A Spiritual King - A Quotation by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

King - the symbols of the scepter and the orb held in his hands We sometimes see drawings or paintings of a king seated on a throne, holding a staff or scepter in his right hand and an orb or sphere in the left. The scepter and orb represent the masculine and feminine principles.  The masculine principle is always symbolized by a straight line, a scepter or caduceus, a pillar, tree, mountain or peak. The feminine principle is symbolized by a sphere, or by a round, hollow object such as a vase or chalice, or a chasm or cave. And the king who is holding the symbols of the two principles is not an earthly king; he is a spiritual king, an initiate who has a profound understanding of the science of the masculine and feminine, and who knows how to unite them within himself in order to create. Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, mystic, and esotericist. A leading 20th-century teacher of Western Esotericism in Europe, he was a disciple of Peter Deunov, the founder of the Universal White Brotherhood.