South Pole
southernmost place upon the earth, Antarctica, point which is determined to be the southern axis of the Earth's rotation
South Pole
South Pole
Noun
1. the southernmost point of the Earth's axis
(hypernym) pole
South Pole
South Pole In a general cosmic sense, any nether pole wherever situated. However, the different hells mentioned in ancient literatures have other meanings, and are not necessarily connected with the south or nether poles of the celestial globes.
From immemorial antiquity occultly it was taught that the south pole was the vent of the earth, and hence the abode of elemental entities, whether terrestrial or cosmic, or of inferior kinds. Thus is was sometimes called the Pit. "The two poles are called the right and left ends of our globe -- the right being the North Pole -- or the head and feet of the earth. Every beneficent (astral and cosmic) action comes from the North; every lethal influence from the South Pole. They are much connected with and influence 'right' and 'left' hand magic" (SD 2:400n).
Another teaching of theosophy in regard to the poles is that all civilizations originate in the far north of the globe, and through the revolving minor ages of a root-race gravitate gradually and steadily towards the south pole as they approach their end. See also
POLES,
TERRESTRIAL AND CELESTIAL
South Pole
Synonyms and related words:
Alaska, Antarctic Zone, Antarctica, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone, China, Darkest Africa, Frigid Zones, God knows where, Greenland, Iceland, Lower Slobbovia, North Pole, Novaya Zemlya, Outer Mongolia, Pago Pago, Pillars of Hercules, Siberia, Thule, Tierra del Fuego, Timbuktu, Ultima Thule, Yukon, antipodal points, antipodes, antipoints, antipoles, black and white, contraposita, contrapositives, contraries, counterpoles, frontier, godforsaken place, jumping-off place, night and day, nowhere, opposite poles, opposites, outback, outer space, outpost, outskirts, polar opposites, pole, poles, the Antarctic, the Arctic, the Great Divide, the Hebrides, the South Seas, the Yukon, the boondocks, the moon, the sticks, the tullies, tundra
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.