"The Prince of Darkness perpetually jabs the prince of light and drives him farther up. Blood is drawn it pours forth and scatters, it s drops congealing into suns, adding brilliance to the scene. The duel is fight, but also play. The fighters play in dead earnest; worlds hang upon their every stroke. They do not tire, though they have been playing from time immemorial.
As they mount the staircase, all life mounts with them. The steps they have climbed stretch endlessly below. How high do they extend above? The summit is veiled in mist; we cannot see.
The same mist floats about the individual human mind as it struggles for clarity in its battle for ascendance. The demonic powers employ the weaknesses of the human being, but the human employs the demons as well. There is an exchange from below to above and above to below. The demonic powers, as long as they are able to operate in darkness, can proliferate. Living in the depths of the personality, they can store up and transmit their poison. But when they are released and brought to the light, they don't disappear; they join in a dance with the light powers and become alloyed with them. Raw instincts become sublimated and turned to service as the power for evil is transmuted into the power for good.
And look! The mist has cleared at the top of the cosmic staircase. The duel has become a dance. As part of the dance the two princes join hands. And now the uppermost prince lifts his brother, once Brother of the Shadow, and enthrones him in light by his side."
This is one of my favorite passages taken from Twin Souls - Finding Your True Spiritual Partner by Patricia Joudry and Maurie D Pressman, M.D.
As they mount the staircase, all life mounts with them. The steps they have climbed stretch endlessly below. How high do they extend above? The summit is veiled in mist; we cannot see.
The same mist floats about the individual human mind as it struggles for clarity in its battle for ascendance. The demonic powers employ the weaknesses of the human being, but the human employs the demons as well. There is an exchange from below to above and above to below. The demonic powers, as long as they are able to operate in darkness, can proliferate. Living in the depths of the personality, they can store up and transmit their poison. But when they are released and brought to the light, they don't disappear; they join in a dance with the light powers and become alloyed with them. Raw instincts become sublimated and turned to service as the power for evil is transmuted into the power for good.
And look! The mist has cleared at the top of the cosmic staircase. The duel has become a dance. As part of the dance the two princes join hands. And now the uppermost prince lifts his brother, once Brother of the Shadow, and enthrones him in light by his side."
This is one of my favorite passages taken from Twin Souls - Finding Your True Spiritual Partner by Patricia Joudry and Maurie D Pressman, M.D.
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