" This is the mystic face. Or yet again: "I
contemplate."
B.--To place the hand horizontally on the same face of the cube, is to
restrain, or bound. "Go no farther, if you please; all this belongs to
me."
C.--To place the hand upon the same anterior face of the cube, but with
the extremities of the fingers vertically downward, means to retain. It
says: "I reserve this for myself." Here, then, are three aspects for the
anterior face of the cube.
_The Palmar Face._
A.--To place the lower face of the cube in the hand, is to sustain. It
is to say: "I will sustain you in misfortune."
B.--To apply as much as possible the palm upon the same posterior face
of the cube, with the fingers downward, is to maintain: "I maintain what
I have said."
C.--To apply the hand upon the same face with the extremities of the
fingers upward, is to contain, is to show the object--it is to disclose:
"I affirm; you cannot doubt me; I open my heart; behold me!"
There are, then, nine affirmations, which are explained by a mere view
of the cube and its faces.
The twelve edges of the cube give a double affirmation; the angles, a
triple affirmation. Example for the edges: To place the hand on the back
edge, means: "I protect and I demonstrate."
There are three movements or inflections of the hand which must be
pointed out: to hover, to insinuate, to envelop.
The three rhythmic actions of the hand must not be passed over in
silence: to incline, to fall, to be precipitated.
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