"Beneath the thin surface layer of our present consciousness--a world of rushed
days and time crushed into ever shorter segmentsis the older world of the
collective psyche, the archetypal world that used to be known as the domain of
the gods. Here time moves more slowly, according to ancient rhythms. This is the
home of Kronos, the primordial god of time, whose rhythm is like the movement of
the stars across the heavens, a primal rhythm of the universe which contains the
birth and the death of galaxies. And in the presence of this god is all of
creation, each with its own time and yet part of a living whole--from the mayfly
that lives for a day, to stars birthing and collapsing. Here the sunflower
follows the sun each day, and here our ancestors worshipped, noting each
solstice."
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee shares more in this beautiful piece from Parabola
magazine.
