03-18-2012, 09:38 AM
First, I should say that I wrote this a few months ago and my thinking concerning the Archetypes has changed since then. I actually created this thread by scaling down one of my previous threads so that it could fit more readily into the categories I generated on the Table of Contents thread for this forum.
Second, What was at stake in my mind was the sexual alignments for the purposes of sexual union between the two. In this sense, I was seeking to determine which of the Archetypes is the activator and which the activated. I fully agree that there are many levels of polarity involved in both archetypes. However, I didn't appreciate how many different levels of polarity there were when I wrote this text.
Third, the question, re-poised above, still seems relevant. And I am still inclined to say that it is the Transformation which activates the Great Way, since the Transformation must needs involve a conscious choice; whereas, the Chariot will not move along the path unless this choice is made.
Since you brought in the Body Archetypes, Abstrktion, I have taken to viewing them as opposite (in terms of sexual activation) to the Mind correlates (big surprise, right?). Death and rebirth are usually not things that we consciously choose; they just happen to us and we can either accept or resist. On the other hand, exercising the virtue of Temperance does require a consistent and conscious effort. Although the act of conscious motivation (or activation, as I have called it) seems to lie in the Great Way, the movements of these two are, of course, more subtle than this. I hesitate to go any further down this path in this thread, though. Perhaps I'll create a new one.
Second, What was at stake in my mind was the sexual alignments for the purposes of sexual union between the two. In this sense, I was seeking to determine which of the Archetypes is the activator and which the activated. I fully agree that there are many levels of polarity involved in both archetypes. However, I didn't appreciate how many different levels of polarity there were when I wrote this text.
Third, the question, re-poised above, still seems relevant. And I am still inclined to say that it is the Transformation which activates the Great Way, since the Transformation must needs involve a conscious choice; whereas, the Chariot will not move along the path unless this choice is made.
Since you brought in the Body Archetypes, Abstrktion, I have taken to viewing them as opposite (in terms of sexual activation) to the Mind correlates (big surprise, right?). Death and rebirth are usually not things that we consciously choose; they just happen to us and we can either accept or resist. On the other hand, exercising the virtue of Temperance does require a consistent and conscious effort. Although the act of conscious motivation (or activation, as I have called it) seems to lie in the Great Way, the movements of these two are, of course, more subtle than this. I hesitate to go any further down this path in this thread, though. Perhaps I'll create a new one.