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Alienation from inner workings of the brain jams the interplay between nature and man. When right-hemispheric functions fall into disuse, half of reality goes missing. Multitasking is over. The spiritual center stays unlit if the animating flow of intelligent life stops. The star field shows the pattern the growth cycle takes. The moon and the night sky are stripped of power. The interchange between darkness and light is no longer intuited from observed interactions between the moon and sun. Without warning, the ego steals the spotlight to reinterpret the meaning of existence. Half of the message is deleted. Nothing is clear without it. Its theory of single-mindedness clogs the feeding tube that keeps mental activity alive. Western philosophy supports conformity to patriarchal life. It turns dragons into an evil force for powerful men to eradicate. The final blow to serpent cults takes up residence in the biblical Garden of Eden. Deceit turns knowledge of the tree (symbol of natural laws) into forbidden fruit. Truth is demonized. Moon knowledge is blocked from entering mentation.
The fact that gods are created and alternate in dominance is significant. The models for thought and behavior do not stay the same but the effect accumulates. They change over time to accommodate changing circumstance in the brain. The first teaching about life was transmitted visually by reading the stars. The goal was not to extend life into eternity but to expand enlightenment into wisdom.
Human potential resides underground, outside of awareness. That which is not seen is in the dark. Consciousness is a flashlight. It searches the darkness for hidden treasure.
Air is the symbol of the sky. Its truth enters consciousness to deepen perception. The direction serpentine energy takes is down (dying) and then up (rising). Without prior darkness to compare it to, light has no independent value. Truth is revealed by comparing one state to another and feeling deeply the suffering the darkness of detachment causes. A major aspect of the theme of darkness and light is extracted from observed interactions between the moon and sun.
In other words this interactions between the moon and sun is also were the Philosopher´s Stone is made.
Western philosophy supports conformity to patriarchal life. It turns dragons into an evil force for powerful men to eradicate. The final blow to serpent cults takes up residence in the biblical Garden of Eden. Deceit turns knowledge of the tree (symbol of natural laws) into forbidden fruit. Truth is demonized. Moon knowledge is blocked from entering mentation.
Anything circular, even a round apple that is reminiscent of the feared Ourobouros, is forbidden fruit. The ancestry of consciousness is not in creation mythologies of the psyche but in celestial bodies in the heavens. Memory of a cosmic connection is lost. That is why access to sacred wisdom is so important.
To underrate the value of wisdom, the ego reduces the all-knowing serpent astride a rod to a laughable cartoon caricature. An evil witch flies over the moon on a stringy broomstick. The triangular hat that dwindles to a drooping point and the ugly wart suspended on a hooked nose are devilish touches to invoke disgust rather than awe. Ridicule reduces the good to the laughable and foolish. It is employed to invalidate what is most essential in life. A ditty about a Cow Goddess (Hathor) jumping over the moon fulfills the same purpose of using derision to minimize the worth of an ideal. The same tactic is used in modern-day political campaigns to turn public opinion against a candidate endorsed by the opposing party.