Franklin Merrell-Wolff presents an extended preliminary statement in preparation for the continuation of a discourse delivered earlier on the subject of the Buddhist stupas (see parts 8 and 9 of “Purpose, Method, and Policy of this Work”). He reviews the significance of the cube and the sphere as symbols of the religious problem and goes on to explore the meaning of the cone on top of the sphere. He then analyzes the realization that took the form “substantiality is inversely proportional to ponderability,” converts it into a mathematical formula, and discusses the implications of the equilateral hyperbola as a mathematical symbol derived from the geometric structure of the stupa.