XPost: alt.mythology.mythic-animals, uk.religion.pagan   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "The real meaning of the motif of the dying god"   
      
   Abstract: Narcissus, and other tales, have been abundantly used in   
   concretistic types of psychological interpretation. The article shows   
   that they ought to be viewed in abstract terms as portraying processes   
   in the individual and collective psyche. The examined stories depict the   
   mystery of incarnation, symbolic of the emancipative function of   
   conscious realization. The gender of the god is discussed, and it is   
   argued that the dominance of the masculine divinity depends on natural   
   processes of conscious enhancement.   
      
   Keywords: archetype, Princess Cottongrass, Coyote Blue, Narcissus,   
   Unicorn, Christ, Lucifer, Oedipus.   
      
   Read the article here:   
   http://home7.swipnet.se/~w-73784/archetypes.htm   
      
   Mats Winther   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)