To return anima to the basilica is a sacrificial act. All men have the option of trying to live anima through other people. To give up that attempt takes a conscious act of sacrifice; one must sacrifice a whole level of existence in order to move on to another. From the ego’s viewpoint, it looks like death. To give up living anima by projection means to pull most of the artificial intensity out of relationships; it means that things will seem quieter and less exciting. To put his soul in the cathedral and stop trying to live it though a woman means that a man removes an entire dimension of his
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