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is associated with <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> chaos and destruction - as we have<br />
observed - she is <strong>the</strong> force that challenges us on a particular<br />
and liberates us from <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> so that we could enter a<br />
freedom.<br />
level and confront o<strong>the</strong>r ordeals on <strong>the</strong> path towards <strong>the</strong> ultimate<br />
But is not only and destruction. Female <strong>of</strong>ten black<br />
and with <strong>the</strong> impregnated were also <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> fertility<br />
and <strong>the</strong> primeval waters <strong>of</strong> chaos. The motif <strong>of</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world from<br />
<strong>the</strong> ocean <strong>of</strong> matter is common to many pagan mythologies. It also<br />
represents <strong>the</strong> transcendence <strong>of</strong> dualisms connected with life and death -<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> all - <strong>the</strong> place from which all creation<br />
emerges and returns after <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mundane life. Female ejemE�nt,<br />
connected with darkness, <strong>the</strong> night and mystical waters, is also associated<br />
with <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> moon. This is viewed as an between <strong>the</strong><br />
menstrual cycle, related to <strong>the</strong> moon and <strong>the</strong> natural tides.<br />
The moon is <strong>the</strong> symbol <strong>of</strong> eternal changes in <strong>the</strong> macrocosm - birth,<br />
through mature age, death, and resurrection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Darkness is also<br />
connected with <strong>the</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> unconscious and <strong>the</strong> unknown - and so<br />
<strong>the</strong> exploration <strong>of</strong> this element is linked to human to - <strong>the</strong> lost<br />
wholeness. For this reason Naamah is sometimes called "Sleeping" - as she<br />
<strong>the</strong> hidden, and element in man. The element <strong>of</strong><br />
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