Ganesa
First published in Horizon, Winter 1949
​By Manly P. Hall

The name of the Hindu divinity, Ganesa, is composed of two words meaning governor or leader of a company of deities. He is the East Indian god of prudence and policies. He has only one tusk, and is therefore called Ekadanta, and his vahan, or vehicle, is the rat. The following extract from the Ganapati Upanishad, which is an address to Ganesa, summarizes the appearance and attributes of this strange deity: "I speak what is right and true; preserve me therefore when speaking, listening, giving, possessing, teaching, learning; continually protect me everywhere. By thee was this universe manifested; for thou art earth, water, fire, air, and ether. Thou art Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra. We acknowledge thy divinity, 0 Ekadanta! and meditate on thy countenance; enlighten therefore, our understanding. He who continually meditates upon thy divine form, conceiving it to be with one tooth, four hands, bearing a rat on thy banner, of a red hue, with a large belly, anointed with red perfume, arrayed in red garments, worshipped with offerings of red flowers, abounding in compassion, the cause of this universe, imperishable, unproduced, and unaffected by creation, becomes the most excellent of Yogis." 

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