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An image of the emblems of the Vedic tattwas. In the ancient Vedic symbolism of India, tattwas are the five elements, or states of being:


water (Apas)


air (Tejas)


earth (Prithivi)


fire (Vayu)


spirit, or aethyr (Akasha)

The five together form the Aum, represented architecturally by the Stupa, a form used in Indian and Tibetan temple architecture:

The tattwas as adapted in Western magick are used as meditational aids representing doorways to altered states of conciousness.

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