and veiled potentia,
We come now down,
on rows
upon rows
of physical gown.
Duality is the theme of the number two. It implies an otherness. While the number is rooted as a dependent of one, Greek philosopher Plato considers two to have no meaning because it implies relationship without any other development. There is existence, yet nonexistence.
The two images within the womb-circle do not yet have a physical presence in the outside world. They prepare as final pre-birth tensions arise. The thorny pod figure holds its horns in a conjurative blessing over the knobby Life-Force Virus. This important gesture symbolizes the life-force as Spirit and Mind prepare some kind of inauguration of existence. (Like Spirit, Mind is only a value and does not occupy any real "space"�only the present has space.) The thorns on the pod are symbols of impending pain, while the large horns extending from it express the supernatural power of Spirit.
The perimeter of the womb has now developed teeth, symbolizing attack and defense. Yet teeth also imply existence past the death of the Body because they are its most enduring physical part. This is especially true because they here ring the everlasting circle. We see the circle now undulating, with part of its content beginning to find a pathway to the outside.
