK-Vidya. But it’s found that those born during these particular hours are not only blessed with second-sight but have great wisdom.

The Tisra Til, or the spiritual eye, is another symbol of interest to those in the works of Eckankar. The single eye has always been of deep concern to the seekers of heavenly illumination. If the eye becomes single its owner must surrender all of himself to the ECK, the spiritual power, or what is known in Eckankar, as the Mahanta, the Living ECK Master.

This is sometimes called the third eye, often the all-seeing eye of God. This is also connected in a way with the zero or naught spoken of in the first part of this chapter. The evil eye is another part of the sightless eye which can influence and harm people. Anyone traveling through the countryside of Pennsylvania, or in the eastern part of Europe will find certain figures and hexes painted on walls to ward off those who would do harm to them and their farm animals.

This is the four petaled center, in the chakra which is located between the eyebrows, at which point the ECK Master teaches us to concentrate all attention when we do the Spiritual Exercises of ECK. This third eye is also called the Shiva-netra, the eye of Shiva. It is also the Nukti-i-saveda the black point in the circle, the naught. In the works of ECK, all concentration is begun at this point and held there, until ready to go higher. All the lower centers of chakras used in the yoga systems are disregarded. This is one of the fundamental differences between the system of the ECK Masters and that of all yogis, following the Patanjali method. The ECK actually begins Its work where all other systems leave off. For few persons, other than ECKists, if any, go above this chakra. While the ECK Masters know of the lower chakras, they disregard them, knowing they are unimportant.

The mandala is another symbol which is sometimes used in the ECK-Vidya. This is a Hindu term for circle. It is kind of an emblem, in the form of a ritual geometric diagram, sometimes corresponding to a specific, divine attribute or some form of enchantment which is given visual expression.

The mandalas are found all over the Orient, and in some of the Western countries today. They are always a means toward contemplation and concentration, as an aid in inducing certain mental states and in encouraging the Spirit to move forward along Its path of evolution from the biological to the geometric, from the realm of the corporeal forms to the spiritual.

The mandala is not only painted or drawn, but is also actually built in three dimensions for some festivals. Sometimes it’s a mental image which may be built up in the imagination only by the ECK Masters. It is said that no one mandala is the same as another. All are different because each is a projected image of the psychic condition of its author, or in other words, and expression of the modification brought by these psychic contents to the traditional idea of the mandala. It is a synthesis of a traditional structure plus free interpretation. Its basic components are geometric figures, counterbalanced and concentric. It has been said that the mandala is always squaring the circle.

Some mandalas which counterbalance not only enclosed figures within the circle but numbers arranged in geometric discontinuity; for instance, four points, then five, then three, and then identified with them are the cardinal points of astrology, the elements and colors as well as symbols.

In the ancient days especially in China each family of nobility as well as the ruler of the country, had their own mandalas made up in the same manner as the coat of arms is for many of the Western families. In fact different families wore their own particular mandala on their robes, or had it displayed over the doorway in their palaces.

The juxtaposition of the circle, triangle and the square, the equivalents of the numbers one and ten; three, and four and seven plays a fundamental role in the most classic and authentic of Oriental mandalas. Even though the mandala alludes to the concept of the center, never actually depicting it visually but suggesting it by means of concentricity of the figures, at the same time it exemplifies the obstacles in the way of achieving and assimilating the center. In this way, the mandala fulfills its function as an aid to the individual in his efforts to regroup all that is dispersed around a single axis, the concept of the center, and again though not always visible to the eye, but only to the mind.

The eagle is another symbol of interest to the ECK student. It represents a symbol height, of the sun, as well of the spirit of the individual, and of the spiritual principles in general. The eagle is a bird living in the full light of the sun and it is considered to be luminous in its essence, and to share in the elements of the air and fire. Its opposite is the owl, the bird of darkness, and death. Since it is identified with the sun and with the idea of male activity it also symbolizes the masculine principle, It is characterized by its daring flight, its speed, its close association with thunder and fire. It also signifies the rhythm of heroic nobility and has always been considered the symbol also of the ruler, the king of the elements of air and fire.

From the Far East to Northern Europe, the eagle is the bird associated with the gods of power and war. It is the equivalent in the air as the lion is on earth. According to the Vedic tradition, it is also important as a messenger, being the bearer of soma from Indra. In the Sarmatian arts, the eagle is the emblem of the thunderbolt and of warlike endeavor. In all Oriental art it is often shown fighting, but in the pre-Columbian days in South America its symbolism was to signify the struggle between the spiritual and celestial principles and the lower world. The same symbolism also occurs in Romanesque art.

