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9th Grade
06/03/2010

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Water
Definition

mystery of creation, birth-death-resurrection, purification, life, fertility, growth, unconsciousness

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Sea
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mother of life, spiritual mystery and infinity, death and rebirth, all life, timelessness, eternity, the unconsciousness
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River
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death and rebirth, baptism, the flowing of time into eternity, phases of a cycle, transformation, passage from one state of being to another
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Lake
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very often seen as a physical arena, sexual, romance centered, attractive forces, clean, healthy

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Brook
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diminutive of river, often an oracle, “babbling brook”, guarded by fairies, trolls, elves, gnomes, …
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Rain
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seminal liquid, from father sky to mother earth, fertility
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Sun
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creative energy, life force, law in nature, consciousness, thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision, passage of time and life, father principle.
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Rising Sun
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birth, beginning, creation, enlightenment, hope, new start, growth, positive
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Setting Sun
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death, ending, destruction, ignorance, despair, repetition of the past, negative
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Moon
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female, darkness, romance, power of physical attraction, associated with water (sea and tides), linked to emotional behavior, wildness and uncontrolled activity, unconsciousness.

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Season
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passage of time, eternal cycle, life
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Spring
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hope, renewal, ascension, rebirth, fertility, new growth, hope, celebration of earth, childhood, (comedy)

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Summer
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maturity, adult love, acceptance of others, growing wisdom through experience, (romance
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Fall
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aging, taking rewards from life’s work, teaching, imparting wisdom, (tragedy)
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Winter
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dying, death, secrecy, hidden aspects, long rests, denial, (irony)

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Garden
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paradise, unspoiled beauty (feminine), innocence, fertility, womb
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Beauty
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beauty (feminine), brief time in nature (love, beauty, experience), attraction, fertility
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Tree
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life in the cosmos, consistence, growth, proliferation, generative and regenerative process, inexhaustible life, immortality, (Cross of Redemption & Tree of Life in Judeo-Christian icons)

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Desert
Definition
spiritual aridity, death, nihilism, hopelessness, (negative sea)
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Path
Definition
the way to a goal, following the model for behavior & attitude & emotional health, performing rituals
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Red
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blood, sacrifice, violent passion, death, disorder, danger, intense love/hate

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White
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light, knowledge, civilization, open & shown, purity, innocence, timelessness; death, terror, supernatural, blinding truths of mystery revealed
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Black
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darkness, chaos, confusion, mystery, unknown, unconscious, evil, melancholy, death
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Green
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growth, sensation, hope, fertility, life; death, decay, fungus
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Blue
Definition
highly positive, truth, religiosity, sky, water, security, spiritual purity
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Yellow
Definition
friendship, warmth, sun; urine, decay, pus
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Purple
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royalty, pure blooded family line, passion in a physical sense, royal sacrifice

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Brown
Definition
earth, common, muddied, rot, feces
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Blends
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combines the values of it’s component colors for a toning up or down of those values

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Circle
Definition
wholeness, unity, begun and ended, beginningless and endless, completed cycle, self generation
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Mandala
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squaring of a circle, circling of a square, transformation image, change around a center

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Egg
Definition
(oval), mystery of life, and the forces of generation, birth
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Yin-Yang
Definition
Union of balance and necessity of opposite forces, Yin is the female force: darkness, passivity, unconsciousness; Yang is masculine force: light, activity, consciousness.
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Ouroboros
Definition
snake biting its own tail signifying eternal cycle of life. Primordial unconsciousness, darkness, underworldlyness
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Serpant
Definition
pure energy, pure force, corruption, sensuality, wisdom, destruction, mystery, unconsciousness
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Cross
Definition
power over all directions, symbol of human shape, tree image, scepter, structure image, directional
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Triangle
Definition
holy trinity, light (star, star of David), spiritual awareness, male(seen as support structure),unity
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One
Definition
the individual, the path, the way the g-d, most important element or set of conditions
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Two
Definition
union of mature relationship (romance or friendship), duality of nature/nature of people as well
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Three
Definition
(see triangle) male, holy trinity, support structure, often found in nature
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Five
Definition

number close to humans being the number of fingers on each hand. Ten becomes significant for the same reason. Look for factors of these and all numbers

