Legends of War and Peace

Legends of War and Peace

When one focuses on self-development one should in such situations remember the inner strength and independence, and not let our own ego be drawn in conflicts and “litigations” with the ego of others, e.g. trying to succumb and defeat the other in something that might seem as an occult war. This is a challenge to our inner independence – that will be lost if we are stubborn in our pursuit of what is right, moral and orderly or if on the other hand we are drawn in the litigations. Continue reading

Sophia and the Eternal Feminine

Sophia and the Eternal Feminine

In order to be truly absolute and infinite, it must also be the principle of relativity and finitude. At this point, the Philosopher admits that this understanding brings him to a state of mystical enthusiasm. Sophia explains that is because the absolute principle is Love. In expressing itself as relative and finite, that is a form of self-denial and the affirmation of the other, the very definition of Love. Continue reading

The Eighth Victory of Hercules Over the Mares of Diomedes

Hercules is sent against another tyrant, Diomedes, who owns man-eating horses in barbarous Thrace, as king of the warlike Bistonians, descended from Mars. Since the myth teaches us that these horses to be fetched are mares, we can identify them as the female psychological side of the male, that is to say, the region of the subconscious psyche, where the Anima dwells, unawakened, and therefore unable to unify with the male psyche and heal its division. Continue reading

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