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Gnostradamus
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(8/8/02 3:00:30 pm)
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Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
The Wonderful Musician
There was once a wonderful musician, who went quite alone through a forest and thought of all manner of things, and when nothing was left for him to think about, he said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither a good companion for myself." Then he took his fiddle from his back, and played so that it echoed through the trees. It was not long before a wolf came trotting through the thicket towards him. "Ah, here is a wolf coming! I have no desire for him!" said the musician; but the wolf came nearer and said to him, "Ah, dear musician, how beautifully thou dost play. I should like to learn that, too." "It is soon learnt," the musician replied, "thou hast only to do all that I bid thee." "Oh, musician," said the wolf, "I will obey thee as a scholar obeys his master." The musician bade him follow, and when they had gone part of the way together, they came to an old oak-tree which was hollow inside, and cleft in the middle. "Look," said the musician, "if thou wilt learn to fiddle, put thy fore paws into this crevice." The wolf obeyed, but the musician quickly picked up a stone and with one blow wedged his two paws so fast that he was forced to stay there like a prisoner. "Stay there until I come back again," said the musician, and went his way.
After a while he again said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither another companion," and took his fiddle and again played in the forest. It was not long before a fox came creeping through the trees towards him. "Ah, there's a fox coming!" said the musician. "I have no desire for him." The fox came up to him and said, "Oh, dear musician, how beautifully thou dost play! I should like to learn that too." "That is soon learnt," said the musician. "Thou hast only to do everything that I bid thee." "Oh, musician," then said the fox, "I will obey thee as a scholar obeys his master."
"Follow me," said the musician; and when they had walked a part of the way, they came to a footpath, with high bushes on both sides of it. There the musician stood still, and from one side bent a young hazel-bush down to the ground, and put his foot on the top of it, then he bent down a young tree from the other side as well, and said, "Now little fox, if thou wilt learn something, give me thy left front paw." The fox obeyed, and the musician fastened his paw to the left bough. "Little fox," said he, "now reach me thy right paw" and he tied it to the right bough. When he had examined whether they were firm enough, he let go, and the bushes sprang up again, and jerked up the little fox, so that it hung struggling in the air. "Wait there till I come back again," said the musician, and went his way.
Again he said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither another companion," so he took his fiddle, and the sound echoed through the forest. Then a little hare came springing towards him. "Why, a hare is coming," said the musician, "I do not want him." "Ah, dear musician," said the hare, "how beautifully thou dost fiddle; I too, should like to learn that." "That is soon learnt," said the musician, "thou hast only to do everything that I bid thee." "Oh, musician," replied the little hare, "I will obey thee as a scholar obeys his master." They went a part of the way together until they came to an open space in the forest, where stood an aspen tree. The musician tied a long string round the little hare's neck, the other end of which he fastened to the tree. "Now briskly, little hare, run twenty times round the tree!" cried the musician, and the little hare obeyed, and when it had run round twenty times, it had twisted the string twenty times round the trunk of the tree, and the little hare was caught, and let it pull and tug as it liked, it only made the string cut into its tender neck. "Wait there till I come back," said the musician, and went onwards.
The wolf, in the meantime, had pushed and pulled and bitten at the stone, and had worked so long that he had set his feet at liberty and had drawn them once more out of the cleft. Full of anger and rage he hurried after the musician and wanted to tear him to pieces. When the fox saw him running, he began to lament, and cried with all his might, "Brother wolf, come to my help, the musician has betrayed me!" The wolf drew down the little tree, bit the cord in two, and freed the fox, who went with him to take revenge on the musician. They found the tied-up hare, whom likewise they delivered, and then they all sought the enemy together.
The musician had once more played his fiddle as he went on his way, and this time he had been more fortunate. The sound reached the ears of a poor wood-cutter, who instantly, whether he would or no, gave up his work and came with his hatchet under his arm to listen to the music. "At last comes the right companion," said the musician, "for I was seeking a human being, and no wild beast." And he began and played so beautifully and delightfully that the poor man stood there as if bewitched, and his heart leaped with gladness. And as he thus stood, the wolf, the fox, and the hare came up, and he saw well that they had some evil design. So he raised his glittering axe and placed himself before the musician, as if to say, "Whoso wishes to touch him let him beware, for he will have to do with me!" Then the beasts were terrified and ran back into the forest. The musician, however, played once more to the man out of gratitude, and then went onwards.
