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For the colour chart, I used the shape of the letters found in the Vere
Foster copy books. Apart from the delightful little verses for children
to copy, this book shows the lower loops completed. This helps us to
integrate our emotional experiences as we go through life, so that our
journey may not be so rough or painful.
The Starting Strokes are very helpful when learning to write, the initial
preparation acts as a stabilizer, so that children know where they stand.
After the task of writing has been accomplished with a degree of rhythm,
then it would be a good idea to drop the Starting Strokes altogether, as
too much initial preparation will get in the way of being able to jump into
new tasks in a spontaneous way. It's a little like learning to ride a two wheeled
bike, we start off with stabilizers attached to the back of the frame until we've
got the hang of cycling and have learnt to keep a balance. When we can cycle
properly the stabilizers will only get in the way and slow us down.
b f h k l -all have loops in the upper zone and reach to the violet.
t d -are not as tall as the other upper zone letters, they reach into the indigo.
Also, these two letters have covering strokes in the upper zone.
i t -'i' dots and 't' bars are placed on the indigo.
p r s -these letters pierce into the indigo from the middle zone.
f g j y z --,. all of these letters reach down to the red and have loops.
p q -the 'p' and 'q' are not as extended as the other lower zone
letters. They reach down to the orange. The letter 'p' has a covering
stroke, so, mind your p's and q's.
Graphologists have always related the upper zone to the intellect, the
middle zone to the social life, and the lower zone to the unconscious
part of ourselves.
When the three zones are sub-divided into seven zones, you will find
that there are three in the lower, two in the middle, and two at the top.
The ratio of the sizes of the seven zones are based on a mathematical
formula to do with the notes (do -ray -me etc.). As you will notice,
each note takes up a larger space as it goes up the scale. All except
the semi-tones, which will be smaller than the previous note. So,
going up the chart, starting from 'do', we have, tone -tone- semi tone
-tone -tone -tone -semi tone. The notes 'me' and 'te' being semi tones,
take up a smaller space on the chart, compared with the previous tone.
When the respective ratio of sizes are drawn on paper (as in the chart),
we can see that the whole of the scale can be divided into three equal
sizes, ( upper zone, middle zone and lower zone). For those who are
more esoterically inclined, the chart shows how the law of three and
the law of seven are in correspondence with each other, and are in
perfect harmony.
It is very interesting to note that, out of all the numbers, three and
seven are usually considered to be the lucky ones.
When people are in harmony with themselves and feel balanced, they
unknowingly attract good fortune towards themselves, just as when a
person feels off key, they give out awkward vibes and the environment
responds back, making the person feel even more uncomfortable. When
a person creates harmony and balance in their inner space, it is only a
matter of time before it becomes manifest in their outer space or
environment. Haven't you noticed that when you are on good form and
'together', life flows smoothly for you, and when you are off key, the
whole world seems to fall apart around you.
Upon going downstairs into the living room, I noticed that the fire was
burning badly. It was in the fire place, but the wind was blowing down
the chimney and the smoke was filling the room. Simon seemed to be
unaware of the smoke, as he was sitting on a stool with an artists' easel
in front of him, drawing lines on paper. After building up the fire and
letting the smoke out of the windows, I had a look at what Simon was
doing. He told me that the distance between the lines represented the
notes, 'do -ray -me' etc. and told me about the tones and semi-tones.
My first instinct, upon seeing this symmetrical arrangement of sizes,
was to color it in with the rainbow colors, with red at the bottom
for the base, and material, and violet at the top for the spiritual.
Simon coloured it in with water color paint. It was then that the chart
came alive and started to give us insights. We started to play around
with it, superimposing hand writing movements on the chart. The top
of the middle zone letters were in the blue zone. Blue is the color that
is associated with communication, as in writing letters, telephone bills,
and is the color most used in spiritualist churches to aid communication
from the loved ones on the other side. ' A's and 'O's that are open at
the top show that the writer is able to talk easily. This fitted in perfectly
with the map. As we were working with things that come in sevens, we
placed the chakra's, or energy centers, on the chart. Then the elements,
as they correspond to the chakras, along with the sense that is associated
with each element. As both of us had studied and tried to digest the
Indian way of thought from various holy books, this came quite easily
to us. The Bhagavad Gita or, in English, The Song of God, talked about
the three modes of material nature: Goodness, Passion and Ignorance. The
book describes how different people take to different stations of life,
depending on the mode of material nature they identify with most.
The Indian Caste system worked well for a period but, after a time,
people without the good qualities of a priest, would take up a priestly
position, and,this would cause havoc in the society .Imagine a warrior
king-like person in the position of a priest. This is a recipe for a so-called
'Holy War', and is very unhealthy for all concerned.
The primitive person will be concerned with the basic needs to keep
body and soul together. By primitive man, I don't mean those living in
jungles. Some of these people are Shamans, or priests, in their own
right, and have a good knowledge of medicine and understand how to
live in harmony with their surroundings. By primitive man, I mean that
part of us that tends to be a bit lazy and lethargic
Businessmen are a little more fiery. It is that part of us with the 'get up
and go'. In this zone the lower loops cross over on their way to the
middle zone. This brings creation out of the work place and into the
light of day. This is like the businessman's deal. It is interesting to see
that food is something we consume every day and, therefore, the
product most used in business. This also relates to the solar plexus
being in the area of the stomach. The Indians in this station of life
also farmed the land and protected their cows. Therefore, practically
the whole community would be vegetarian. It is interesting to see how,
in the last forty years or so, vegetarianism has spread from the East to
the West, and is very much on the increase.
Mahatma Ghandi
The saintly priests are very much like ordinary priests only saintlier.
They use the energy of intelligence to integrate themselves fully. Not
only are they in harmony with themselves and psychologically well
balanced, but they go beyond the need to be self reflective (beyond the
'i' dot). After going through the whole business of 'man, know thyself ,
they know who they are and what they are here for, The only thing
left is to get on with the job and not bother about superficial appearances.
Also such priests go beyond the need to project their own will into the
world (beyond the 't' bars). In one sense you could say that their
intent is impeccable.
However, what these universal laws were, our vision was clouded.
After stumbling across the map and meditating on the colors, these
laws became clear to us.
The universal laws put into the form of a map can give us a wealth of
information and depth of understanding when observing handwriting.
From the Western world we see religions in the form of patriarchal
rule with the male priests conducting services to God the Father. Also
we have early Celtic traditions as portrayed in Paganism where the
female priestess would take the lead and perform ceremonies to God the
Mother .
For quite some time now we have been used to patriarchal rule in
religion and world affairs. As we have seen, this causes an imbalance
due to our disregard for Mother Earth. Raping her until she is practically
exhausted and leaving someone else to clear up the mess.
With the eastern and western way of seeing, we find we have divisions
within our societies and within ourselves. If we take care of all these
divisions or colors, then we will find harmony within ourselves and
within the world.
Seven Zones
Here I would like to show how you can use the color chart. The
examples given can be found in most graphology books. All I have done
is to superimpose the examples on top of the color chart. Then, by way
of analogy, relating to colour, element, or sense etc.,one can have a clear
understanding of the handwriting movements in question.
The examples given are by no means the only ones. I am just using
them to show how this map can be used, so that in a situation where you
are seeing something in a person's handwriting that you don't under-
stand, it can sometimes become clear when using the symbology relating
to the zone in connection with the particular shape of the handwriting
movement.