MEMOIR LOGO CONCEPT: The aleph and a Sufi mystic inspired my creation and design of the syzygy logo, which I initially based on the symbolism of the yin and yang.
But the concept expanded when I first saw the aleph in Judith Cornell’s
Mandala Healing Kit, My inexplicable attraction to it led me to incorporate it into my logo before I knew what it meant.
I later read that the “Aleph (the first letter of the sacred Hebrew alphabet) embodies the primordial, divine potential of the universe. ... Aleph contains all the universe’s potential and all of its emptiness simultaneously. Aleph represents a dynamic process of movement from unity to diversity and back to unity,” Jennifer Judelsohn, Songs of Creation.
And the mystic poet Rumi inspired me to use the fire and water concept after I read The Question. Here is an excerpt:
“The presence is there in front of me. A fire on the left, a lovely stream on the right.
One group walks toward the fire, into the fire. Another toward the sweet flowing water.
No one knows which are blessed and which are not.
Whoever walks into the fire appears suddenly in the stream.
A head goes under water, and that head pokes out of the fire.”
LOGO ART: Cropped fire and water images from Free Images.
LOTUS LOGO: In spiritual and religious literature, “the lotus is a symbol for the macrocosm and the microcosm, the universe and man. The lotus represents the divinity of the cosmos as well as the divinity of man.
The lotus is the center of the infinite, omnipresent consciousness which connects with the consciousness of the universe. Through the intuition, one of man’s divine gifts, the spiritual student can see the infinite, omnipresent consciousness as the lotus flower within himself.”
LOTUS ART: Courtesy
Homestead, my website service provider. (Temporary art while I design of my own lotus logo.)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR — i
DISCLAIMER — iv
SYZYGY DEFINED — ix
PREFACE — x
PART I — 1
INTRODUCTION
1. Woodman quote about God as the Dreamgiver—Jung calls it the Self
2. Woodman quote about crumbling foundations
Chapter 1:
the red Jell-O [January 5, 2000] — 2
the red Jell-O [January 5, 2000] — 2Chapter 2: the frying pan [March 7, 2000] — 7
the frying pan [March 7, 2000] — 7Chapter 3: the art of dying [March 8, 2000] — 14
the art of dying [March 8, 2000] — 14Chapter 4: the first day of spring [March 20, 2000] — 25
the first day of spring [March 20, 2000] — 25PART II — 37
INTRODUCTION
Woodman quote about child’s projection of King/Queen onto parents
Chapter 5: the human bean [1959] — 38
Chapter 6: the bad girl [Fall 1961] — 49
Chapter 7: the storks [Fall 1962] — 58
Chapter 8: the color of blood [Fall 1963 to Summer 1964] —71
Chapter 9: the string that broke [Fall 1964 to Summer 1966] — 77
Chapter 10: the first bite [Fall 1966] — 85
Chapter 11: the fine line [1967] — 93
Chapter 12: the curse [1969] — 109
PART III — 119
INTRODUCTION
Woodman quote about children seeking a partner like the parent
Chapter 13: the savior [1970] — 120
Chapter 14: the trooper [1971] — 127
Chapter 15: the day the music died [1972] — 133
Chapter 16: the rape (well, not a real one)
[Winter 1972 to Spring 1975] — 151
PART IV — 169
INTRODUCTION
Woodman quote: “If a mother does not want the baby…”
Chapter 17: the secret delivery [Fall 1975] — 170
PART V — 179
INTRODUCTION
Woodman quote “Once the door is opened, the bird who has lived in a cage…”
Chapter 18: the golden dream [December 1975] — 180
the golden dream [December 1975] — 180Chapter 19: the praying hands [December 1985] — 207
the praying hands [December 1985] — 207Chapter 20: the athlete [Spring 1986] — 219
Chapter 21: the vulture [June 1986] — 228
PART VI — 239
INTRODUCTION
Jacobi quote “Four is an age-old symbol...”
Chapter 22: the dead babies awaken [1990] — 240
PART VII — 253
INTRODUCTION
1. Hall quote on the classic anima/animus projection when ‘falling in love’
2. Woodman quote on projecting God onto your partner
Chapter 23: the crack in everything [Early 1990s] — 255
Chapter 24: the repeat offender [Summer of 1994] — 274
the repeat offender [Summer of 1994] — 274Chapter 25: the lie [End of Summer 1994] — 276
the lie [End of Summer 1994] — 276Chapter 26: the banana peels [1997] — 286
the banana peels [1997] — 286Chapter 27: the little rag doll [1998] — 292
the little rag doll [1998] — 292Chapter 28: the brick in the head [1999] — 304
the brick in the head [1999] — 304PART VIII — 317
INTRODUCTION
Woodman quote about the return to the garden as coming full circle
Chapter 29: the magical smile [Spring 2000, Part 1] — 319
the magical smile [Spring 2000, Part 1] — 319Chapter 30: the mess I created [Spring 2000, Part 2] — 336
the mess I created [Spring 2000, Part 2] — 336Chapter 31: the unexpected storm [Spring 2000, Part 3] — 343
the unexpected storm [Spring 2000, Part 3] — 343Chapter 32: growing pains [Spring 2000, Part 4] — 351
growing pains [Spring 2000, Part 4] — 351Chapter 33: the healing mother [Spring 2001] — 363
the healing mother [Spring 2001] — 363PART IX — 367
CONCLUSION
Woodman quote about women dreaming about beautiful little boys as their own inner masculinity is being healed; how too, by finding their soul, they discover the soul of the Universe at its core
Chapter 34: the pond beyond [Fall 2001] — 368
IN RETROSPECT — 379
SYZYGY WEBSITE & SITE MAP— 382 & 383
EPILOGUE — 384
DEDICATION — 385
AFTERWORD — 387
SOURCE NOTES — 388
SOURCES & RESOURCES — 403
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