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Water is the commonest symbol for the unconscious. The lake in the valley is the unconscious, which lies, as it were, underneath consciousness, so that it is often referred to as the ‘subconscious,’ usually with the pejorative connotation of an inferior consciousness. Water is the ‘valley spirit,’ the water dragon of Tao, whose nature resembles water- a yang in the yin, therefore, water means spirit that has become unconscious.” (Carl Jung, CW 9i, para 40)

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Comment by John Holt on 1st mo. 22, 2014 at 6:14pm: http://http://www.the-taoism-for-modern-world.com/tao-and-water/

Comment by Glee Lumb on 1st mo. 22, 2014 at 12:45pm: Very beautiful. Many Quaker artists seem to be drawn to water. I wonder if there are other notions of its meaning beyond Jung?

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