When the Map Has Brought the Seeker Home
The Royal Art has used Crown, Grail, Stone, Rose-Cross, Temple, Tree, Tower, King, and Bride. Each symbol serves until it becomes transparent to what it signifies. The Grail is no longer needed when the Source is known; the Temple disappears when Presence is everywhere; the map falls away upon arrival. Revelation does not despise symbols—it fulfills them by releasing the seeker from idolatry.