macrocosm
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The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm.
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they study the evolution of the universe
the biggest tree in existence
His hermetical views were that sickness and health in the body relied on the harmony of man ( microcosm ) and Nature ( macrocosm ).
The remaining three visions of the first part introduce the famous image of a human being standing astride the spheres that make up the universe, and detail the intricate relationships between the human as microcosm and the universe as macrocosm.
This cycle is also viewed as a micro- and macrocosm of other life cycles in an immeasurable series of cycles composing the Universe.
This is achieved because of the non-dual relationship between the macrocosm of Hosshin and the microcosm of the Shingon practitioner.