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Gnostradamus
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(8/8/02 4:29:36 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
I wonder if anyone has any insights to offer as to the significance of this tale. Once again, symbolism, subtext, or even psychoanalytical interpretations are welcome. Consider the tale a riddle. What is its solution?
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judih
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(8/8/02 7:02:07 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
when all thought has ended,
musician takes a walk through the forest (is forest always symbolic of the unconscious?)
the loneliness of the musician
the desire for companionship
the music
the 3 wannabe receivers of the gift
the trickery
the 3 in league
wish for revenge
the human with the axe
as protector (the hunter figure)
the spirit of the musician continues
let me think about this
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Gnostradamus
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(8/9/02 3:02:24 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
Dear Judih,
No, I would not say that the forest is symbolic of the unconscious. The entire practice of reading psychological terms into the tales is flawed and leads nowhere. Look outside of the usual paradigms to those which have proven useful. Consider the I Ching. Yes, I have told you that this tale does not employ the I Ching, yet it is also true that no tale in the Grimms' collection contradicts the basic concepts contained within the I Ching.
Forest, in the terminology of the I Ching, would be wind/wood. The I Ching employs a single trigram, grouping these two qualities as a whole. Wind and Wood. Trees blowing in the wind. Hear the sighs, the moans, the whispers?
There is a mystery here and it centers around the nature of the forest.
You wrote:
"when all thought has ended, musician takes a walk through the forest ..."
But no, that is not what happened!
There was once a wonderful musician, who went quite alone through a forest and thought of all manner of things, and when nothing was left for him to think about, he said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither a good companion for myself."
The musician does not finish thinking and then enter the forest. He thinks as he walks within the forest.
When we think, what form do our thoughts take? Subjectively, what are the symptoms of thought?
Best,
Gnostradamus
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judih
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(8/9/02 8:03:03 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
music can lead us onward
no shortcuts
all in thought.
for he doesn't stop thinking, but thought changes to music
Everyday mindnoise changes to music so wonderful others long to learn it.
It takes two ...they want, he deals
the result is a trap in a tree, tied in the air, strangled by speed
til Musician himself is trapped and saved by the poor woodcutter who asks nothing, but simply is - dancing to the tune
the animals cannot face, cannot confront such simple Being
so they run away
and the musician continues,the music plays on
music of the cosmos?
the code of the story is not a quick fix,
i need to wade in over my head
Edited by: judih at: 8/9/02 8:54:00 pm
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Gnostradamus
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(8/10/02 3:58:43 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
+ - 0 Differentiation-Growth
+ 0 - Disease-Crime
0 + - Decay-Disintegration
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0 - + Creation-Regeneration
- 0 + Healing-Invention
- + 0 Concentration-Refinement
Active Force is the + symbol. Energy.
Passive Force is the minus symbol. Matter.
Neutralizing Force is 3 or 0. Form.
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With these symbols we can map the various aspects of the
tale in order to determine the nature of the triad it expresses.
We have a wolf, a fox, and a rabbit.
The wolf is trapped in a hollow oak, the fox is suspended between two
hickory bushes, and the rabbit is wound around an aspen.
Let us examine these three events as the components of a triad.
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Oh, musician, said the wolf,
I will obey you as a scholar obeys his master. The musician bade
him follow, and when they had gone part of the way together, they
came to an old oak-tree which was hollow inside, and cleft in the
middle. Look, said the musician, if you will learn to fiddle, put
your fore paws into this crevice. The wolf obeyed, but the
musician quickly picked up a stone and with one blow wedged his
two paws so fast that he was forced to stay there like a prisoner.
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The first is the oak tree, a hollow receptive body. This is almost
certainly Passive force though it is important that all the members of
the Triad be examined since these terms are necessarily relative.
