Every created form in some way tells us of the divine qualities, and is for us a sign to be interpreted, as Dionysius the Areopagite points out. The bee producing honey is like the contemplative praying; the eagle soars and cries out like the spirit rising toward God; the illuminated gnostic is like a fish in water. The use of such natural imagery to illustrate spiritual meaning and practice is entirely consonant with theosophic tradition, which affirms that all nature is theophanic, thus revealing God's delight in creation.

Arthur Versliuis, TheoSophia