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Woman – Sophia
Very good account of the Goddess in all its ramifications. There are also many representations in the West: The Greek Athena, goddess of wisdom; Minerva, her Roman equivalent, goddess of all the arts; Diana, the huntress. Also Sophia, the divine … Continue reading
Women and men
The Dharma of a woman is very different from that of the man. This is due to the differences in physiology and the psychology between them. The difference in the physiology is obvious. But, that which in psychology – well … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy, spirituality, vedanta
Tagged Beauty, East and West, gender differences, life, Love, nurturing, sacrifice, spirituality, tradition, wisdom, woman
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The feminine principle – lV
In previous posts on the feminine principle we noted that, in Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, Life was linked with desire, and Love with death, and further that man can be redeemed only by and through woman. The theme in … Continue reading
Posted in Mysticism, spirituality
Tagged Beauty, darkness, death, desire, knowledge, language, life, light, Love, sacrifice, sexsual desire, Spirit, sufism, symbolism, transcending, woman
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Tristan and Isolde – ll (fem. principle)
Tristan und Isolde Liebestod – ‘love death’ – is the central theme in Wagner’s opera with that title. A theme that reverberated through European culture from the time of the Romantic revolution – especially German Romanticism (Fichte, Schelling, etc.) – … Continue reading
Posted in awakening, Poemas/cuentos, spirituality
Tagged illusion, Immortality, individuality, live and death, Love, realization, redemption, Romanticism, sacrifice, suffering, surrender, transcendence, woman
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The feminine principle
The power of the feminine principle (Shakti, Prakrit-Nature): Creation, Life, Nurturing – and its cycles. Also desire, with its attending temptation. Woman, however, (embodiment of the Goddess) can also be redemptress (e.g. Mary in Christianity). In Wagner’s opera ‘Tristan und … Continue reading
Posted in non-duality, Poemas/cuentos, spirituality
Tagged Creation, death, desire, dream, ego, life, longing, Love, night, redention, Romantic ideal, surrender, tranxcendence, Wagner, woman
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