Baseball: America's Esoteric Pastime

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    America’s Esoteric Pastime
                                                

Baseball was not necessarily invented but rather developed over time. The variations were many before the cementing of the modern rules, game and business of baseball. Rounders was a game played in England which baseball most likely developed from and baseball was around in The US in one form or another since at least the early 1800′s.

So to say that baseball always had an esoteric bend to it might be a stretch. However, when we look at the design of the modern baseball field one cannot help but to notice the compass and square basis of the field layout. The compass and square symbolism is most frequently associated with Freemasonry. But the compass and square symbolism is adopted by the group as an ancient pairing of symbolism concepts and aspects of esotericism – most notably the union of opposites, of masculine and feminine.

The compass and square are geometric tools and the esoteric compass and square are sacred geometry tools, tools for symbolism comprehension. In fact masonry itself is said to be a, “beautiful and profound system of morality, veiled in allegories and illustrated by symbols.”

To build the perfect megalithic pyramid within is the original esoteric free masonic contemplation existent before what we know as Freemasonry. The symbols coming together further represent the study of sacred geometry and is one of the many themes that is, idealistically at least, attached to Freemasonry. The study of sacred geometry is the internalization of earth measure (geo – meter) toward internal and subtle measure, comprehension and construction.

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The compass and square represent sacred geometry, however baseball is not cemented in nor associated with such at all. Funny enough, the foundation story of baseball put forth in original Americana mainstream was a lie. The claim that baseball was invented in The USA by Abner Doubleday was a publicity stunt sentimentalized by Abraham G. Mills and backed by Albert Goodwill Spalding, prominent members of the baseball establishment.

Abner Doubleday was said to be the inventor of the game, and he himself denied the idea. This was likely just made up to snub the influence on baseball by rounders, from outside The USA.

The baseball field itself is symbolic of an immersion in sacred geometry and four element and four dimension initiation. Baseball represents the esoteric rite of advancement through the four base elements of physicality and consciousness. Baseball esoterically represents the base four of everything from consciousness to mathematics in a fun athletic exoteric game. But were others privy to such esoteric ideas in its design? Were others interested in similar esoteric ideas in that time period?

Abner Doubleday was an author and a military man, he actually shot the first shot of The US Civil War. And Abner Doubleday, accused inventor of baseball, was a member of The Theosophical Society, and also was interim President when the founder, Madame Helena Blavatsky, left to travel to India in her metaphysical research. He went on to be Vice President for a number of years after that.

So it is of related interest to point out that Abner Doubleday was likely versed in the symbolism of sacred geometry, and the base four of consciousness. Four is the base of all mathematics in the four operations of arithmetic and the four dimensions of geometry. Four is also base for consciousness in The AUM symbol, phonetically similar to home, and allegorically of similar difficulty to reach as is reaching home plate.

In four base systems of AUM and baseball and other metaphysical systems there are often a set of three that are similar pattern and the fourth distinct one. This is true for the plate design of baseball in that home plate is distinct just as in AUM and its fourth part.

Baseball is an exoteric game played during the most fertile, active and by extent the exoteric half of the year and represents the esoteric inward game of comprehension of the base of consciousness in AUM. In its physical representation of The Sacred Geometry symbolism of the compass and square as well as the correspondence of the four dimensions of geometry in the ball/point. bat/line, field/plane, stadium (and glove)/volume all form an esoteric representation of sacred geometry and base 4 initiation.
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It is said to be excruciatingly difficult to comprehend and practically impossible to reach the fourth aspect of consciousness of AUM just the same as it is difficult to traverse the physical four bases of the field, the 360 feet of the four bases to home. The fourth aspect of AUM is so difficult to reach one might say it is past time.

That each base is separated by 90 feet making 360 feet is an esoteric representation of squaring the circle. This sacred geometry idea is part of the layered symbolism in the compass and square and also represents that elemental, alchemical, internal, esoteric self-development symbology as well.

The very term inning of baseball comes from an old English word meaning “to get within, to put in or bring in.” Of course this can be interpreted physically, but its metaphysical or esoteric interpretation is consistent with the symbolism of internal individuation potentiation and initiation in the game.

One of Abner Doubleday’s books was a manuscript on The Tarot, linked here. Of course The Tarot is in part based on the four suits, which in fact are likely rooted in and correspond with the four dimensions of geometry.

“Thus it is said that by death the body is violently separated from the soul. But by initiation into the mysteries the soul is gently separated from the body.” ~Manly P. Hall

“Death takes man out of the world, but initiation takes worldliness out of the man…death is the common accident of man, but immortality is only obtained by purposeful intent and is never obtained accidentally.” ~Manly P. Hall

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