In ancient Syria, in an identification rite, the eagle with human arms symbolized sun worship which was the religion of the day in that particular country. It also had another duty to conduct Souls to immortality, over the border of death to heaven. Similarly, in Christianity, the eagle plays the role of the spirit of prophecy in general; it has been also identified more exactly as the eagle’s flight, because of its swiftness, rather than the bird itself, with prayer rising to the heavens, and grace descending upon mortal man.

Among the Greeks it acquired a particular meaning, more allegorical than properly symbolic in nature, in connection with the rape of Ganymede. More generally speaking, it was believed to fly higher than any other bird, as was regarded as the most apt expression of divine majesty. The connection between the eagle and the thunderbolt, already mentioned, is confirmed in Macedonian coinage and in the Roman signum, a type of coin in ancient Rome. The ability to fly and fight, to rise so as to dominate and destroy the baser forces, is without doubt the essential characteristic of all eagle symbolism.

On the Roman coins the eagle was impressed as the symbol of imperial power and of the legionary strength. The two-headed eagle of Austrian rulers, and the German Kaisers before World War I, were usually depicted as the double strength of the Imperial power. Often this type of eagle was of great mystical significance: red and white.

In many of the emblems portraying the eagle, the symbols and allegories show it carrying a victim. This is always an allusion to the sacrifice of lower beings, forces, instincts and to the victory of the higher powers. Dante even called the eagle the bird of God, Jung referred to it in mystical terms, and others prominent in history and religion have used the eagle for some symbolism of a sort.

The Door is another symbol which the ECK-Vidya reader is interested in and makes reference to it occasionally. In most spiritual arts it is a feminine symbol, but the ECKist never looks at it in this manner. The Door is an opening into a better world, it is that which one can see through into the gardens of God. It is often referred to as the Door of Soul, which opens inwardly, never outward. When one can get a glimpse through the Door into inner worlds and see the light illuminating the garden of beauty there, and the wonderful music of Sugmad which is issuing forth from IT he has no other desire than to enter therein and dwell there forever.

Blood is another symbol which most of those who are interested in the mantic sciences find of value. The symbolism of the blood is in its color of red because this can represent love, or violence. It depends on the color of the blood, light red, or pink represents love, while deep, dark red is that of violence. We find the perfect symbol of sacrifice in spilt blood. All liquid substances, milk, honey and wine, which were offered up in antiquity to the dead, to spirits and to gods, were images of blood, the precious offering of all things which should be offered.

Sacrificial blood was obtained from sheep, the hog and the bull in classical times, and from human sacrifices among the Asians, and the Mayans of Mexico and Central America, also the Africans and Native Americans of North America. The blood was to appease the powers and ward off the most sever troubles which might befall those who made the sacrifice.

The blood has a special chemistry which will, when spilt in violence, draw to its spot upon the floor or earth demons, ghosts and all the invisible elements which are harmful to man. They will abide here until either the changing of the soil or decay of the floor by rot or some other natural way, or by the means of exorcism, which is to cast out an evil spirit, by some spiritual authority.

Blood revenge by clans and families in old Europe, and other places in the world has only released a large number of wicked spirits and demons that often take possession of the descendants of those quarreling families. This is true especially of those families who continue to live in the same building, house or castle where murders were committed. Many of the old estates in the Transylvania mountains in Hungary have been said to have the descendants of fighting clans living under the influence of the malignant discarnate entities. It is also said this is true of certain areas in Germany, Scotland and other European countries.

The Drums are a symbol of primordial sound, and a vehicle for the word, for tradition and for magic. With the aid of drums, the shamans can induce a state of ecstasy. It is not only the rhythm, and the timbre which are important in the symbolism of the primitive drum, but since it’s supposedly made of the wood of the Tree of the World, the mystic sense of the ladder also refers to it. According to musical experts, the drum is, of all musical instruments, the most pregnant with mystic ideas.

It is associated with the heart of Africa. In the most primitive cultures, including the Voodoo religion, as in the most advanced, it is equated with the sacrificial altar and acts as a mediator between heaven and earth. However, with its bowl-shape and its skin, it corresponds more properly with the symbolism of the earth element. However, the three essential shapes of the drum are: the drum in the form of an hour-glass, symbolizing inversion and the relationship between the two worlds, the upper and lower; the round drum, as an image of the world; and the barrel-shaped, associated with thunder and lightning.

