As all material creation consists of out-births of things…
““As all material creation consists of out-births of things spiritual, the spiritual world being the world of causes, and the natural world that of effects, and as effects are the repositories of their causes, the natural world is the reflection of the spiritual. For this reason, from the beginning of things, the sun has stood out as a pre-eminent symbol of the things of God. Of all inanimate things it bears the closest correspondence to the Supreme Being, for what it is in the natural world the Supreme Being is in the Spiritual. Its central fire is the correspondence of the essence of the Divine Nature--DIVINE LOVE; its heat the correspondence of the heat flowing from Divine Love, which is Divine Goodness and all that that comprises; its light the correspondence of Divine Truth which is the light proceeding from Divine Wisdom; and the union of heat and light in its central essence forever symbolizes the union of the Divine Love and Wisdom resulting from that of the Divine Will and Understanding. God is the SUN from whose heat and light--His Love and Wisdom--proceed all that is spiritual, and through the spiritual, by the medium of the natural sun, all that is natural. The sun is supreme in all natural things, and its operations run through all in its own world, but the Divine SUN from which it derives its origin is supreme in all and operates through all, above and below. And as the natural sun is everywhere present in its own realm, and all things derive their life and grow in more or less perfect measure according to their forms and distances, so is the Supreme One omnipresent, filling both the spiritual and the natural world.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
The passage likens the sun to a divine emblem, representing love, wisdom, and truth, and suggests that the natural world reflects the spiritual causes behind it.
In simple terms: The sun symbolizes divine love, wisdom, and truth, linking nature to spirit.
Recognize the sun as a metaphor for divine qualities.
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When to use this quote
- meditation
- religious study
- nature appreciation
- artistic inspiration
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How does viewing natural phenomena as spiritual symbols affect your worldview?
- Can symbolic interpretations coexist with scientific explanations?
The metaphor may oversimplify complex theological concepts.