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1 " Marion: What is all this? What's going on?Clint: The same thing that's always going on. The end of the world. "
― Rachel Pollack
2 " To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration. "
― Rachel Pollack , The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot
3 " Do not confuse the 'subconscious' with the 'unconscious', whose attributes include courage as well as true knowledge. A great deal of confusion has resulted from the use of these two terms as synonymous. I am using the term 'subconscious' here to stand for material -desires, anxieties, fears, hopes - repressed by the conscious mind as it deals with the outer realities of life. 'Unconscious' means the absic energy of life, that area of being beyond the ego. The subconscious, despite its hidden qualities, is really an extension of the ego. In a sense, it embodies the ego's absolute domain, that realm where it makes no compromises with reality. Because it does not concern itself with consequences the subconscious will walk you in front of a truck to avoid an unpleasant conversation. The unconscious on the other hand, balances and supports us by joining us to the great surge of life beyond our individual selves. The Hanged Man in the Major Arcana gives us a powerful image of this vital connection. "
― Rachel Pollack , Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
4 " God," in these pages, becomes a way to express our universal desire to know and to comprehend the sacred. "
5 " Carry shadow on your back, embrace light in your arms,” the Tao Te Ching tells us) "
― Rachel Pollack , Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings
6 " Frightening delusions would seize her, such as knives coming through the walls and fear of people wanting to kill her. The psychiatric profession might describe such a condition in terms of brain chemistry. In esoteric terms, we might say that the borders were breaking down between three levels—the archetypal world of principles, the lower realm of dreams, and the world of daily life. "
7 " Innocence’ is a word often misunderstood. It does not mean ‘without guilt’ but rather a freedom and a total openness to life, a complete lack of fear that comes through a total faith in living and in your own instinctive self. Innocence does not mean ‘asexual’ as some people think. It is sexuality expressed without fear, without guilt, without connivance and dishonesty. It is sexuality expressed spontaneously and freely, as the expression of love and the ecstasy of life. "
8 " When we react with extreme emotion to some innocuous comment, the subconscious is acting out. When we get a sense of the wonder of life and can’t explain it, we are touching the unconscious "