The tree is one of the most traditional symbols. But very often the symbolic tree is of no particular genus, although some trees have been singled out of one or another species as the tree of life, or the sacred tree to singular and particular religious sects. The oak was the sacred tree to the Celts; the ash to the Scandinavian peoples; the lime tree to the German tribes; the fig tree to the Indus in India.

There were many mythological associations between the ancient gods and trees, for example there was Osiris and the cedar; Jupiter and the oak; Apollo and the laurel, and Attis and the pine. At its consistence, growth, proliferation, generative and regenerative processes. It stands for inexhaustible life, and is the equivalent to a symbol of immortality. The concept of life without death stands for absolute reality and, consequently, the tree becomes a symbol of this absolute reality, that is, of the center of the world. Because a tree has a long, vertical shape, the center of the world symbolism is expressed in terms of a world axis.

The tree with its roots underground and its branches rising to the sky symbolizes an upward trend and is therefore related to other symbols, such as the ladder and the mountain, which stand for the general relationship between the three lower worlds. Clearly the tree can only be the axis linking the worlds if it stands in the center of the cosmos they constitute. It is interesting to note that the worlds of tree-symbolism reflect the three main portions of the structure of the tree: roots, trunk and foliage. Within the general significance of the tree as world-axis and as a symbol of the inexhaustible life-process, growth and development, different mythologies and folklores have different shades of meaning. Some of these are merely aspects of the basic symbolism, but others are of a sublety which gives further enrichment to the symbol.

At the primitive level there is the Tree of Life and the Tree of Death, a duality which is well known in the psychic worlds. Others know the tree as the symbolism of the cosmic tree and the tree of knowledge of good and evil; but the two trees are merely two different representations of the same idea. In India the huge banyan tree is sacred because Buddha received his enlightenment under such a species of tree. There is also a ceremony in India called the tree marriage in which a man or woman is symbolically married to a tree.

The tree is frequently related to the rock or mountain on which it grows. On the other hand the tree of life, as found in the celestial Jerusalem, bears twelve fruits, or sun shapes. In many images, the sun, the moon and the stars are associated with the tree, stressing its cosmic and astral character. There is a triple tree, in India, with three suns and the image of the Hindu trinity. In China, there is a tree with the twelve suns of the zodiac. Other types of trees have been the tree of knowledge and the sea tree.

The wheel is a symbol, wide in scope much used in ornamental arts, in certain forms or Oriental religions, and known quite well in the ECK-Vidya, the ancient science of prophecy.

One of the elementary forms of the wheel-symbolism consists of the sun as a wheel and of ornamental wheels as solar emblems. The concept of the sun as a wheel was one of the most widespread notions in antiquity. The idea of the sun as a two-wheeled chariot is not far removed from this idea. The same can be found among the Aryans and also among the Semites. Given the symbolic significance of the sun as a source of ight which stands for intelligence and of spiritual illumination, it is easy to understand why the Buddhist doctrine of the solar wheel has been so widely admired.

There have been all types of wheels known: the Catherine wheel, wheels of fire, wheels of fortune, wheels of the year, solar wheels, and zodiac wheels, all rooted in what was first known as the sun, described as the fiery wheel by the ancients.

The swastika is another type of wheel, while the lotus flower is considered by some to be an emblem of the wheel. There is also the emblems of the Chinese which are the wheel of law, truth and life. The Chinese used it as a form of good luck in Buddhism and it illustrates the way of escape from the illusory world and from the illusions and the way towards the center of all things.

The wheel of fortune is an allegory which is a general symbolism of the wheel. Based upon the symbolism of the number 2, it expresses the equilibrium of the contrary forces of contraction and expansion, the principle of polarity. It is a part of the symbolism of life, and also part of the symbolism of gambling because it also represents chance.

The lion is the symbol of gold, and often represented the sun-gods such as Mithras. In Egypt of the olden days it was believed that the lion presided over the annual floods of the Nile river, because the floods coincided with the entry of the sun into the zodiacal sign of Leo during the dog days. The lion has been used for many symbols, for the rulers and despots who believed themselves the king of their people, corresponding with the lion as the king of beasts.

