The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Rhymes

Nursery rhymes, despite their lack of sense, can be musically beneficial to a child's body and character

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Music→Concept

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

Parents can use nursery rhymes to incorporate music into their child's life

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesPythagoras →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Pythagoras

Pythagoras invented musical modes and used them for both scientific and therapeutic purposes. He is credited with establishing the link between music and natural laws.

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesPlato →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Plato

Plato agreed with Pythagoras on the significant role of music in education and state, emphasizing its moral and social value.

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesApollo →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Apollo

Apollo is associated with Music, embodying the art of song and poetic expression.

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesColor →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Color

The color and musical scales are corresponded in the discussion, showing the law of the octave and the higher scope of the sense of hearing compared to sight.

RhymesthroughParentsilluminatesChild →
I. Rhymes & Parents

Parents can use nursery rhymes to incorporate music into their child's life

II. Parents & Child

Parents have a significant influence on the child's development, guiding through AUTHORITY and DISCIPLESHIP roles.

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesAstronomy →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Astronomy

Music and geometry together contribute to astronomy, but neither music nor geometry is dependent on astronomy in the same way.

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesForm →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Form

Music enhances form through an ethereal connection, making it more expressive and alive Form and music are intertwined, with music expressing the soul of forms

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesWomb →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Womb

The influence of music, especially nursery rhymes, can start before birth

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesLyre →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Lyre

The lyre symbolizes music as a ritual teaching divine secrets

RhymesthroughMusicilluminatesSound →
I. Rhymes & Music

Musical nursery rhymes are beneficial to a child's body and character Nursery rhymes are a form of music beneficial to a child's health

II. Music & Sound

Subject 26, Music, symbolizes the art and science of sound, essential for the expression of harmony and beauty.