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In Transcendental Philosophy the Number Four is considered very sacred.
Transcendental Consciousness is known as the Fourth or Tureeya.
Transcending the three relative states of Consciousness – the waking,
the dreaming and the dreamless sleep – is the Divine Transcendental
Consciousness which can be experienced via Yoga. In Yogic Psychology
the fourth element of the Mind is the Superconscious Mind ( the other three
being Conscious, Subconscious and Unconscious). The Superconscious
is the foundation of the Mind and not the Subconscious as believed by
modern psychologists.
The Indian sages talked about the Fourfold Veds. Yogas are Four!
In Western Astrology The Fourth House is the IC , the Imum Coeli, an
important house. This, they say, is the source of the Subconscious
Mind.
Mythologic Story
One powerful demon drank the nectar of Immortality. This was reported
by the Sun and the Moon to Lord Vishnu. He used the divine discus and
cut the demon into two. The head of the demon became Rahu and the
tail Ketu known as Caput Draconis and Cauda Draconis in Latin.
Astronomical symbology has it that Vishnu is the orbit of the earth known
as the Ecliptic and the demons, the North & South Nodes of the Moon.
In his book ” De Sapientia Vaterum ” ( The Wisdom of the Ancients ) ,
Bacon opined that scientific truths are contained in myths!
In the next article we will deal with the Fivians – who are ruled by the