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38 Cards in this Set
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The Quest |
Describes the search for someone or some talisman which, when found and brought back, will restore fertility to a wasted land |
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The Task |
Superhuman fete that must be accomplished in order to fulfill the ultimate goal |
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The journey |
series of trials etc. you get it |
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The Ritual |
organized ceremony that involves honored members of a given community and an initiate. Brings the young men or women into the realm of the communities adult world |
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Death and Rebirth |
when something dies, but is accompanied by a sign of rebirth |
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Nature v. Mechanistic World |
nature is good the forces of technology are bad |
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water v desert |
water is birth and rebirth desert is opposite |
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fire vs ice |
fire is light, knowledge, life, rebirthice is ignorance, darkness, death |
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red |
blood, sacrifice, violent passion, anger, excitement |
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green |
hope, growth, envy, earth, nature, sympathy, sensation |
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orange |
fire, pride, ambition, egoism |
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blue |
sky, day, sea, death, heaven, truth |
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violet |
water, nostalgia |
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oval |
woman |
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triangle |
Communication between heaven and earth, trinity |
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square |
earth, pluralism, stability |
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rectangle |
most secure |
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cross |
tree of life, axis of world, struggle |
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circle |
heaven, intellect, sun, thought, unity, perfection |
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spiral |
evolution of universe, orbit, growth, deepening, spirit |
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air |
breath, light, freedom |
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Lake |
mystery, depth |
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fire |
love life health |
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earth |
passive, feminine |
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water |
passive, feminine |
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rain |
life giver |
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tree |
knowledge |
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wind |
holy spirit, life |
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rivers/streams |
life force, life cycle |
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sun |
hero, son of heaven, knowledge |
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ascent |
height, transcendence, inward journey, and increasing intensity |
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center |
thought, unity, timelessness |
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descent |
uncouncoisness |
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clouds/ mist |
mystery |
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young person of provinces |
This hero is taken away as an infant and raised by strangers (superman). He is then able to return home as a stranger |
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The Initiates |
These are young hero who, prior to the quest must endure some training and ritual. they |
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mentors |
serve as teachers or counselors to the initiates |
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Platonic ideal |
a physical or spiritual ideal for whom the hero has an intellectual rather than physical attraction |
