The monstrous Minotaur riveted ancient Greece and Rome

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Mmm, reading this 'story' reminded me of KDs threads...

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Diana

'To seal his reign’s legitimacy, Minos asks the sea god Poseidon to send him a bull that he will sacrifice in the god’s honor. Poseidon duly sends a magnificent white bull from the surf. But at the moment of sacrifice, Minos, fascinated by the beauty of the animal, spares his life.

Furious at this disrespect, the sea god makes Minos’s wife, Pasiphae, go mad with desire for the bull. Pasiphae asks the Athenian inventor Daedalus to design a disguise for her so she can get close to the beast. He creates a life-size hollow cow, and Pasiphae climbs inside it to entertain the bull. The result of their union is a bull-human hybrid child she names Asterion. Better known as the Minotaur, he is imprisoned by King Minos in an intricate Labyrinth designed by Daedalus'

We are back to Isis, Mater, Diana, whoever again.

Reality in all myths?

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Username: studytruth
Date: 2019-10-05 10:24:55
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The labyrinth is a very powerful ancient symbol, of the journey within to teh deepest regions of the self, and then to spiral back out into what might be called Total Knowing. The Minotaur would be the egoic mind, or the demonic parasite mind, or some sort of control entity- however one wants to look at it, that is our block to this going within to see beyond the self. Thus no surprise this symbol (labyrinth) and blocker (minotaur) would be found all over the world. I have found some spectacular old labyrinths in Sweden, waiting for next spring for good weather to go and see them. So this is a world wide symbol, and it would be interesting to know the origin of the myth-symbol

 

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Username: Balibrew
Date: 2019-10-19 00:06:06
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The labyrinth is a very powerful ancient symbol, of the journey within to teh deepest regions of the self, and then to spiral back out into what might be called Total Knowing. The Minotaur would be the egoic mind, or the demonic parasite mind, or some sort of control entity- however one wants to look at it, that is our block to this going within to see beyond the self. Thus no surprise this symbol (labyrinth) and blocker (minotaur) would be found all over the world. I have found some spectacular old labyrinths in Sweden, waiting for next spring for good weather to go and see them. So this is a world wide symbol, and it would be interesting to know the origin of the myth-symbol

I have never heard of this explanation before and it exactly explains my own life long internal struggle. May l ask where i can learn more about this?

 

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Username: r0undeye
Date: 2019-11-05 22:27:25
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I have never heard of this explanation before and it exactly explains my own life long internal struggle. May l ask where i can learn more about this?

I'm not the one you asked but I'm a practitioner of Zen Buddhism which deals with this matter quite directly and in a pure, stripped down fashion. That's where I would start if I were you, if you want any specific text recommendations or have any questions just ask.

 

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Username: Balibrew
Date: 2019-11-09 09:24:55
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Thanks Roundeye l very kind of you my friend and much appreciated. I have my own spiritual practice which includes meditation and sometimes i sign uo for a mindfulness course at the Budhist temple here near where l live

I'm not the one you asked but I'm a practitioner of Zen Buddhism which deals with this matter quite directly and in a pure, stripped down fashion. That's where I would start if I were you, if you want any specific text recommendations or have any questions just ask.

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-11-09 13:23:56
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@Balibrew and @r0undeye, please take your exchange to Private Messages. Thank you.

Use PM for personal conversations please.