Savitri
A Legend and a Symbol

Chapter 7Sun, Moon, Star, Fire · Fire and Burning

Book 5. Part Two: The Opening of the Inner Senses · Section Three: Symbols

The fire indicates a dynamic action.

* The white fire is the fire of aspiration, the red fire is the fire of renunciation and tapasya, the blue fire is the fire of spirituality and spiritual knowledge which purifies and dispels the Ignorance.

* The fire is always the fire of purification — it is very red when it is acting on the vital; when the vital no longer covers the psychic, then the rose colour of the psychic comes out more and more.

* It is the purification of the physical that is usually indicated in the symbol of burning.

Chapter Three