A serpent coiling near a man and a woman
A SERPENT COILING NEAR A MAN AND A WOMAN
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This universal idea is best expressed through planets in
14th degree of Aries (13°- 14°)ARIES 14
The immaturity that gives rise to rebelliousness will only ever be dealt with when the individual masters polarity inwardly rather than by seeking another person to compensate for their lack of wisdom and emotional poise. We get drawn into relationship – by sexual desire and emotional need – in order to learn how to internalise polarity. Approaching relationship in sacredness is the key. Rudhyar: Identification in bipolar relationship with the impersonal rhythm of natural energy: RITUALISATION OF RELATIONSHIP. |
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Awareness of the highest aspects of life depends on embracing the lowest
The snake imagery points towards revelation of the most profound wisdom, of sexuality. In sex, the wisdom of naive impetuosity is balanced in time by the wisdom of responsible self-discipline. The continual acquisition of this quality of balance shows that we are developing an understanding of the nature of cosmic reality and our place within it. With significant self-control, we are safe to explore lower aspects of our nature without fear. Baser impulses largely rejected by society, are important contributors to wellbeing and must not be denied. Nature is dangerous and human nature is no exception, especially sexuality. Yet to grasp who and what we are, then then we are required to feel deeply into the hidden areas and accept our darker side. We have urges and they must not be denied or repressed, or else we will soon find ourselves overwhelmed by these baser instincts, and lose the truth of our balanced condition. Our appetites lead us into the darker region of human experience, and towards the knowledge of the more essential, less civilized, aspects of our true selves. Without this exploration the deeper secrets, kept taboo by society, are never assimilated as wisdom. Half angel, half animal, we are forced to develop the power of dynamic balance that is afforded by an active, sensitive, expressive heart. Sex is an activity that allows, in fact revels in, the interplay of two people enjoying their animal nature in sacred play. Were animal to dominate, then it would become hollow; were angel to take over then it would lack full-bloodedness. When the heart is open, both sacredness and lustiness can be found in exaltation – a true revelation of wisdom, that the heart’s deepest purpose is to balance. Without delving into unconscious urges, we could never rise up to the heights of conscious experience. Without accepting the baser aspects of ourselves, we cannot appreciate the highest, sacred aspects of life. Original Sin is refuted here, and biblical knowledge of good and evil is now understood as distortion of a profound esoteric principle. The ‘Fall’ of Adam and Eve is in fact a courageous adventure into the acceptance of our baser nature so that the higher self may become free to emerge and express the greater glory of God. The mystery of three is revealed as man, woman and sex, or as rational, emotional and creative. This comes about when duality is neither obeyed nor feared – it simply is what it is. Neither good nor bad can ever exist alone, and both are essential aspects of Creation and creativity. Revelation is not a part of religion, it is part of mysticism. A student of the mysteries will have to slough off the constraints of good and bad – the moral code by which society controls the masses – in order to awaken the depths and heights of knowledge, well beyond the limits of duality. |
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