Symbolism, Visualization and Ritual in Buddhism, Paganism and Christianity

The mind has several levels, the main distinctions being (i) Gross mind (ii) Subtle mind and (iii) Very subtle or root mind. The gross level corresponds, more or less,  to our waking mind and the subtle level to our dreaming mind. But only the very subtle root mind goes on from life to life to life, so it is this level of the mind that we need to transform to make progress on our spiritual path...  More at Numinous Symbolism