'the ancients brought
their celestial universe down to Earth, and symbolised planets with cities.'
(When The Gods Came Down p. 149)'the ancients built their major cities according to a celestial archetype.'
(When The Gods Came Down p. 159)
'the Egyptians regarded the river Nile as the 'Winding Waterway', which was imagined to stretch from Earth to Heaven - hence the idea that Abydos was the City of Earth, whilst
Heliopolis was the City of Heaven.'
(When The Gods Came Down p. 147)
'The above - Heaven - was raised from the below - the underworld. And the below - Earth - was created by the earlier fall of the above - Heaven.
The two linked statements thus refer to 'scene two' and 'scene one' respectively in the act of creation. This, I believe, is the original meaning of this Hermetic saying...'
(When The Gods Came Down p. 101)