The king of the beasts is also symbolized by the earthly opponent of the eagle in the sky and the lord and master, or the possessor of strength of the masculine principle. During times in the ancient world one of the favorite sports was to match the lion and the bull in a death struggle. But the lion pertains to the element of earth and the symbolic winged lion to the element of fire. Both are the symbolism of continued struggle, solar light, morning, regal dignity and victory. The lion also became a symbolism to be associated with St. Mark in the Evangelists.

The mountain is attached to symbolism because it is equated with the inner loftiness of Spirit, for it transposes the notion of ascent into the realm of Soul. Because of the great proportions the mountain became a symbol to the Chinese for the greatness and generosity of their emperor.

Some of the sacred mountains in mythology are, Sumeru of the Ural-Altaic people, Caf in Moslem mythology, a huge mountain which has a base of a single emerald called Sakhrat, Mount Meru of Hindu folklore which is said to be of gold and located at the North Pole and Himinbjor of the German peoples.

Mount Olympus which is a real mountain was and is of great fame as it was the supreme, celestial mountain which was the abode of the Greek gods. There are other mountains and mountain ranges which have been famous in mythology. The forbidding mountain ranges of the Andes, the Hinalayans, and the Rockies have created legends which make those interested in spiritual matters feel that often there is truth in what the natives have had to say about them in relation to their mythologies.

The Pyramid is a symbolism which apparently has several contradictions. First, it is symbolic of the earth in its maternal aspect for the ancient Egyptians. When decorated with lights and other gaudy things for holidays it expresses the twofold idea of death and immortality, both associated with the great Mother of Nature.

Generally speaking the pyramid is a hollow mountain, the dwelling place for the spirits of the Pharoahs. Its square base represents the earth, while its apex is the starting point and finishing point of all things. The triangular shaped faces of the pyramid, symbolizes fire, divine revelation and the threefold principle of creation.

The thunderbolt, or lightening, is the symbolism of the celestial fire as an active force, terrible and swift to destroy. The examples of this in mythology is the thunderbolt of Parabrahman, and the fire ether of the Greeks, both symbols of the supreme creative power. The thunderbolt of the Tibetans represents power.

The thunderbolt is held to be a symbol of sovereignty. The winged thunderbolt expresses the ideas of power and speed. The three thunderbolts of Jupiter symbolize chance, destiny and providence, the forces that mold the future. In the majority of religions we find that the Godhead is hidden from man’s gaze, and then suddenly the lightening flash reveals him momentarily in all His active might. The image of the Logos piercing the darkness is universal. The vajra of the Tibetan symbol for both the thunderbolt and diamond is also connected with the world axis, the action of the higher powers upon the lower.

Nine steps on the ladder is a symbolism of the nine steps or stages of the spiritual development of an ECKist, toward becoming a co-worker with God. These are set forth in more detail in the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad. They are: (1) The stage of joy, in which you, the ECKist, develop your holy nature and discard wrong views. (2) The stage of Illumination, in which you attain perfection of patience and humility, and also the deepest introspective insight. (3) The stage of divine knowledge in which you achieve and realize the harmony of worldly truth and supreme truth. (4) The stage of perfection in which you receive the divine wisdom as your own. (5) The stage of perfection in which you receive the ability to save all beings. (6) The stage of perfection in which you realize that all things are false except the God nature of all creatures and things. (7) The stage in which you attain the ten holy powers and can create miracles with humility. (8) The stage of mastery of perfect realization in which you can preach the law to save all creatures. (9) The stage of perfection in which you can be supreme in all things, to create higher miracles without the knowledge of people, accept karma and be with the Living ECK Master to help in his work.

Symbols are generally the archetype of ideas which have been long implanted in the subconscious, and only show up in dreams, visions, and sometimes illusions. But they are important to the ECK-Vidya reader for when he sees the aura filled with certain symbols or can see symbols in the subconscious mind of the readee he knows what they are, and can tell the readee about them.

He also knows and understands when he is doing an ECK-Vidya reading, when symbols appear in the mind of the individual, in past lives and perhaps in future lives. He is well aware of the problems which arise at times, and although only a few samples of symbols have been given here, anyone can start understanding his own thoughts and visions.

* – The ECK-Vidya is the oldest system of prophecy that uses many of the various natural, psychic and spiritual laws to look forward and see what approaches. The ECK-Vidya is much more inclusive than Astrology, or any of the mystical arts which are utilized by the well known ancients and modern prophets of psychic precognition. It uses more Siddhi, or Spiritual powers than the practitioners of prognosis ever dreamed could be possible.

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