Sphinx
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The sphinx (Greek: σφίγξ, from σφίγγειν sphíngein "to strangle"; possibly also derived from ancient Egyptian: {{lang|egy|spanch]] "that which receives life"; the traditional ancient Egyptian name of the sphinx, however, was not this, but Hu "protector") is a hybrid being with a human head and a mostly winged animal body that can show itself to the clairvoyant gaze. Ideally, one can see the four-beast (also called four-form or tetramorph), which unites all four sphinx animals, i.e. man, eagle, lion and bull. Occasionally, one even sees a dragon or reptile tail, which points back to a very early stage of human evolution. In Egypt, however, sphinx figures with ram, hawk and sparrowhawk heads were also common.
Literature
- H. P. Blavatsky: Die Geheimlehre (The Secret Doctrine), Band I: Kosmogenesis, Band II: Anthropogenesis, Band III: Esoterik (posthum zusammengestellt von Annie Besant), Band IV: Index, deutsche Gesamtausgabe Leipzig 1919, Nachdruck Hannover 1999.
- Rudolf Steiner: Bewußtsein – Leben – Form , GA 89 (2001), ISBN 3-7274-0890-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Kosmogonie, GA 94 (2001) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Welt, Erde und Mensch , GA 105 (1983) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Ägyptische Mythen und Mysterien, GA 106 (1992) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Der Zusammenhang des Menschen mit der elementarischen Welt, GA 158 (1993) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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