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Seven
Definition
 highly potent union of three and four, completion of perfect cycle/order, holy union
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Twelve
Definition
factors of three and for, used to represent elements of time, seasons, life cycle, whole groups
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Thirteen
Definition
unnatural number not found in nature, signifies unholy group or cycle
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Twenty-eight
Definition
very natural number, factors of 3 and 4, skin, menstrual, moon, pregnancy, moon, insects
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Infant
Definition
innocence, purity, hope, beginning, positive creation
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Child
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curiosity, hope, vocalizes truth, observes with clarity, innocence

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Friend
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companion, confidante, aid, partner, fellow warrior, sharer, selfless, trust

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Fool
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offers relief through light emotion, offers a counter behavior as a foil for hero to observe right behavior
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Hero
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transformation and redemption model, selfless, works for society’s betterment, must pass the tests, held up to a higher standard, suffers silently, usually bigger/stronger/smarter/faster/able/willing than other men, will attempt to save humanity even unwillingly, solves riddles, kills monsters, brings peace to the people, surmounts horrible odds to win, marries the beautiful/patient/kind submissive princess and continues the royal line, often born of distinguished parents (king & queen), birth is notable for at least one aspect, his origin often preceded by troubles, prophecy often warns against his birth, at sometime as a child he is given unto the water, often saved by animals or a humble/poor woman, reunites later with lost parents, extracts revenge on his father, gains acknowledgement for his deeds or ideas, and achieves rank and honors, marries the princes/soul mate dies peacefully after a long life filled with many happy children

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Journey
Definition
call to adventure, immortal/spiritual aid, departure, crossing 1st threshold, tests & trials, pit expense, reward/boon, return, re-crossing the threshold
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Initiation Ritual
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SEPARATION = TRANSFORMATION = RETURN
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Scapegoat
Definition

dies to atone for or remove sins of the group, can be selected by the group, volunteer, or be chosen by an immortal, dies to return to the land of  peace and fruitfulness, dies to allow the group to live free from guilt, often seen as a key to a world free from sin

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Wise Old Man
Definition

-- personification of the spirit, a moral/intellectual guide for the hero, savior, redeemer, guru, teacher, knowledge, wisdom, insight, willingness to help, goodwill, appears to the hero in times of need and hopelessness, helps the man who needs/attempts to go outside himself for answers

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Demon
Definition
tempter, personification of every man’s worst fears or imagination
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Good Mother
Definition

the great mother (mother earth = rotund, smiling, fertile, healthy), includes all the positive aspects of mother earth: life principle, birth, nourishment, warmth, protection, the home, growth abundance light, encouragement, support through changes, spiritual goodness

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Terrible Mother
Definition
negative aspects of mother earth, death through purposeful neglect or abuse, starvation, lack of emotion, barren, witch, sorceress, siren,  femme fatale, associated with sensuality, sexual orgies, fear, danger, darkness, dismemberment, emasculation, death, terrifying aspects of the unconscious
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Soul Mate
Definition
holy mother, princess or beautiful lady, innocent or virginal, usually young, incarnation of inspiration and spiritual fulfillment, completion of male model, seen as needing to be saved by the hero
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Creation
Definition
almost nearly every mythology is built on its own story of how the universe, mankind, animals, all this stuff was created, many creation stories include elements of floods, animals, paradise (much better time than our own), fire/light in the sky, voices from the sky
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Time
Definition
escape form time, return to paradise, a state of perfect bliss enjoyed by man before his all into corruption and mortality; mystical submersion into cyclical time, endless death and regeneration, man submits to the vast rhythm of nature’s eternal cycles
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