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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nedjer" data-source="post: 5248646" data-attributes="member: 83796">Lichs, Golden Fleeces, Great Wheels and now . . . Cerberus:   [FONT=&quot]"The Twelve Trials of the Hero, for example, are parables to guide the soul through the tests and tribulations of life. The hero is identified with the sun, and his progress is symbolically represented by the sun passing through the twelve signs of the zodiac. The hero is 'everyman', and his journey is the journey made by all of us. The trials of the hero's path are symbols of the obstacles that each soul must face and overcome.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]The Twelve Trials of Heracles, for instance, include a journey to the underworld to bring back the triple-headed hound of hell. The descent to the underworld symbolically represents the incarnation of the soul into a human life. The triple-headed hound of hell is a symbol of time - past, present and future. The first of the monster's heads is that of a wolf, which, like the past, drags its prey away into the darkness. The second is that of a lion, which, like the present, leaps upon its victim in one awful second. The third is that of a dog, which forlornly looks up to its master in the same way that we look to the future with desperate hope of better things to come. This myth teaches that the hero must overcome time if he is to find the eternal oneness of God and escape the Grievous Wheel."[/FONT]   [FONT=&quot]p71, The Complete Guide to World Mysticism by Freke, T. and Gandy, P., Piatkus, 1997, ISBN: 0749917768, £10.99[/FONT]</blockquote>

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