The lion means vital force, strength, courage—here full of the light, illumined by the spiritual consciousness. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-animal-world#p18</ref>
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The lion indicates force and courage, strength and power. The lower vital is not lionlike. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-animal-world#p19</ref>