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 EssenceReturn to Society
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