Dictionary of all Scriptures & Myths

AEGAEON, ONE OF THE URANIDS

A symbol of the analytical function of the critical intellect, in the discernment of differences.

Aegaeon is one of the giants who attacked Olympus." - Smith's Class. Dict.

The critical intellect casts doubt upon the existence of supreme Goodness, Love, and Wisdom, above a world of evil, suffering, and imperfection.

“Here we are, born into this world without any free choice of our own, so far as we know; hedged about all along with limitations through which we cannot break; visited with sufferings and disabilities we cannot escape; compelled to do things we do not want to do and to bear burdens of which we would fain be rid. There is not a single soul among us who is absolutely free to choose his or her own course in life; we have not even control over our own dispositions we cannot say what kind of temperament we shall possess, and only to a very limited degree what kind of character we shall exhibit or what thoughts and feelings shall dominate us from time to time. In fact, we are enslaved more or less, every one of us, both by our circumstances and our propensities. We come whence we know not, and go whither we know not, driven along by forces against which we are helpless."

"We do not realise that we are being thrust along in this world by the dynamo of our own deeper self which is indissolubly one with all the divine power in the universe. At times we cry out against the conditions under which the eternal glory becomes manifest in us, and we think we would change or destroy them if we could. We are quite mistaken; we should do nothing of the kind; we should, if we could see the end from the beginning, demand exactly what is taking place." - R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm., Who Compels?

See Also

BRIAREUS
GUARDIAN SPIRITS
TALUS
WILL