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Oh, musician, then said the fox, I
will obey you as a scholar obeys his master. Follow me, said the
musician, and when they had walked a part of the way, they came to
a footpath, with high bushes on both sides of it. There the
musician stood still, and from one side bent a young hazel-bush
down to the ground, and put his foot on the end of it. Then he
bent down a young tree from the other side as well, and said, now
little fox, if you will learn something, give me your left front
paw. The fox obeyed, and the musician fastened his paw to the
left bough. Little fox, said he, now reach me your right paw.
And he tied it to the right bough. When he had examined whether
the knots were firm enough, he let go, and the bushes sprang up
again, and jerked up the little fox, so that it hung struggling
in the air.
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We have the struggling fox tied by its front paws to two hickory bushes.
The bushes are springy and every movement the fox makes sends out
vibrations through the bushes. This arrangement is more energetic than
the first and we can be fairly certain that this is a representation of
Active force.
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They went a part of the way together
until they came to an open space in the forest, where stood an
aspen tree. The musician tied a long string round the little
hare's neck, the other end of which he fastened to the tree. Now
briskly, little hare, run twenty times round the tree, cried the
musician, and the little hare obeyed, and when it had run round twenty
times, it had twisted the string twenty times round the trunk of the
tree, and the little hare was caught, and let it pull and tug as it
liked, it only made the string cut into its tender neck.
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The hare has a string around the neck of a hare which runs twenty times
around an aspen tree and becomes caught. Here we have neither the
receptive aspect as we had with the hollow tree, nor the energetic
aspect of the springy hickory bush. In this instance we have what
appears to be the Neutral aspect of the Triad.
What we have then is Passive followed by Active followed by
Neutralizing, which identifies this as a Triad of Refinement.
The question now becomes, Refinement of what?
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judih
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(8/10/02 4:19:18 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
hold still
as symphonic
silence
echoes
star burst
mysteries
good, I've been thinking of this story and have told a number of times til I think I'm beginning to tell it right.
refinement as active, passive and neutrallizing elements meet.
Music as the catalyst, the search, the energy
the wolf, fox and hare wish to learn the method. They are willing to do whatever is required. They are required to endure the triad til it's time for the energy to convert to another form.
Refinement of what, you ask. Good question.
How is this story different from the usual 3 brothers tales?
Has a lesson been learned? Have challenges been met. Perhaps, but like all energy, nothing is ever destroyed. The solution is temporary til events change everything once more.
Interesting that the wolf frees himself and frees the others releasing energy that is manifested in the meeting of the Musician with a desired companion.
They produce an infallible pair.
The animals cannot touch the Musician when he is united with the poor woodcutter.
They disappear, and out of gratitude, the Musician plays once more for the woodcutter.
He moves on.
what is happening here.
+ (action of animals releasing themselves)
the musician finding his companion ...is this 0?
and the companion -
- animals meeting + companion defending musician
and there is resolution 0
i am playing
Gnostradamus, give me some more guidance, please
thanks
judih
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Gnostradamus
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(8/10/02 5:42:01 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
This is a work of objective art. It is encoded with information that can retrieved by the conscious mind. In order to decipher it we must first understand the method of its construction.
Information is encoded through the use of images which capture ones attention. These images need to be striking in some manner. They should be active and if there is an element of violence then so much the better as these images must capture the interest of the lower emotions in order to be remembered, retold, and eventually recorded.
Notice the attention to detail and the very specific nature of the methods that the musician uses to entrap the animals. Each is a clue into the design of the story's enigmatic device. Upon what does the story turn? From whence does the power of the hero flow?
Below I have pasted the relevant sections from the tale.
> He took his
> fiddle from his back, and played so that it echoed through the
> trees. It was not long before a wolf came trotting through the
> thicket towards him. Ah, here is a wolf coming. I have no desire
> for him, said the musician but the wolf came nearer and said to
> him, ah, dear musician, how beautifully you play. I should like to
> learn that, too. It is soon learnt, the musician replied, you
> have only to do all that I bid you. Oh, musician, said the wolf,
> I will obey you as a scholar obeys his master.
