Individuation as K&CHGA
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III,58 : But the keen and the proud, the royal and the lofty; ye are brothers!
III,59 : As brothers fight ye!@Jung said
But if we understand anything of the unconscious, we know that it cannot be swallowed. We also know that it is dangerous to suppress it, because the unconscious is life and this life turns against us if suppressed, as happens in neurosis. Conscious and unconscious do not make a whole when one of them is suppressed and injured by the other.** If they must contend, at least let it be a fair fight with equal rights on both sides.** Both are aspects of life. Consciousness should defend its reason and protect itself, and the chaotic life of the unconscious should be given the chance of having its way too - as much of it as we can stand. This means open conflict and open collaboration at once. That, evidently, is the way human life should be. It is the old game of hammer and anvil: between them the patient iron is forged into an indestructible whole, an ‘individual.’ This, roughly, is what I mean by the individuation process. [emphasis mine]
The connection between the two quotes may be hastily made, but I couldn't help remembering the Liber AL words as I read the quoted passage of Jung.
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Thank you for sharing - brings new ideas to mind in terms of what Al might have been getting at when he said that the new name for the "Lovers" Atu, should be "Brothers".
"This is a mystery of the sixth key of the Tarot, which ought not to be called The Lovers, but The Brothers. "
- BoT, Lovers