Motif
fourfold stability as support of the world
fourfold_stability_as_support_of_the_world
A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
christian apocrypha
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The suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the original New Testament of Jesus the Christ, Complete CHAPTER IV. / VISION I. / VISION II. / VISION III.; lines 20520-20540 confidence: medium
“you saw her sitting upon a bench, it denotes a strong position; because a bench has four feet, and stands strongly. And even the world itself is upheld by the four elements.”
The bench’s four feet are explained as the reason it stands strongly, and this is compared within the passage to the world upheld by four elements.
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