The Myth of Narcissus: The Mirror of the Ego and the Alchemy of Reflection
In the history of universal symbolism and "Highly Structured" theurgical architecture, no myth possesses the absolute dynamic authority or the multi-dimensional power of the Myth of Narcissus . In the esoteric tradition, Narcissus is not a mere "vain youth," but the primary "Theurgical Resonator" —the state where the subject and the object are fused into a singular, but "noisy," reflection. The myth represents the Atmospheric Friction of the microcosm, the process through which the spirit is "Trapped" and "Refined" within the tiered architecture of the material matrix. To understand the esoteric history of Narcissus is to confront the law of Geometric Reciprocity . The myth teaches that the universe is a tiered architecture of light and shadow, currently in a state of "Atmospheric Friction" due to our attachment to the "noisy" mists of material necessity. He Argued that the Pool represents the absolute...