LIST OF THEMES AND SYMBOLS
 The setting sun
shows some symbols of "Theism". The sea is mystical waters of
non-duality, the collective unconscious, from which moral duality arises. Earth is the first
creation, the material. The tree is our living growth on the creation. The sky is the
dualistic Moral ideal. The tree sublimates to this moral Goodness, growing to the light
that is theos, the sun. Our theos moves between the dual sky and the non-dual sea. God is the first theos.
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| MYSTICAL |
MORAL |
MYSTICAL SYMBOLS |
MORAL SYMBOLS |
| Universal ground of being |
Personal God or Moral Ideal |
Reason/Real |
Faith/Ideal |
| Transcendence |
Sublimation |
Feminine |
Masculine |
| Neo-Platonic |
Platonic |
Jungian |
Freudian |
| Primal Matter |
Primal Mind |
Nature/ External Energy |
Technology/ Internal Form |
| Universe |
Self |
Reproduction |
Newness |
| Reality |
Illusion |
Harmony in nature |
Mastery of nature |
| Emptiness |
Fullness |
Community |
Individuality |
| Dark |
Light |
Materials/Laws |
Artist/Freedom |
| Indivisible One |
Divisible One |
Earth (vulva) |
Tree (phallus) |
| Timeless |
Temporal |
Metal/Sea/Moon |
Wood/Sky/Sun |
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| AESTHETIC CREATIVITY (non-dual) |
ARTISTIC CREATIVITY (dual) |
| 2D natural painting |
3D technological sculpture |
| Abstract |
Figurative/Representational/Symbolic |
| Angular/simple/smooth |
Rounded/complex/rough |
| Colourful, decorative |
Monochrome, didactic/totem, story |
| Materials-in-themselves |
Meanings (conflict of Good and Evil) |
| End-in-itself |
Means-to-an-end |
| Appreciation |
Creativity |
| Revelation (passive) |
Inspiration (active) |
| Continuous creation |
Attempt to complete an object |
| Static overview of everything |
Dynamic view of parts |
| Being of Becoming |
Becoming of Being |
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