(snip)
> After a while he again said to himself, time is beginning to pass
> heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither another
> companion, and took his fiddle and again played in the forest. It
> was not long before a fox came creeping through the trees towards
> him. Ah, there's a fox coming, said the musician. I have no
> desire for him. The fox came up to him and said, oh, dear
> musician, how beautifully you play. I should like to learn that
> too. That is soon learnt, said the musician. You have only to
> do everything that I bid you. Oh, musician, then said the fox, I
> will obey you as a scholar obeys his master.
(snip)
> Then a little hare came springing towards him. Ah, a hare is
> coming, said the musician, I do not want him. Ah, dear
> musician, said the hare, how beautifully you fiddle, I too,
> should like to learn that. That is soon learnt, said the
> musician, you have only to do everything that I bid you.
> Oh, musician, replied the little hare, I will obey you as a
> scholar obeys his master.
In each case an animal comes in response to the music. Each time the
animal asks to be taught how to play the instrument. The musician
agrees. Each time the animal responds that it will do whatever it takes
to learn how to play. And then each animal receives a lesson in the
nature of the musical device.
> The musician bade
> him follow, and when they had gone part of the way together, they
> came to an old oak-tree which was hollow inside, and cleft in the
> middle. Look, said the musician, if you will learn to fiddle, put
> your fore paws into this crevice. The wolf obeyed, but the
> musician quickly picked up a stone and with one blow wedged his
> two paws so fast that he was forced to stay there like a prisoner.
> Wait there until I come back again, said the musician, and went
> his way.
Okay? We have a hollow oak with a cleft into which the wolf sticks his
fore paws. A hollow oak with a narrow crevice. The first lesson on the
nature of the musical device. Hollow wooden body, narrow cleft.
Next comes the fox.
> Follow me, said the
> musician, and when they had walked a part of the way, they came to
> a footpath, with high bushes on both sides of it. There the
> musician stood still, and from one side bent a young hazel-bush
> down to the ground, and put his foot on the end of it. Then he
> bent down a young tree from the other side as well, and said, now
> little fox, if you will learn something, give me your left front
> paw. The fox obeyed, and the musician fastened his paw to the
> left bough. Little fox, said he, now reach me your right paw.
> And he tied it to the right bough. When he had examined whether
> the knots were firm enough, he let go, and the bushes sprang up
> again, and jerked up the little fox, so that it hung struggling
> in the air. Wait there till I come back again, said the musician,
> and went on his way.
Here we have two young hazel bushes bent down and the fox suspended
between them. He is tied by his front two paws to these two hickory
bushes. These bushes are springy and they are vibrating with the tension
the fox's body puts upon them.
So that is the second lesson. The first is a hollow chamber of wood with
a narrow cleft. The second is a vibrating body held in a state of
tension.
And then there is the third element. The hare provides that necessary
third element.
> They went a part of the way together
> until they came to an open space in the forest, where stood an
> aspen tree. The musician tied a long string round the little
> hare's neck, the other end of which he fastened to the tree. Now
> briskly, little hare, run twenty times round the tree, cried the
> musician, and the little hare obeyed, and when it had run round twenty
> times, it had twisted the string twenty times round the trunk of the
> tree, and the little hare was caught, and let it pull and tug as it
> liked, it only made the string cut into its tender neck. Wait there
> till I come back, said the musician, and went onwards.
The musician ties a string around the hare's neck and the hare runs twenty times around an aspen tree. The hare running around the aspen is a description of a string being wrapped around its peg.
Consider the animals. The wolf is known for his howl which reverberates through the hollow oak. The fox is nimble just as the fingers must be that work with the springy tension of the strings. Finally, the use of a hare is especially apt as the strings were usually made from rabbit gut.
So these then are the three components, hollow body of wood with narrow crevice, the second and third are both concerned with holding a body in a state of tension, with the tightening peg as the final component. And, of course, the hare gut which is used to string the instrument.
> The musician had once more played his fiddle as he went on his
> way, and this time he had been more fortunate. The sound
> reached the ears of a poor wood-cutter, who instantly, whether
> he would or no, gave up his work and came with his hatchet under
> his arm to listen to the music. At last comes the right
> companion, said the musician, for I was seeking a human being,
> and no wild beast. And he began and played so beautifully and
> delightfully that the poor man stood there as if bewitched, and
> his heart leaped with gladness.
