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Chapter 8 - Development in the Columns.Something quite different comes to light in respect to the columns of the structure for the Key of David. As mentioned earlier, a matrix can be perceived, both in terms of horizontal rows in which the elements share a common characteristic, and in terms of vertical columns in which the elements relate to a common specific development. The development in the columns reflects the general transitions between the rows that the individual elements pertain to, but in terms of the columns the process is focused on a specific theme. The 'flow' of the development within a column proceeds develops the specific theme through the entire column, drawing together all levels of the matrix in reference to that theme or direction that the column represents. The fundamental aspects of the columns were indicated earlier, as outlined by Mary Baker Eddy in her description of the city foursquare.*(Science and Health 575:17) They were indicated as sides and defined as: (1) The Word; (2) Christ; (3) Christianity; and (3) divine Science. Since this idea of four "sides" is rather broad, a second set of identifiers has been provided by Mary Baker Eddy in her description of the biblical city foursquare, which give the sides a geographic orientation,*(Science and Health 575:26) as facing: (1) Northward, (2) Eastward, (3) Southward, and (4) Westward. This 'orientation' gives the "sides" a unifying focus that draws them all together into a single comprehensive development scheme. As has been described earlier under the heading "Northward, Eastward, Southward, and Westward," the sequence that Mary Baker Eddy has chosen represents the 'flow' of the cycle of the sun through the space of a day. The dawn begins northward, the sunrise eastward, the heat of the day unfolds with the sun standing southward, and the golden glow of the sunset unfolds westward. With this sequence Mary Baker Eddy links the four development 'streams' (the four columns of upwards development) into one continuous flow across the entire matrix and establishes a transition between the columns as shown in Appendix A2, figure 4. As this resulting description is still rather wide in its focus, as for the rows, a set of terms can be found in the Glossary that enhances the description of the basic definitions. A group of four very unique terms has been provided in the Glossary of the textbook which directly relate to the idea of development, or flow, or direction. These terms are the biblical names of the four rivers mentioned in the second chapter of Genesis: "A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold... The name of the second river is Gihon: the same it is which compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the forth river is Euphrates."*(Genesis 2:10-14) The names of the rivers mentioned in Scriptures - Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates - are all defined in the Glossary. Their description is unique, however, in that the individual definitions of the names for the rivers are largely unrelated to the original biblical text. Actually there isn't much in the biblical description of the rivers that could help one in defining the four major 'flows' of development in the pedagogical structure for Divine Science. By all appearances, Mary Baker Eddy adopted merely the symbolism of the four rivers, which have their source in the 'garden of Eden,' and then added her own symbolism according to the requirements of building the structure for the Key of David. Thus, in the Glossary, the names of the rivers are defined according to specific needs for scientific unfolding in the pedagogical structure for Divine Science. The biblical text is important, however, in that it provides the sequence in which the definitions for the development 'rivers' apply to the pedagogical structure. The biblical sequence is: || - page index - || - chapter index - || - Exit - ||
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