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The mother holds a grain of wheat, which is exactly like the mysterious Iacchus in the Eleusinian mysteries of which I have spoken alread... Ken Wilber, Jungian Archetypes, Humanistic Psychology, Gestalt Therapy, Abraham Maslow, I Have Spoken, Neuroplasticity, Carl Jung, Folk Tales
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Carl Jung: The ear of wheat represented the son born of the Great Mother, the earth.

The mother holds a grain of wheat, which is exactly like the mysterious Iacchus in the Eleusinian mysteries of which I have spoken already. It was there not only a grain of wheat, it was a whole ear of wheat which the priest showed at midnight in a ceremony containing the same underlying idea, one could say, as on the night of Christmas; the situation is the same. The ear of wheat represented the son born of the Great Mother, the earth. So this might be a sort of anticipation: the mother…
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Ken Wilber
Jungian Archetypes
Humanistic Psychology
Gestalt Therapy
Abraham Maslow
I Have Spoken
Neuroplasticity
Carl Jung
Folk Tales

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