Tag: crucifixion
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Of Agape, Climax, and Transubstantiation…
With the passing of crisis come celebration, perhaps a love scene. Survival or resurrection from death provides the central character a wider scope of consciousness. Personal concerns no longer drive the protagonist. Those of the community dominate her or his thoughts and actions instead. Agape love now influences their choices and behavior. Personal suffering has…
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Of Easter, The Vedas, and Passion…
The roots of Easter morning lie in the sad and turbulent time extending from when Christ, with his crown of thorns, was led to the cross, fastened upon it, nails holding him in place, and then allowed to die. This horrific time includes the moment in which the Son of Man, utters, “It is done,”…
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Illusions, Deceptions, and Various Manifestations of Doubt
The Chameleon or Shapeshifter archetype relates directly to the Jungian archetypes of anima and animus. Anima is the feminine aspect all men hold and animus is the masculine aspect every female carries in her psyche. Anima and animus reside in the archetypal unconscious that belies the individual unconscious layered by shadow. Anima and animus speak…