Near and Far.

Man embodied and mirrored the divine, but out of necessity, both instinctively and involuntarily (just like predatory animals prey without thinking too much about it). Man hence out of necessity established Kingship in the form of shepherd kings (or heroic kings) on Earth.

Later, so called 'proto-philosophers" or high priests or later prophets would systematize and organize this Kingship into an elaborated theology.

From the Just Shepherd Kings, the priests and earlier-generation prophets took it to the Mazzaroth [Zodiac] or eighth sphere.

From Mazzaroth, the Pharaohs, Brahmans, and newer generation prophets brought it to the ground.

From Pharaoh/Brahmin, it went to the transcendental Re/Brahman/"Sunyata".

From the FAR, Caesars bought it again back to the ground.

But again, it got degenerated and rotten on the ground, so the Hermeticists, Neoplatonists, and Gnostics took it to the untouchable havens.

From the remnants of all prior cultures, mostly from Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Neoplatonist, and Gnostic, Islam again brought it again NEAR. But unfortunately, at the same time, for the uninitiated, Islam also took it to the FAR, FAR and FAR havens, where it is secure and free from corruption.

Initially, each cycle took thousands of years to rotate between near and far.

Now, each cycle takes a few hundred years in the society and becomes culturally dominant and the preferred way of thinking.

But, for a seeker, near and far always cycle multiple times within his own life time.

This is the mystery between the immanent and transcendent.