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| §452 "We could say, then, that the swineherd stands for the "animal" man who has a soul-mate somewhere in the upper world. By her royal birth she betrays her connection with the preexistent, semi-divine pair. Looked at from this angle, the latter stands for everything a man can become if only he climbs high enough up the world-tree.<sup><fc red>66</fc></sup>\\ <sup><fc red>66</fc></sup><sub>The great tree corresponds to the arbor philosophica of the alchemists. The meeting between an earthly human being and the anima, swimming down in the shape of a mermaid, is to be found in the so-called "[[aker:books_and_literature:ripley_scrowle|Ripley Scrowle.]]" Cf. [[aker:collected_works:cw12|Psychology and Alchemy, fig. 257]].</sub> | §452 "We could say, then, that the swineherd stands for the "animal" man who has a soul-mate somewhere in the upper world. By her royal birth she betrays her connection with the preexistent, semi-divine pair. Looked at from this angle, the latter stands for everything a man can become if only he climbs high enough up the world-tree.<sup><fc red>66</fc></sup>\\ <sup><fc red>66</fc></sup><sub>The great tree corresponds to the arbor philosophica of the alchemists. The meeting between an earthly human being and the anima, swimming down in the shape of a mermaid, is to be found in the so-called "[[aker:books_and_literature:ripley_scrowle|Ripley Scrowle.]]" Cf. [[aker:collected_works:cw12|Psychology and Alchemy, fig. 257]].</sub> |
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| | == VI. Conclusion == |
| | §454 "When we consider the spirit in its archetypal form as it appears to us in fairytales and dreams, it presents a picture that differs strangely from the conscious idea of spirit, which is split up into so many meanings. ... Man conquers not only nature, but spirit also, without realizing what he is doing. ... \\ <fc green>A warning to heed...</fc> \\ But were the unanimous convictions of the past really and truly only exaggerations? <fc green>(The primitives view of the spirit, of daemons)</fc> If they were not, then the integration of the spirit means nothing less than its demonization, since the superhuman spiritual agencies that were formerly tie.d up in nature are introjected into human nature, thus endowing it with a power which extends the bounds of the personality //ad infinitum//, in the most perilous way."\\ <fc green>He continues in the next para. ...</fc> \\ |
| | §455 "It seems to me, frankly, that former ages did not exaggerate, that the spirit has not sloughed off its demonisms, and that man kind, because of its scientific and technological development, has in in creasing measure delivered itself over to the danger of possession. ... Man's worst sin is unconsciousness, but it is indulged in with the greatest piety even by those who should serve mankind as teachers and examples." |
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| === Concerning Mandala Symbolism §627 - 718 === | === Concerning Mandala Symbolism §627 - 718 === |