Sooner or later on this journey, every traveller faces the same question: Are you a human intending to be a god, or a god pretending to be human?
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Transition isn't pretty, but stagnation is hideous.
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When the feminine and our vitality become lost to power drives and life becomes a wasteland, the stage is set for the mythic world to give rise to a hero to transform and revitalize the situation. They mythic hero is a metaphor for our struggle to transform our consciousness and bring new life to ourselves.
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