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Precession

noun

The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone.

The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony). Synonyms: precedence, precedency.

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precession of the equinoxes

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"Precession" Quotes from Famous Books

... benefit from each condition designed by them, and as the experiences in the same social conditions are very different in the case of a man from what they are for a woman, the human spirit takes birth twice during the 2100 years measured by the precession of the equinox as already explained, it is born once as a man and another time as a woman. Such is the rule, but it is subject to whatever modifications may be necessary to facilitate reaping what the spirit has sown, as required under the law of Causation which works hand in hand with the law ...

— The Rosicrucian Mysteries • Max Heindel

Words linked to "Precession" : activity, motion, precede