p. 82 AN ASTROLOGICAL MANDALA, by Dane Rudhyar (1973)
PHASE 48 (TAURUS 18º): A WOMAN AIRING AN OLD BAG THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW OF HER ROOM.
KEYNOTE: The cleansing of the ego-consciousness.
In this third stage of the present sequence the first two stages should be considered background. The traditional teachings concerning man's nature are some how reconciled with the youthful enthusiasm that sees in every problem of growth an issue between the "good" and the "bad." The symbol suggests that the real enemy is within the mind; it is the ego and its attachment to possessions. The mind is shown in the likeness of a "bag," now empty and needing to be aired in the sunlight. But the "window" must first be opened and the bag emptied.
The phrase "cleansing the doors of perception" has become well known of late. But even more to be cleansed is the container of perceptual images––i.e. the ego mind. The Keyword is PURIFICATION.
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