- Dorian Gray - the beautiful self outside, physical beauty, and the hideous soul inside, hidden in the attic (the attic = the mind), the ugly stains left by life, more and more of them as we advance in age… In a way it applies perfectly to our present society.
- Gilgamesh - in the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh when he encountered the Scorpion-men whose stare would strike death into those who looked deeply into their eyes. They guarded Mashu, the great twin-peaked mountain which, in turn, guarded the rising and setting of the Sun. In order for him to ‘pass through’ he had to first journey deep into the darkness for 12 leagues (a period of astronomical time). His feelings of oppression were enormous as were the feelings of being abandoned. Yet Gilgamesh, who symbolizes the individual’s Solar/heroic journey, kept his strength, courage, and survived his tribulations emerging after 11 leagues to see the light of dawn, and after the 12th league finally found himself in the garden of the gods. The inner meaning of this tale implies a soul’s need to face the journey of descent into the unconscious with courage and strength in order to appreciate more fully the light of consciousness once their perils are over. Reflecting through hindsight brings the realization that the difficulties one passes through are often what are needed to grow and mature.
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