- A man does not understand that marriage is a death and resurrection for a woman
- There is a sacrificial element to it for a woman
- The feminine demands growth
- Chaos, fire, wildness – it challenges consciousness
- Jung: the demand for growth in consciousness often comes from the shadow
- “A woman is likely to go through a bewildering series of relationships with her partner. He is the god of love, and he death on top of the mountain; he is the unknown one in paradise, and he is the censoring one when she demands consciousness. And finally he is the god of love at the summit of Olympus when she comes to her own goddesshood.”
- Of course he is hesitant and careful to observe which version of herself she is one day to the next
- Light is always a symbol of consciousness
- Woman’s natural consciousness burns the oil of the earth of of the fruit and gives a particularly warm, gentle, soft light
- It warms, animates and brings meaning
- A man’s yearning for a woman stems from his need for her light to show him (and her) his true nature and godhood
- Woman’s natural consciousness burns the oil of the earth of of the fruit and gives a particularly warm, gentle, soft light
- Life is often dry and barren for a man unless someone bestows meaning on life for him
- A woman can give meaning to a whole day’s struggle and a man will be grateful for it
- When a man shares the events of his day, he is asking for a woman to bestow meaning on them
- A woman is the carrier of growth in most relationships
- When a man is in a mood, he most needs true femininity from his woman to get his bearings and be a man again
- To love someone means to see that “person truly, appreciating him or her for the ordinariness, failures, and magnificence of human personality. If we can ever cut through the fog of projections in which we live so much of our life, and look truly at another person, we can perceive an ordinary creature as magnificent.”
- We rarely see another person clearly in all his or her depth and nobility
- Myth of Psyche: a mortal fell in love with a god and stayed true to her humanity and faithful to her love
- “No wonder we promptly become blind when we fall in love. We walk right by the real person and focus on something greater than any ordinary human being. Psychologically speaking, this is saying that prior to the time of our myth, if you touched an archetype, you were simply obliterated. The myth tells us that henceforth, and under certain circumstances, when mere mortals undergo an archetypal experience, they may survive it, but will be radically changed by it.”
- “It is ironic that the moment you fall in love with someone, you must acknowledge that person’s utter uniqueness and thus their separateness. Then we become immediately aware of the distance, the separation, and the difficulty of relationship. There is generally a terrible feeling of inferiority in both men and women when they find that their companion is a god or goddess. Loneliness and isolation follow quickly.”
- “It is bewildering to a man to discover the degree to which a woman has control over her feelings and inner world, a capacity unknown to most men.”
- “A woman has a profound capacity to be still, perhaps the most powerful act any human can make. She is required to go back to a very still inner center every time something profound happens to her. This is a highly creative act but must be done correctly.”
- It is the feminine task to protect not only herself but her man and her family from the dangers of the inner world; moods, inflations, excesses, vulnerabilities, and what used to be called possessions
- The underworld part of a woman must be honored and respected – you must journey there but you cannot stay there
- “The promise from the old myth is that a daughter is born – whose name is Pleasure. When one has grown strong and wise enough, the warring elements which cost so much suffering and anxiety, will become complementary elements and produce the great work of art which is your own life.”
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