The Choice

[JustLikeYou]

But another thing that I was thinking of is that if the croc represents fear or danger, then what sorts of danger does it represent? Or fear of what specifically? Of course, the Fool is about to walk an unknown path so it is given to be a bit uncomfy or even afraid in that situation, but I was wondering if there was something specific to fear or feel as a danger since the croc is taking such a central part in this Archetype?

At any moment, we can get injured, killed, duped, abused, defrauded, kidnapped, etc. Or, as Ra says, "There is no outward shelter in your illusion from the gusts, flurries, and blizzards of quick and cruel catalyst."

And one thought that appeared to me is that perhaps the croc as representative for fear and danger tries to "embody" here the Law of Responsibility? The Law of Responsibility states that once you ask for something and then learn it, you can't go about your day as you did before that. You need to put into practice in each moment what you have learned. So, I was wondering if the croc in this Archetype represents just that. If you don't put in practice what you learn when walking this path, the croc will attack. There is no more innocence.

I like this. I think it is one of the dangers the croc represents, but this seems to be the kind of danger only an adept would really know about. The archetype, as experienced by any old person, would involve perception of danger in the old-fashioned way. I know my take on this one is rather unexciting, but this archetype's job is to describe the total human condition, and I think most people would say that "watch out for the monsters" is a warning you'd want to put on the label for the human condition.

I think the croc is the equivalent of "getting swept into the maelstrom" (for Wanderers). I guess for native 3rd density it would maybe represent reversion to the orange chakra. So, instead of moving forward in consciousness, one moves backwards/is impeded. I think that is the "great danger" of third density.

My first thought was that this analysis strikes me as a little too meta for the humble 3d archetypes. Looking past 3d experience in order to explain these images puts us in danger of missing the point. Of course you're right that this is the great danger of 3d, but I think the croc refers to something we experience within the illusion, rather than something we can only appreciate from a perspective beyond the illusion.

On the other hand, I tend to think that these archetypes describe our experience on all hierarchical levels. This suggests that there is an absolute macrocosm (i.e. the broadest level) which they accurately describe. So now it seems to me that you are describing that broadest level, which we can only discuss in terms of the meta.

Column of third density has fallen and the croc sits on it.

I'm still trying to make sense of the column. A column is something distinctly constructed by human beings. So maybe it's the contractual/artifactual world. Some questions and cursory answers:

But why is it disintegrating? Perhaps because no social order seems to work properly in 3d. Our institutions always seem to corrupt.

Why is the disintegrated part in the water? Maybe because it's our unconscious tendencies that corrupt our institutions more than our conscious ones.

Why does the threat rest atop it? Perhaps that means that the monsters in 3d are other human beings and the organs of our societies. Who knows, maybe the croc has eaten part of the column.