Figure II

Second Pair of antitheses (physical appeal of complementary
C and D colours)

C. Red Green = Third antithesis
Movement of the spiritually extinguished
First antithesis

Motion within itself [CIRCLE] = Potentiality of motion
= Motionlessness

Red

Ex-and concentric movements are absent
In optical blend = Gray
In mechanical blend of white and black = Gray

D. Orange Violet = Fourth antithesis

Arise out of the first antithesis from:

1. Active element of the yellow in red = Orange 2. Passive element of the blue in red = Violet

<—-Orange—-Yellow<—<—<—Red—>—>—>Blue—-Violet—->

In excentric Motion within In Concentric direction itself direction

As in a great circle, a serpent biting its own tail (the symbol of eternity, of something without end) the six colours appear that make up the three main antitheses. And to right and left stand the two great possibilities of silence—death and birth (see Fig. 3).