The One-Eyed Monster

Left, Ichthus, the Christ Fish; right, yin yang symbol, two fish

chasing each other's tail, libido's life-force and mortido's death-wish.

The One-Eyed Monster

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One-eyed monster mythological;

green giant of the underworld;

stirs inside my subconsciousness,

a fallen fish-god like Ichthus.

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The Green-man sleeps all around,

in the unconscious forest wild;

water to earth, higher ground,

salamander searches for its crown.

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Arthur, or is it Aether Pendragon,

earth to air, winged imagination;

elemental creature invokes fire,

Holy Spirit of our burning desire.

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And so the giant Eye awakes,

from its sleepy human state;

light blazing like the golden Sun,

rises up to a higher kingdom.

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Magic bean into a snaking vine,

stairway of the Caduceus spine;

the serpent Staff of Asclepius,

Rod that catches the giant Fish.

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Eye of the Soul.

"The alchemical symbol for gold was a circle with a point

at its centre, which was also the astrological symbol and ancient

Chinese character for the Sun."

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Marble column from the Temple of Asclepius, 
son of Apollo, the Sun God. Serpents coiled around 
olive branches kissing a Sun Wheel.