The love that died

If woman has given too much (in the hope of receiving) and has gone empty, it may be that her love and trust have died. If she has given everything, her body, her life (blood) and her love (heart's blood), and has gone empty and "bled dry" (cf. The Woman, 3-in-1), then it is time for her to take upon herself the path to the underworld and face her "spiritual" death. [S. The Great Feminine in the Underworld and Ereshkigal: "I am the mistress of the underworld"].

With the awareness of the sad truth, weakness is integrated. Thus, salvation is also there. Through the encounter with the love of the Father, which is unconditional and overcomes death, the love of the woman stands up again (s. The integration of the animus).

Awareness: Resurrection by the Father

The father ventured into the underworld

In the Sumerian tradition, the father sails on the sea and lets himself be swallowed up by the waves. A dramatic encounter with the mother, a meeting of the elemental forces of creation, from which life itself emerges.

[S. Sumerian Tradition, Prologue II: The Father Dared to Go to the Underworld.]

Noah-Utnapishti

Man crosses or traverses the sea and thereby reaches the Father. - Just as once King Gilgamesh crossed the waters of death to reach Noah-Utnapishti. This great-great-father and ancestor of the hero had survived the great flood and had been raised to the status of the gods. It was to him that Gilgamesh wished to ask the secret of eternal life. [S. The Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh (summary): The man, who survived the great flood.]

The waiting of the earth, the whole creation for redemption

The earth as living matter is the symbol for the great, reality giving birth to MOTHER. Further the EARTH as element symbolizes also the body of the woman (s. The four elements). Already the first traditions thematize what is today more topical than ever: The feminine has been subjugated, abused and exploited and therefore needs redemption. This is given by the loving father.

[S. The Great Feminine in the Underworld and "I am the mistress of the underworld".]

The moon, black - white, as a female symbol

The moon has long been considered a feminine symbol. This satellite of the earth may have been knocked out of the planet by a cosmic catastrophe. There is no life on it, and it is either in light (white) or completely in shadow (black). As an image, this fits traumatized and destroyed femininity. In the grip of power (instead of love) she lives therefore either white magic (power through seduction and delusion) or black magic (power through oppression and violence). [S. I am Lilith, the dark virgin.]

Accordingly also the inner female image of the man is often black and white, namely either that of the WHORE or the HOLY (s. also to the picture Swan No. 17 by Hilma af Klint).