Why the art of symbolism is used in spirituality?
It is true that the forces and realities with which the aspirant on this path has to deal are intangible and beyond the realm of the mind, but the mind cannot work in a VOID and when dealing with these things on the plane of the mind one can use his imagination (and hence the importance of imagination). This accounts for the fact that the sages adopted and elaborated the art of symbolism. 51. Why Preliminary mantras? In the realm of occultism, we always recall the sage who constructed the mantra or obtained it from still higher source. But in reciting the preliminary mantra (viniyoga mantra), we remember the sage not merely as a token of our gratitude to him, but chiefly to put ourself in touch with him and draw from him inspiration and force. All these sages are great adepts who are still living either on the physical plane in inaccessible places or on the super physical planes. Liberation does not mean the liquidation of the individual soul (Jivatma) as many people imagine, but a tre
