"A cross, in outline, is merely the meeting point of a vertical
line with a horizontal line. These two lines represent two
opposing forces and directions, which meet to achieve the union
of the two principles – the masculine (the vertical line) and the
feminine (the horizontal line). The cross is an expression of the
union of the two principles. To understand the cross, therefore,
means knowing how to put the masculine and the feminine, the
positive and the negative, into action.
You will say, ‘But how can the two principles be put into
action? And is it that important?’ Yes, as important as knowing
how to use fire and water, which also represent the two
principles, the masculine being fire, the feminine water. Imagine
if you didn’t know – how many possibilities you would be deprived
of! Think of everything you are able to do because of knowing how
to use water and fire. It is the union of the two principles that
creates movement. And consider the wheel… What is a wheel? A
cross in motion."
Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
