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The shadow blurts out in slips of the tongue. When, like the archetypal Fool, we make embarrassing misstatements, the shadow slides past the gates of consciousness momentarily and reveals unintentional feelings or thoughts, such as sexual innuendo, sarcasm, or cruelty. Caught with our masks down, we smile in embarrassment. For instance, in
... See moreNotice that before the creation of light, the seas were already there. The Iliad, too, calls Oceanus the father of the gods. The idea may be even older and may have originated prior to the separation of Eurasian and American peoples. Consider the first verse of the Navajo creation myth: “The One is called ‘Water Everywhere.’
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Guilt is also a cheap substitute for paradox. The energy consumed by guilt would be far better invested in the courageous act of looking at two sets of truths that have collided in our personality. Guilt is also arrogant because it means we have taken sides in an issue and are sure that we are right. While this one-sidedness may be part of the
... See moreFollowing the lead of his long-time teacher and friend, theologian Paul Tillich, May introduced the daimonic as a concept designed to rival the “devil,” the traditional Judeo-Christian symbol of cosmic evil. It is May’s contention that the term, the devil, “is unsatisfactory because it projects the power outside the self and opens the way for all
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