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Loving The Mystery
A meaningful katabasis into the cave of initiation and secret knowledge is for the restoration of the whole person. The dead become an imaginal presence, “the growing understood as descent in the world, becoming useful to it and contributing to form, requires that it descend into the world that is under the world. To be an ancestor, a benefactor, a conservative and a mentor you must have knowledge of the shadows, being trained “from the dead” (from past things, which have become invisible and however continue to vivify our life with their influence). The “Dead” return as ancestors, especially in moments of crisis, when we feel lost. Then the dead “yes”, offering a deeper knowledge and support. Having already fallen, they know the chasms…
They are the gravity force of the psyche.” — James Hillman
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One should always have an eye and an ear open towards the opposite, the other thing. That does not mean to be spineless, it doesn’t mean just to sit there. It means to act according to one’s conscious conviction, but still always having the humility to keep the door open and be proved wrong. That would be an attitude of consciousness in living connection with the other, dark side. The unjust sun is that attitude that knows exactly what is what, a rigid attitude that blocks contact with the unconscious — in any case consciousness, always tends to be one-sided and…
