House
Just like the city, the TEMPLE, the palace, and
the MOUNTAIN, the house is one of the centers
of the world. It is a sacred place, and it is an image of the universe. It parallels
the sheltering aspect of the Great Mother, and it is the center of civilization.
In Jungian psychology, what happens inside a house happens inside ourselves. Freudian
psychology associates the house with the WOMAN,
in a sexual sense; a house is undoubtedly a feminine symbol. Shelter and security
are words commonly used surrounding house. Has a correspondence with the universe,
the roof as heaven, the windows as deities and the body as the earth. The repository
of all wisdom.
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