Then in the form of a white rose, the host
of the sacred soldiery appeared to me,
all those whom Christ in his own blood espoused.
(XXXI, 1-3)
Ayurvedic philosophy speaks of a transpersonal Eighth Chakra of the Soul. From our creation in the image and likeness of God, and by virtue of being in Christ, we too are in the sacred soldiery which Dante now contemplates.
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