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Cycles of Rebirth
March 30, 2013
— cycles, snake, symbols
Aesculapius
I: And the crown? Solve the riddle of the crown for me!”
Soul Bird: “The crown and serpent are opposites, and are one. Did you not see the serpent that crowned the head of the crucified?”
I: “What, I don’t understand you.”
Soul Bird: “What words did the crown bring you?
“Love never ends”-that is the mystery of the crown and the serpent.” ~Carl Jung; Red Book.
Carl Jung was the son of a reform minister who grappled with his own religion throughout his life. He had high aspirations and did some deep Dante style soul searching. His final spiritual expression was the Red Book, published after his death. In it he links symbols to deeper meaning. He was a student not only of mythology and history, but also of the ancient sciences. He studied the astrologers and the work of the alchemists to find clues to the collective consciousness as it has passed down through history. He was interested in Kundalini, the serpent coiled at the base of the energetic spine.
During the time of Christ the GrecoRoman god of healing Aesculapius was still popular. Cures and diagnosis in the cult of this demi god involved dreams and dream healing. His symbol, and indeed his assistants in healing temples, were the snakes. They were deemed to be powerful psychics. The symbol of the snake as natural healer was traded for the image of snake, the temptation of Eve, which got everyone thrown out of the Garden of Eden, reptiles included. We are not sure who lives there now..
If you have dreams of crowns or serpents, pay special attention. Something may be attempting rebirth within your soul.
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ok. I have to wrap my brain around this and figure out what this all means. Pam .. if you would ping me back or comment back so I KNOW — but this is JUNG again right? then don’t ping me if it’s about Jung. (I took too many classes in psychological therapy styles when I worked on my MS (which I didn’t finish). Oy
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Yes, the Red Book was Jung as his farthest out ..many said he was crazy when he died…I think he may have been enlightened..and crazy too..hard to say..oy!
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I don’t usually remember my dreams. Maybe this will be a trigger?
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It comes before you move around. if you document them before you actually get up, more will be retained.
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Here is something else that might help too…….Focus upon an object for a moment before going to bed. It can be anything. A book, lamp, chair, flowers, etc. Sometimes these objects appear in our dreams. Upon awakening we often forget our dreams but when we see these objects for the first time in the morning, it can trigger the memory of the dream.
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Rick
April 2, 2013
That is a good one, because the symbols are objects..and all have deeper meaning we do not consider. Like Col Mustard in the library with the dagger…each object adds to the plot. Thanks, gentle Rick, I am trying that tonight.
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