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04/25/2026

Ah the Breast, the Divine Breast of Cosmic Oneness

Deathless are those who have fed at the breast of the Mother of the Universe
Ta***ic saying (Walker, 1988. p. 303)

Over thousands of years the Divine Mother archetype has developed within the human psyche. This archetype has a strong a strong physical and symbolic relationship to the breast. She is represented variously, for example, as the Ancient Egyptian sky/moon goddess known as Nut, Isis, Mut, and others. The oval or oblong cartouche within which are written a number of hieroglyphs identifying her typically includes the hieroglyph mena, which represents the ‘breast’ or ‘moon’. Mena symbolizes the divine feminine connection to the cosmic waters of life thought by Ancient Egyptians to originate in the Milky Way.

Neumann contends that an infant’s first relationship to the breast is archetypal. The baby experiences the breast as the Great Mother itself, a divine source of life, comfort, and unity. At this stage, the infant does not distinguish the woman from the breast. Losing access to it feels like losing connection to life itself, which makes the bond urgent and essential for survival.

In adulthood, this early connection doesn’t disappear, it just changes form. We seek people, passions, and beauty that echo that original sense of comfort. If that early bond was lacking, a deep, persistent hunger can follow us. We chase substitutes until we recognize what we’re really seeking, a return to that original source, where we can finally feel held and at peace.

References: 1) Neumann, E. (1974). The Great Mother: An analysis of the archetype (R. Manheim, Trans. 2nd ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2) Walker, B. G. (1988). The woman's dictionary of symbols and sacred objects. New York: HarperCollins.

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04/23/2026

The Mysterium Coniuntionis or sacred marriage is the goal of alchemy and its central image. It represents the highest order of the reconciliation and union of opposites--spirit an prima materia--masculine and feminine-Sol and Luna. This reconciliation creates the philosopher's stone also called the Lapis, Red Gum, Celestial Ruby, and the Fourfold Flower. Many alchemy adepts claimed an attitude of love was critical for the alchemical experiment to succeed. Alcehmical texts outline the necessary attributes for an alchemist to be successful, such as piety, wisdom, fortitude, perseverance and most important and attitude of love, so says Frater Albertus in his alchemists handbook. WGL p. 154

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04/20/2026

The processes of Psyche behave differently than those of the material world. Psyche communicates by symbol and events unfold synchronistically--Cairos not Chronos determines the right time. Just like quantum physics describes the organizing principles of the universe being dependent on chaos and disintegration to form new matter, so too our ego perspective must become chaotic and disintegrate to form new perspective, always a little more aligned with the truth of our psyche. WGL p.38

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04/06/2026

In alchemy, the "orphan" (orbus) is a symbolic designation for the lapis (Philosopher's Stone), representing a unique, solitary substance that has no equal, parents, or siblings. It symbolizes the final product of the conjunctio (union of opposites), embodying a "divine child" that is independent, miraculous, and born of the transformation process itself rather than inherited lineage. C.G. Jung CW 14 (13-14) Dorn and other alchemists refer to the stone as an "orphan" because it is a "singular, solitary thing," representing a unique psychic state of wholeness that is detached from worldly origins or common elements.

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04/04/2026

The archetypal energy of the Death Mother is emotionally cold, emotionally violent, physically destructive, corrosive, destructively critical, among others. She drives all addicitons, eating disorders, and many self-destructive compulsive behaviors. She invites Thanatos into your life. See Confronting the Death Mother: An Interview with Marion Woodman https://danielasieff.com/media-type/writing/confronting-death-mother-an-interview-with-marion-woodman/

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04/03/2026

Addictions of all sort are driven by the Thanatos Drive, or "death drive", a concept defined Freud (1920). It refers to the innate human drive toward destruction, aggression, repetition compulsion, and ultimately, a return to an inanimate state. Thantos is counterpoised by Eros, "the drive to live and create". Thantos was the ancient Greek god of death, and Eros the ancient Greek god of love. Ask yourself what are you addicted to, a substance, a behavior, a place, a thing, a person--how do you engage with Thanatos? How does engaging with Thanatos affect your life?

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03/30/2026

Our Faustian like ego-driven heroic masculine mentality constructs materia that thrills and distracts us from the truth of how materialism subverts structures that undercut sustainable living and undermines care of the soul and nature that would allow all to thrive. WGL p.4. See also Richard Tarnas(1991). Passion of the western mind: Understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view.

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03/27/2026

“[I]t seemed to me that one of the places we hear psyche least is in the many ‘voices of relationship’. It is here that the wounded and wounding ego speaks loudest of all. In my own experience of relationship difficulties, and in dealing with the myriad phenomena of relationship in others, I found that the most crucial problems of relationship stemmed most often from ‘not telling’. In working out the implications of this in an essay called ‘Eros in Language, Myth and Dream’, I came to the conclusion that ‘eros means telling’, and that an eros relationship means that one is able to tell the other person the reality of one’s experience over its full range and to tell it in a personal way. We often hesitate to tell for fear that we will hurt the other person, or that the other person cannot take it, or will take it wrongly, or will run away. That is when we wrongfully wound another person. That is cruelty. The most cruel thing we do is withhold our reality from one another.” Russell Lockhart (2012) Words as Eggs: Pysche in Language and Clinic https://geraldinematusauthor.com/truth-or-cruelty/b

03/26/2026

Speaking the truth catalyzes alienation when truth disrupts the comfortable illusions and shared deceptions of those who cling to the lie. Yes, truth is a universal ideal, but its practice acts as a mirror that exposes corruption, hypocrisy, and false self-images, leading those invested in the falsehood to attack the truth-sayer and alienate them.

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03/17/2026

Body work is soul work. Imagination is the bridge between body and soul. To have healing power, an image needs to be taken into our body on our breath. Only then can the image connect with the life force. Only then can things change. Marion Woodman

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03/14/2026

We are born corporeal beings and yet, paradoxically, can transcend our corporeality through imagination. Through the power of our imagination, we can welcome and generate creative thoughts and deeds as if they are the morning sun glorying the eastern horizon. WGL xi

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03/13/2026

The initial condition of transformation is the disintegration or death of our ego perspective. Surrender to that process, paradoxically, allows love as the glue of the world to restore us. WGL xi

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