Here we see that the musician has found the companion that he was looking
for, a wood-cutter with an ax. Perfect, at last here is an individual
who can put these lessons to use. Here is someone who can build just
such an instrument.
This one is fairly easy to decode because the key to the solution is the
central element of the story, the musical stringed instrument.
Now what I hope is obvious is that the fairy tale does not provide an
exact guide to the creation of a fiddle, which is usually made from
spruce and not oak. And there is nothing mentioned about the bow of the
fiddle, traditionally made with horse hair. I would hazard to suggest
that originally the featured instrument was in fact a lute, as lutes
were often made from oak. Later, when the lute fell out of use, the
instrument was changed to a fiddle. This change was only superficial
with the significant details remaining unchanged.
So this tale is essentially a description of the general mechanics of a
musical stringed instrument. Hollow chamber and a string held in a state
of tension by being wound around an adjustable peg. That is what this
fairy tale conveys by means of emotional charged images engaged in a
dramatic struggle.
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judih
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(8/10/02 7:09:14 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
instrument
music
how to prepare a lute
and on he goes
well, well
thank you
...judih
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Gnostradamus
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(8/10/02 7:26:03 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
I have shown how the wolf, fox, and rabbit can be seen as components of the triad of refinement. While this does help us to understand this tale it excludes the other two major characters of the tale. It must be understood that when one aspect of the tale is brought into focus the remaining parts of the whole are temporarily ignored. This is as it must be.
We were examining the animal triad which is itself nestled within a
triad of greater scale. If we wish to include the musician and the
woodsman in the equation then we need to change our level of scale. We
have to drop back or zoom out to the level of the musician and the
woodsman. At this scale the triad of wolf, fox, and rabbit are been
raised simply to Animals.
So the resulting triad runs Musician, Animals, and Woodsman. In an
attempt to assign the proper charge to each component we find that the
musician is almost certainly a manifestation of Active force. It is the
musician who plays the fiddle which draws the animals to him. And so it
follows that the animals are manifestations of Passive Force or Reactive
Force.
Let us pause for a moment and consider how these two aspects interacted.
The musician played his instrument which attracted the animals which he
then trapped. The animals eventually managed to free themselves at which
time they began to hunt the musician. Were the cycle allowed to continue
it is likely that the musician would once again use his music to trick
and then he would trap them again. The music and the trap are two
aspects of musician's power. The dual nature of artifice. But the
musician is unable to complete the cycle because he is unable to
destroy. He can lure and entrap, but not kill.
With the woodsman enters Neutralizing Force. Now the cycle can reach
completion. The musician lures the animals into traps and then allows
the woodsman to butcher them.
Active Force followed by Passive followed by Neutralizing forms a
descending triad. It forms the triad of Growth. What we have growing in
this triad is the process itself. The fuel for this growth comes from
the passive element. Musician traps animals using trees, woodsman
butchers not only animals but also trees, resulting in more violins as
well as ax handles. And so the process continues at an even greater rate
until the manifestation of Passive Force has been deleted.
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judih
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(8/10/02 7:33:26 am)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
"until the manifestation of the passive force is deleted"
You've spoken of the manifestation of the passive, not the passive force itself, for how can the passive force ever be deleted
(yin/yang contain a grain of their opposite
in continual movement
polarity creates stalemate; a third force is always needed)
You've taken me through the violin/lute level triad, and the larger scale of animal, musician, woodsman.
Yet, the musician continues on his way...there is growth implied...at what level does the growth occurs?
....judih
Edited by: judih at: 8/10/02 8:15:31 am
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Gnostradamus
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(8/10/02 1:10:27 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
There is one more level left to examine, that of the forest itself. This tale is an embodiment of the wind/wood trigram doubled, just as the soldier snoring was thunder doubled. When there are no above/below relationships, when there is just a single trigram, the proper double hexagram should be consulted. In this case, the resulting hexagram is, well, take a look for yourself.
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57 The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)
The Judgment
The Gentle. Success through what is small.
It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
It furthers one to see the great man.
