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ALCINOUS, KING OF THE PHAEACIANSA symbol of the higher aspect of the soul, or of the higher mind and will ("strong mind") ruling the higher mental faculties (Phaeacians). “Meanwhile Odysseus went to the famous palace of Alcinous, and his heart was full of many thoughts as he stood there or ever he had reached the threshold of bronze. For there was a gleam as it were of sun or moon through the high-roofed hall of great-hearted Alcinous." Odyssey, Bk VII. The "palace" of the higher nature of the soul (Alcinous) is the potential causal-body centralizing the higher and lower consciousnesses-the individuality (sun) and the personality (moon). Enterprising courage (Odysseus) is said to penetrate deep within the soul and ally itself with the intuition (Nausicaa). The "fifty handmaids in the palace" are the higher emotions which form the robe of wisdom which clothes the liberated ego on the buddhic plane. |
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