The Hindu Temple v1.c5.s2.5

v1.c5.s2.5

The square, with reference to the level of the earth, is the graph of the pair of opposites initially marked by sunrise and sunset and caused by the daily apparent movement of the sun. These successive and recurrent critical moments are given a permanence by the symbol of the square on which they are shown stationed opposite one another. The balance of their positions is made conclusive by marking the South and North points as the second corresponding pair of opposites and by connecting these points by straight lines; where they meet at right angles, are the intermediate directions North-East, South-East and so forth, so that by a geometrically progressive series the original two points engender four and eight, sixteen and thirty-two. These stations are marked along the outline of the square diagram; 32 divinities are assigned to the 32 fields in the outer border of the square (Fig. on p. 32). A cyclical sequence is held in the square by the pairs of opposites. They encompass all manifestation, in terms of space, as it is beheld on the level of the earth. This initial translation of the rhythm of time into a pattern in space forms the basis of larger cycles than that of the day; they also are supported by the square drawn on the ground.