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Antaletriangle · 02-04-2009, 12:44 AM

PLEASE SEE OTHER POST ON METZNER WITH LINK=APOLOGIES I HIT THE WRONG KEY AND THIS POSTED WITHOUT THE LINKS BUT THE LINK IS ON THE OTHER POSTING!!Ralph Metzner interviewed on radio orbit 03-05-07

Introduction: From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Symbols and Metaphors of Transformation
Theories of Human Transformation
Variations on the Theme of Self-Transformation

1. Awakening from the Dream of Reality

Ordinary Awareness as Dreamlike
Dreaming, Sleeping, and Waking in Everyday Life
Transformation as an Awakening

2. Uncovering the Veils of Illusion

The World Perceived as Maya
The Transformation of Vision
Unmasking the Self

3. From Captivity to Liberation

Body and Form as Prison
Knots, Ties, Nets, and Bonds in Relationships
Strategies of Escape and Liberation

4. Purification by Inner Fire

Fire Deities and the Spirit of Fire
Hell, Purgatory, and the Fire of Purification
Kundalini and the Yoga of Fire
The Mystical Fire of Union

5. From Fragmentation to Wholeness

Psychic Fragmentation in Ordinary Awareness and in Madness
Shamanic Dismemberment: Osiris and Dionysus
Alchemical Separatio in Meditation and Psychotherapy
Approaches to Wholeness

6. Reconciling with the Inner Enemy

On Integrating the Shadow
Accepting the Unacceptable
From Denial to Affirmation
Purification and Elimination
From Inner Warfare to Inner Peace
On Facing Ones Demons

7. On Dying and Being Reborn

Conscious Death and Intentional Dying
Nearness to Death as Transformative Experience
Thanatos and Psychic Death
Alchemical Mortificatio
The New Birth and the Eternal Child

8. From Darkness to Light

Enlightenment of the Physical Body
The Illumination of the Mind
The Self as a Being of Light

9. Integrating the Inner Wild Animal

Remembering Our Evolutionary Ancestry
Animals in Folklore, Mythology and Religion
Tales of Animal Transformations

10. Unfolding the Tree of Our Life

The Tree as a Symbol of Self-Unfoldment
Climbing the Tree, Straightening the Pillar
The World Tree and the Inverted Tree
The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge

11. Journey to the Place of Vision and Power

The Myth of the Wanderer
Departure and Threshold Crossing
Descent into the Depths
Flying and the Upper Realms
Journeys into Nonordinary Reality
Returning Home

12. Returning to the Source

Man as Stranger, Life as Exile
The Outgoing Path and the Returning Path
The Homeward Journey

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Antaletriangle Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: U.K. Posts: 3,380	Ralph Metzner RO PLEASE SEE OTHER POST ON METZNER WITH LINK=APOLOGIES I HIT THE WRONG KEY AND THIS POSTED WITHOUT THE LINKS BUT THE LINK IS ON THE OTHER POSTING!!Ralph Metzner interviewed on radio orbit 03-05-07 Introduction: From Caterpillar to Butterfly Symbols and Metaphors of Transformation Theories of Human Transformation Variations on the Theme of Self-Transformation 1. Awakening from the Dream of Reality Ordinary Awareness as Dreamlike Dreaming, Sleeping, and Waking in Everyday Life Transformation as an Awakening 2. Uncovering the Veils of Illusion The World Perceived as Maya The Transformation of Vision Unmasking the Self 3. From Captivity to Liberation Body and Form as Prison Knots, Ties, Nets, and Bonds in Relationships Strategies of Escape and Liberation 4. Purification by Inner Fire Fire Deities and the Spirit of Fire Hell, Purgatory, and the Fire of Purification Kundalini and the Yoga of Fire The Mystical Fire of Union 5. From Fragmentation to Wholeness Psychic Fragmentation in Ordinary Awareness and in Madness Shamanic Dismemberment: Osiris and Dionysus Alchemical Separatio in Meditation and Psychotherapy Approaches to Wholeness 6. Reconciling with the Inner Enemy On Integrating the Shadow Accepting the Unacceptable From Denial to Affirmation Purification and Elimination From Inner Warfare to Inner Peace On Facing Ones Demons 7. On Dying and Being Reborn Conscious Death and Intentional Dying Nearness to Death as Transformative Experience Thanatos and Psychic Death Alchemical Mortificatio The New Birth and the Eternal Child 8. From Darkness to Light Enlightenment of the Physical Body The Illumination of the Mind The Self as a Being of Light 9. Integrating the Inner Wild Animal Remembering Our Evolutionary Ancestry Animals in Folklore, Mythology and Religion Tales of Animal Transformations 10. Unfolding the Tree of Our Life The Tree as a Symbol of Self-Unfoldment Climbing the Tree, Straightening the Pillar The World Tree and the Inverted Tree The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge 11. Journey to the Place of Vision and Power The Myth of the Wanderer Departure and Threshold Crossing Descent into the Depths Flying and the Upper Realms Journeys into Nonordinary Reality Returning Home 12. Returning to the Source Man as Stranger, Life as Exile The Outgoing Path and the Returning Path The Homeward Journey Last edited by Antaletriangle; 02-04-2009 at 12:48 AM.