Re: The purpose after full comprehension of itself?
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:52 pm
This is an excellent discussion that I feel compelled to contribute to in my own way. The contrast of light and darkness can also be illustrated on a more human scale, in the context of lives that embody it. Here is a brief study of this archetypal contrast as revealed by juxtaposing the life of Carl Jung with that of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, who is pictured here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... d=19001273.
In the unlikely event I found myself in Rome, I would make every effort to visit the Basilica of San Crisogono. I am transfixed by this scene, with the Blakean angels at the corners of her elegant casket, at the entrance to the Chapel of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, a Catholic laywoman and mystic.
Born in Sienna in 1769, Anna Maria and her family moved to Rome when she was six years old. She later married and had seven children. Known for her charity and devotion, she joined the Secular Trinitarians in 1802. Of the many holy gifts attributed to her, the most impressive was the “miracle of the mystic globe-sun.” She could, upon request, receive visions of a sun-shaped globe that held images of current, past, and secret events. Thus, she became a celebrated seer and mystic, with bishops and cardinals requesting audiences with her.
In 1868, thirty years after her death, her original casket was opened, and her body was found to be incorrupt. More recently, some wax restoration has been done. Beatified in 1920, in her chapel special masses are still held to this day. The original church site is one of the oldest in Rome, dating from the 400s.
This study of Carl Jung’s birth chart is, of necessity, imagistic. Anna Maria Taigi was born with the same rare planetary figure as Carl Jung, more than a century before his birth. In this way, I identify metaphorical 'counterparts'. In contrast to Jung’s descent into the underworld and dark images of his Red Book, there are many accounts of her spontaneous ecstasies and heavenly visitations. To the faithful, the display of Anna Maria’s remains gives a powerful symbol of Christianity’s victory over death, the ascension story, the gifts of prophecy, the whole fantastic drama.
In bringing these two hallowed personages together, I find myself at a loss for the right words. I will not attempt to interpret further, leaving it to these juxtaposed images to tell their story.
This type of study is intended to identify metaphorical counterparts of a selected native, by screening out all but the very few births that share a given rare planetary figure. Counterparts may be similar, but the most striking ones also reveal sharp contrasts. A good metaphor requires a combination of similarity and contrast; the same is true of the metaphorical counterparts that I’ve sought out and documented.
In the unlikely event I found myself in Rome, I would make every effort to visit the Basilica of San Crisogono. I am transfixed by this scene, with the Blakean angels at the corners of her elegant casket, at the entrance to the Chapel of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, a Catholic laywoman and mystic.
Born in Sienna in 1769, Anna Maria and her family moved to Rome when she was six years old. She later married and had seven children. Known for her charity and devotion, she joined the Secular Trinitarians in 1802. Of the many holy gifts attributed to her, the most impressive was the “miracle of the mystic globe-sun.” She could, upon request, receive visions of a sun-shaped globe that held images of current, past, and secret events. Thus, she became a celebrated seer and mystic, with bishops and cardinals requesting audiences with her.
In 1868, thirty years after her death, her original casket was opened, and her body was found to be incorrupt. More recently, some wax restoration has been done. Beatified in 1920, in her chapel special masses are still held to this day. The original church site is one of the oldest in Rome, dating from the 400s.
This study of Carl Jung’s birth chart is, of necessity, imagistic. Anna Maria Taigi was born with the same rare planetary figure as Carl Jung, more than a century before his birth. In this way, I identify metaphorical 'counterparts'. In contrast to Jung’s descent into the underworld and dark images of his Red Book, there are many accounts of her spontaneous ecstasies and heavenly visitations. To the faithful, the display of Anna Maria’s remains gives a powerful symbol of Christianity’s victory over death, the ascension story, the gifts of prophecy, the whole fantastic drama.
In bringing these two hallowed personages together, I find myself at a loss for the right words. I will not attempt to interpret further, leaving it to these juxtaposed images to tell their story.
This type of study is intended to identify metaphorical counterparts of a selected native, by screening out all but the very few births that share a given rare planetary figure. Counterparts may be similar, but the most striking ones also reveal sharp contrasts. A good metaphor requires a combination of similarity and contrast; the same is true of the metaphorical counterparts that I’ve sought out and documented.
What way I'm not taking? 