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The Black butterfly the Archetype Soul Retriever, we must first understand the basic premise and symptoms of "Soul Loss". Soul loss is a very real spiritual condition caused by an overwhelming trauma that results in the splintering or fragmentation of our consciousness. This condition results in very real mental and emotional disorders, including the loss of physical vitality and mental and spiritual awareness. Any form of trauma, personal tragedy, serious illness, and intense crisis may shatter off a piece of the soul, leaving the individual with a sense that they are not quite "all there". Soul Loss is not the total loss of an individual's soul. It is not possession. Possession is the presence of an external non-physical entity that assumes control of the consciousness of the body in conjunction with or in displacement of the rightful soul. In Soul Loss, for obvious reasons, exorcisms are ineffective. Rather, the pieces of the shattered consciousness must be carefully recovered and re-integrated into the conscious whole. The outward manifestations of Soul Loss most frequently appear as misaligned attitudes and/or dysfunctional behaviors previously uncommon to the victim, but which now the victim may neither be aware of or capable of overcoming without significant outside intervention. Soul Loss robs the victim of vital life energies, as well as valuable gifts, talents, and abilities that might otherwise serve the individual well in this lifetime. In other words, Soul Loss is literally the fragmenting of your consciousness, systematically stripping away your will, your energy, and the valuable talents and abilities that give life meaning and pleasure, and allow you to cope with life's challenges. When the Fear full dark nights encompass your world. The black butterfly symbolizes the fear which comes from the ego. She is the voice of defeat, She understands soul loss,abandoned, loveless, mothers loveless relationship's,solitude,alone ness,attachment to this world, cruelty,beatings,rape,need for protection, broken trust,broken promises, guilt, homelessness. When you set yourself up for failure the soul hides in the darkness of the black butterfly's wings. even in the Souls darkness she comforts and gives us empathy.
The conscious ego has distinguished itself from the contents of the Collective Unconscious, represented in the black butterflies wings as a dynamic beauty experience. TO distinguish "ourselves" from the various archetypes. The black butterfly, is the first archetype which will give access through the imaginal modes of alchemy, to Self-Realization.
From time to time, in everyone's life, we experience grief, illness, traumatic experiences and overwhelming challenges. Most of us pass through these episodes weather-worn and tired, but basically intact. But suppose for an moment that the situation is so traumatic and intense that you can no longer "consciously" cope with the situation. In a crisis moment, the human consciousness, knowingly or otherwise, activates a self defense mechanism. The consciousness, through the self defense mechanism, must determine the most efficient and "safe" way to resolve the issue. The consciousness must survive. If it is determined that the situation threatens that survival, the consciousness jettisons that aspect away from itself to protect the greater whole. The fragmented piece is then locked or pushed away into some obscure place. In doing so, you have averted what we might commonly refer to as a "mental breakdown" or even worse. Unfortunately, in doing so, the part or aspect of the vital core that is attached to the problem also slips into non-ordinary reality. Have you ever felt so alone and so needy? Have you been homeless? Raped, beaten, abandoned?To spent many years enduring the loveless dark nights. The black butterfly invites you into her dark nights .Your soul will find a mirror in the literal nights of fear and disgust and then she lead you Out... How did you get your self into this mess drawn into the darkness towards the abuse and torment,like a whirlpool pulling into the vortex, drowning lifeless into the blackness of your soul loss state.. SO Black Alchemical mortification This is not just some oblivion of no return. At the exact moment of soul loss, the fragmented piece of the vital core slips from the conscious, functioning reality and becomes frozen in time and space within the soul loss event. That obscure place beyond consciousness is non-ordinary reality.
Combining the WISDOM of the black butterfly she can reach the heart and soul of the distress and effectively set you free and give you courage beyond the darkness found in the soulless space.
