If we attribute meaning to an archetype, it is therefore something very indistinct,
Jung says," quite rightly, that factor which appears to us as meaning, maybe in itself
we have no possibility of knowing. The Chinese equivalent or cosmic meaning
is their concept of Tao.
Incommensurable, impalpable yet latent in it are forms.
Impalpable, incommensurable, yet whithin it are entities,
Shadowy it is and dim. Tao Te Ching
Tao does not manifest in the world of the senses, but it is somehow its organizer.
Because the eye gazes but can catch no glimpse of it it is elusive.
Because the ear listens but cannot hear it,it is called rarefied.
Because the hand feels for it, but cannot find it, it is called the infinitesimal.
These are called the shapeless shapes.
Forms without forms. Vague semblances. Tao Te Ching.
If archetype is number the 1 is the Creative. Earth the feminine the receptive is 2
Heaven encompassing the Earth ( 1 encompassing 2 ) is also 3
Heaven is not just Heaven, it is round, the prince, the father, jade, metal,cold
ice, deep, red, a good horse, an old horse, a lean horse, a wild horse, fruit.
The Receptive is earth, mother, cloth,a kettle,frugality, it is level, it is a cow
a calf, a large wagon, the multitude, a shaft, various kinds of soil. It is black.
The number, when it is conscious, seems especially to be " order " The I Ching.
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