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PostSubject: Stations of Mythic or Spiritual Journeys   Stations of Mythic or Spiritual Journeys Icon_minitimeThu Aug 16, 2007 1:52 pm

The following "stations" or "events" represent those typically found in any initiatory experience, whether the initiation be brought on by "life's journey", or invoked voluntarily by the initiate, himself in a formal or ceremonial setting. The order may differ from one setting to another.


Paradise - Innocence

Abduction

Separation from innocence/paradise/home/comfort zone

Separation from loved ones

Separation from community

Blindness

Bereftness-inconsolable grief

Entrance into the Underworld-Psychic Unveiling

Fatigue-exhaustion-illness

Loss of possessions-including identity

Abandonment-betrayal

Purification

Sacrifice

Contemplation

Lost-meaninglessness-futility-no purpose-defeat

Barrenness

Disintegration

Confrontation with one's demons-fears and history

Loss of illusions

Reduction to essence

Surrender

Fasting and preparation for ordeal

Ordeal

Prayer and meditation

Burning in the divine fire (that doesn't burn)

Alliance with the Natural World

Alliance with Liminal figures, others, the dead ( & honoring)

Dedication and devotion

Telling the story

Celebration and revelry

Alliance with the gods "Imitatio Dei vel Deae"

Re-cognition

Dis-membering

Transformation:

Fertility
Ecstasy
Understanding
Prosperity
Transmission
Vision
Receiving gifts

Unification:

Conjunctio-Divine Marriage
Birth of Divine Child
Return to Community
Re-membering

Healing and Restoration:

The elements listed below more specifically relate to the Eleusinian Mysteries and to the Myth of Kore [virginal Persephone] and Demeter. In the myth and it's surrounding Psychology we find the classical Initiatory path used in everyday Jungian work: the personal journey we all must take: Innocence and it's loss to accomplish rebirth, or return to essence.
Paradise - Innocence
Abandonment-betrayal
Abduction
Contemplation-Prayer and meditation
Dedication and devotion
Entrance into the Underworld-Psychic Unveiling
Transmission
Magickal Alliances with: Liminal and other figures ( & honoring)The dead
The gods "Imitatio Dei vel Deae"
The Natural World

Transformation:

Compassion [identification with Archetypal Suffering [of the Mother]
Confrontation with one's demons-fears and history
Burning in the divine fire
Understanding
Gathering
Celebration
Feasting
Procession
Revelry
Telling the story

Purification:

Fasting and preparation for ordeal

Sacrifice:

Barrenness
Bereftness-inconsolable grief
Blindness
Dis-membering
Dis-integration
Fatigue-exhaustion-illness
Loss of possessions-including identity
Lost-meaninglessness-futility-no purpose-defeat
Ordeal
Self-Satire, Scrutiny; Ego breakdown
Separation from innocence/paradise/home/loved ones/community/comfort zone
Surrender

Vision:

Collective Vision
Personal Vision
Bliss
Ecstasy
Loss of illusions

Receiving gifts:

Prosperity

Unification;

Re-cognition
Re-membering
Conjunctio-Divine Marriage
Fertility
Birth of Divine Child

Healing and Restoration: Return to Essence

Return to Society

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/3193/stations2.htm
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