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Daedalus

  Wednesday, 19 January 2022
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It was a hermetically sealed sanctuary with one hundred doors, a glorious entrance on which Daedalus, the skillful sculptor, engraved marvelous embossments with his extra-ordinary mastery.

It is said that Icarus (with his I.A.O. chiselled by his father on the sacred rock of that mysterious entrance) wanted to soar towards heaven, to convert himself into a Son of the Sun, but the wax that held his wings to his body melted and he fell into the horrifying precipice.

Icarus is the marvelous symbol of the vain intention of those who do not know how to work with the luminous and spermatic Fiat of the first instant. It is the disgrace and downfall of those Alchemists who spill the raw matter of the Great Work.

Was Daedalus not perhaps the famous sculptor, the father of Icarus, and also the same one who taught Theseus how to escape from the intricate labyrinth of Crete...?


I have always wondered what the archetype of Daedalus meant within myself, as he is mysteriously a benefit as well as builder of our mistakes too. It has been my feeling that he relates to our intellectual center, whether higher or lower, and like the intellect can construct both terrible schemes, it can too leads us to glory in the higher center of itself.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Lord_Frederick_Leighton_FLL006.jpg

But it would be greatly beneficial to me if you could give me some kabbalistic clues towards helping me come closer to this figure in my understanding of myself.

Best wishes,

OoA
1 year ago
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#27342
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Daedalus is the intelligence of the Holy Spirit which chisels the stone of Yesod. This is accomplished through the masculine hammer and chisel upon the feminine stone within alchemy.

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami

1 year ago
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#27342
Accepted Answer
Daedalus is the intelligence of the Holy Spirit which chisels the stone of Yesod. This is accomplished through the masculine hammer and chisel upon the feminine stone within alchemy.

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. -Bayazid al-Bastami

Almustafa selected the reply #27342 as the answer for this post — 1 year ago
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