IS ALL THAT IS NOW
AND
FOREVER MORE.
FROM THIS SOUL.
THAT IS ALL.
THE OUTPOURING
OF
SUCH LOVE.
THE OUTPICTURING
OF
WHAT IS.
ew
from
The Galactic Teachings, v.II
Rapturous Knowings
1998
It (Ouroboros) can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting before any beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished
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Carl Jung
Swiss psychologist Carl Jung interpreted the Ouroboros as having an archetypal significance to the human psyche. It makes its way into our conscious mind time and time again in varying forms as the basic mandala of alchemy. Jung defined the relationship of the ouroboros to alchemy:
- The alchemists, who in their own way knew more about the nature of the individuation process than we moderns do, expressed this paradox through the symbol of the ouroboros, the snake that eats its own tail. In the age-old image of the ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feed-back' process is at the same time a symbol of immortality, since it is said of the ouroboros that he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilizes himself and gives birth to himself. He symbolizes the One, who proceeds from the clash of opposites, and he therefore constitutes the secret of the prima materia which [...] unquestionably stems from man's unconscious'.
- (Collected Works, Vol. 14 para.513)
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Serpent of Fire
http://simonarich.com/kundalini-the-serpent-of-fire-book-review