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Ascending vs descending cultures (the mentality of the two precessional half-cycles)

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Prāṇa relevance

Prāṇa relation not yet traced — a complete, acceptable terminal state.

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  • →The yuga / world-age cycle (Sri Yukteswar's precessional lesser cycle; the greater cycle)Modern
    The ascending-vs-descending CULTURAL typology is a direct corollary of the yuga cycle's two halves: in the DESCENDING half spiritual energy decreases from fullness (-> traditional/conservative/authoritarian cultures preserving past light), in the ASCENDING half it increases from deficiency (-> non-traditional/liberal/revolutionary cultures seeking a future truth). The mentality-rule originates in, and is derived from, the precessional half-cycle structure of the world-age rule.

Sources

  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersAscending and Descending Cycles (book pp.61–62)Modern✓ verifieddescending cultures = traditional/conservative/authoritarian, preserving past light, prone to rigidity; ascending = non-traditional/liberal/revolutionary, future-seeking but superficial/materialistic; integration needed

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The two halves of the precessional cycle have characteristic mentalities. In the DESCENDING half spiritual energy is decreasing from a point of fullness: descending cultures (e.g. the orient, ancient Egypt) are traditional, conservative, authoritarian — preserving the light of past ages of light, but prone to rigidity and a cult of the past. In the ASCENDING half spiritual energy is increasing from deficiency: ascending cultures (Greco-Roman-rooted Western culture, America) are non-traditional, liberal, revolutionary — seeking a future-defined truth, free and creative but often superficial, materialistic and immature. The needed integration combines the freedom/ humanitarianism of the ascending mind with the reverence/spirituality of the descending mind. The strong East/West, spiritual/material, ancient/modern divisions of today reflect this split.
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