Dra ontmoet hij haar, een mensch-van-vleesch-en-bloed. Wat aan gelijkenis met het gestelde ideaal ontbreekt, verhelpt de verbeelding gewillig.
Een eerste, nog schuchtere, poging tot toenadering, een woord, een beantwoorde blik, – de vlammen slaan uit, in vreugde wordt de liefde geboren.
De toenaderingsdrift, in liefde overgegaan, heeft van nu af aan gelegeheid zich steeds meer te ontwikkelen. Zij groeit, en groeit, – totdat de minnenden hunne algehele vereniging bereiken.
In dat ogenblik, waarop de geliefden tot één worden, ontmoeten ook toenaderingsdrift en bevredigignsdrang elkander weder, om opnieuw tot één, thans hooger, geheel tezaam te smelten. – De liefde is volgroeid; eerst nu breekt de bloeitijd aan.
p.15 Volkomen Huwelijk v d Velde.
Soon he meets her, a human being of flesh and blood. What lacks in resemblance to the set ideal, imagination willingly remedies.
A first, still timid, attempt at rapprochement, a word, an answered look, – the flames burst forth, love is born in joy.
The urge to approach, transformed into love, has from now on the opportunity to develop itself more and more. It grows, and grows, – until the lovers achieve their total union.
In that moment, when the lovers become one, the urge to approach and the urge for satisfaction also meet each other again, to melt together again into one, now higher, completely. – Love is fully grown; only now does the flowering period begin.
p.15 Perfect Marriage v d Velde.
Yang – Masculine
The masculine is a target being. Daring, doing, performing, manifesting.
The masculine corresponds to the higher or Christ nature.
The metaphysical, thinking and the higher self
The top two chakras
The inspiration
Speaking and giving/taking, doing, conquering.
In rest, the masculine consists of protecting and limiting.
White: yang, masculine, manifesting, ambition, outwardly directed
Masculine, conditional, it forms a judgment. Not so much on the person as a whole but on his or her behaviour, for example.
Man and women both have a feminine and masculine side.
Yin – Feminine
The feminine is a ‘being being’. ‘Being there for someone’, caring for someone.
The feminine corresponds to the personal nature.
The physical, the instincts and the feeling
The two lower chakras
The embodiment
Listening, receiving, attracting, seducing.
The movement that emanates from the feminine is an attractive, the seduction. Magnetic, attracting.
Black: yin, feminine, being, caring, directed inwards, stagnant energy
Feminine, unconditional love
Antonio Canova’s
“Cupid and Psyche”
True love involves not only physical attraction, but also a deep, soul-related connection
The intertwining of their destinies
Psyché et l’Amour (1889) by Bouguereau