The Image
Winds following one upon the other:
The image of the Gently Penetrating.
Thus the superior man
Spreads his commands abroad
And carries out his undertakings.
Six at the beginning means:
In advancing and in retreating,
The perseverance of a warrior furthers.
Nine in second place means:
Penetration under the bed.
Priests and magicians are used in great number.
Good fortune. No blame.
Nine in third place means:
Repeated penetration. Humiliation.
Six in fourth place means:
Remorse vanishes.
During the hunt
Three kinds of game are caught.
Nine in fifth place means:
* Perseverance brings good fortune.
Remorse vanishes.
Nothing that does not further.
No beginning, but an end.
Before the change, three days.
After the change, three days.
Good fortune.
Nine at the top means:
Penetration under the bed.
He loses his property and his ax.
Perseverance brings misfortune.
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Taking the above into consideration, the relationship between the musician, or should we say magician, and the woodsman becomes clear. It seems that the musician ends up stealing the woodsman's ax after first staying around for awhile. The tale says that he played once more for the woodsman and then left, but it doesn't say how much time passed before that second performance took place. The I Ching would seem to indicate that the musician spent three days trapping the animals and then an additional three with the woodsman. It directly mentions the catching of three kinds of game. There is also a revealing mention of priests and sorcerers in connection with penetrations under a bed, referring, undoubtedly, to things better left in the dark.
But let's talk about three brothers. Are you familiar with The Three Sluggard Sons?
Best,
Gnostradadmus
Edited by: Gnostradamus at: 8/10/02 2:00:24 pm
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Angelyn
Unregistered User
(8/11/02 12:18:12 pm)
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Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
The animals rush up to him (the musician). "I want what you have," they say to him. The musician alone understands how he has acquired the magic of his music. Not a simple acquirement. Not a simple gift to give. No handing over the instrument with a few simple directions: fingers here, bow there. No, the lessons are more complex. But the musician agrees to help them. The wolf is refused the use of his paws... oh, how much one appreciates what is no longer available. The fox hands are crossed and pulled tightly. He is suspended. Oh, what an unusual view he has up there. How this changes his perspective. The hare is doomed to run in circles until perhaps he can find himself... or at least become VERY familiar with his path. Forward and forward he goes with no idea on how to unwind. The musician assures each of them that he will return. Will this happen when the lesson is learned? Is this step one of how many lessons toward becoming a master? The musician did not seek students. They sought him. But, then comes a woodsman. A master of his own trade. Not seeking to become a musician. He is his own self. Satisfied. Complete. A companion. And, in the end, when the restless students advance, the woodsman is, indeed, a true friend.
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Angelyn
Unregistered User
(8/11/02 12:20:39 pm)
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Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
The animals rush up to him (the musician). "I want what you have," they say to him. The musician alone understands how he has acquired the magic of his music. Not a simple acquirement. Not a simple gift to give. No handing over the instrument with a few simple directions: fingers here, bow there. No, the lessons are more complex. But the musician agrees to help them. The wolf is refused the use of his paws... oh, how much one appreciates what is no longer available. The fox hands are crossed and pulled tightly. He is suspended. Oh, what an unusual view he has up there. How this changes his perspective. The hare is doomed to run in circles until perhaps he can find himself... or at least become VERY familiar with his path. Forward and forward he goes with no idea on how to unwind. The musician assures each of them that he will return. Will this happen when the lesson is learned? Is this step one of how many lessons toward becoming a master? The musician did not seek students. They sought him. But, then comes a woodsman. A master of his own trade. Not seeking to become a musician. He is his own self. Satisfied. Complete. A companion. And, in the end, when the restless students advance, the woodsman becomes, indeed, a true friend.
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judih
Registered User
(8/11/02 6:46:57 pm)
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Re: Analysis: The Wonderful Musician
Angelyn,
The animals are all granted new perspectives. The woodsmen is as you say, true, taking nothing from the Musician, but instead willing to save his life. The Musician comes into his territory, and the woodsman shows his own mastery.
who has been taught here? the animals, or the Musician?
Has the woodsman received anything?
the story puzzles continually,
...judih
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