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The L/D/L force is greatly misunderstood in many cultures, esp. Western culture where Death is covered by dogmas & doctrines until is split off from its other half, Life. We erroneously think that death is always followed by more death. Not so, it always incubates more life. It is part of our own nature & inner authority. Rather than seeing Life&Death as opposites, we must see them as left&right of a single thought.
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The Life/Death/Life nature is a cycle of animation, development, decline, & death; always followed by reanimation. This cycle affects all physical life & all facets of psych. life.
Lady Death, a manifestation of this cycle, is not a disease, but a deity. She is often feared by men (sometimes women also) for when faith in the transformative has been lost, the natural cycles of increased &attrition are also feared.
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Lady Death, a manifestation of this cycle, is not a disease, but a deity. She is often feared by men (sometimes women also) for when faith in the transformative has been lost, the natural cycles of increased &attrition are also feared.
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Men&women both must name their dual natures & be open to learning. The most valuable lover/parent/friend is the one who wishes to learn. They who cannot be enticed into new ideas/experiences cannot develop past the immediate state. “If there is but one force which feeds the root of pain, it is the refusal to learn beyond this moment.” 2 Qs to ask: “What do you want”? & “What does your deeper self desire?”
— Mar 06, 2025 05:31PM
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The attacking stranger: represents either/both an internal (innate oppressor in the psyche) or external force (person/situation in the outer world) that tries to rob us of the names (the identity, the goal/vision, deeper knowing, power, consciousness). The dog fights to give the power of the names to the worthy man and not to the aspect of ancient human nature that would misuse it.
— Mar 06, 2025 05:24PM
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The dog is the retriever of enlightenment and of continuing primary psychic work, trying to bring up conscious connection to the mystical twin nature. He gets derailed by ‘creeping seductive appetite’ (human nature- appetites) and by the mysterious stranger, a version of the natural predator of the psyche that opposes consciousness. Jung remarked that some control must be placed on human appetite.
— Mar 06, 2025 05:10PM
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Manawee tale is also about male duality: the Manawee man has his human nature but also an instinctive nature symbolized by his dog, which is the one that learns to overcome superficial seductions, has sharp hearing and tenacity, instincts to find, persist, chase and retrieve valuable ideas. A Good suitor has sovereignty of his own and is devoted to the idea of the Two acting integrally & values duality.
— Mar 06, 2025 04:37PM
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Manawee: The Dual Nature of woman. The twin sisters in the story can be seen as two parts of one woman’s psyche. There are often two coexisting natures in a woman: the pragmatic human topside one and the deeper inner criatura. Both sides are necessary to develop. When balanced & developed the twin duality brings uncanny power. It strengthens: (harder to break two sticks together than one).
— Mar 06, 2025 02:51PM
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V. Task 9. Stepfamily burned up: we cannot continue to keep the intuition and consciousness earned from our encounter with Baba Yaga, if we live with cruel people, outwardly or inwardly. (We must choose our friends and lovers wisely, or they can douse our passions.) They are burnt to three small cinders, which small black dots can be the elemental beginning of creation: raw material to be reconfigured, repurposed.
— Mar 06, 2025 02:28PM
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V. Task 9: Recasting the Shadow. She must use this new fiery light (acute vision) to discern and react to the inner & outer world. After receiving intuition and Yaga powers every woman will encounter an urge to throw them away and go back to sleep. Holding the skull-light is heavy, for it sees what it is really there (painful truths).
— Mar 06, 2025 02:24PM
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V. Task 8. The skull given to her by Yaga represents ancestral kinship and initiation into a matrilineal legacy of knowing. In ancient cultures that practiced ancestral kinship, bones were recognized as the agents for calling past spirits and accessing their wisdom and guidance that still lived on in the bones after death. Baba Yaga has given V an old woman icon, an “ancestral knower” to carry with her for life.
— Mar 06, 2025 02:03PM
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V. Task 8: Standing on All Fours. Vasalisa creates a capacity for intuition within herself through serving the Yaga, and now receives a portion of the wild Hag’s power. Fears of this deep knowledge are unfounded- it is a lack of connection to one’s intuition, cycles & inner knowing that cause poor choices. Whether in the inner or the outer world, before all else, every action begins with strengthening the spirit.
— Mar 06, 2025 01:54PM
