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ACHILLES SON OF PELEUS AND THETIS

A symbol of the personality or lower self begotten of the Higher Self (Peleus) and brought forth by Nature (Thetis).

" But though thou (Achilles) be of superior strength, and a goddess mother has given thee birth , yet he (Agamemnon) is superior in power, in as much as he rules more people. " - Iliad , Bk . I.

Though the Personality be superior in its extent or range , touching high and low, and is the child of Buddhi, still, judged from below, the Desire-mind possesses greater strength since it supplies the motive power to the lower activities, and it energizes the qualities.

" Human personality , as we now know it, arises out of the conjunction and interrelation of two factors, the eternal, imperishable Divine life and the material envelopes in which it is broken up and conditioned ." - R . J. CAMPBELL , Serm. God's Life in Man.

 

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AGAMEMNON
ARJUNA
BRISEIS
GOLDEN HAIR
HEEL
HONOUR
MENIS
MYRMIDONS
NOD (Land)
PATROCLUS
PERSONALITY
SHIPS, BEAKED
SHIPS OF THE GREEKS
SOUL (Lowest)
THETIS, GODDESS