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Athene intercedes on behalf of Orestes, who lies on the ground curled into a fetal ball. She holds an upright sword in her left hand while nine swords form a barrier between Orestes and the Furies. She holds her right hand up as if to say “Stop!” The sun rises in the background, pushing away the dark night.
Overview
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 14Mar92 was "resolution".
Rodney
Overview
- an ending accomplished through the judgment and fairness of Athene
- despairing and exhausted, one feels like there’s no hope in sight and can’t see that their suffering is over
- reaching the end of something and feeling like there is no hope left and only disillusionment and disappointment to take into the future
- seeing something at last as it truly is and recognizing that there’s nowhere further to go
- impartial reflection and the careful deliberation of the human mind (in this case through a jury) is what truly redeems one from one’s worst and most insoluble problems
- family curse as inner conflicts that have been passed down through the generations, where parents have been unable to face conflicts honestly and the children suffer until insight is gained
- the proper and inevitable completion of a process that began with new ideas and perceptions
- being freed of some deep-seated and ancient problem that’s been forced to the surface and that one’s suffering has released and redeemed
- the way is cleared for a fresh start
- the necessity for a clean break that takes all possibilities into consideration because to ignore anyone or anything could leave the way open for further destruction
- the end of a “dark night of the soul”
- new beginning
- being at the end of one’s rope
- someone intercedes on your behalf
- the sins of the father are no longer visited upon the child
- that which your tormentor has used to torment you can be used to keep your tormentor at bay (the swords the Furies held in the 9 constrain them in the 10)
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 14Mar92 was "resolution".
Rodney