Also, the penis is a symbol of the Middle Pillar.

In terms of evil we can have the rotten - old evil represented by
Ahriman - and the unripe: young evil represented by Lucifer. Christ lives in the
present, where everything is at its peak.

BTW Maranatha is the mantra used by the Christian Meditation Network

-Bruce

of course, there’s also a longstanding tradition of zen archery– the idea is that letting the arrow find its target is more a matter of being within the flow of the tao and “seeing your mind” at the moment of the arrow’s release– hitting the target is only secondary.

I always wondered what happened to kids after they finally got to Eagle Scout Status. Was it just like: “yay, you got to Eagle Scout, good job! Now you can hang a plaque on your wall. Awesome.” I guess it’s a code of ethics training ground. There’s something that I still admire about it, and it probably has to do with the whole “in tune with nature while the rest of the planet is consumerist” vibe.

I just have to say that I quit Boy Scouts within the first year because it started interfering with what I wanted to do. Like not associate with the rest of those embarassing scouts when I wanted to have other types of friends. haha.

of course, it could be a freudian dream about your penis.

Freud-schmeud. I think I remember Jung saying that arrows have to do with intuition, since you sort of let it go and find its target. Whereas the sword is reason, and its more an active process.

As far as myths go, I always liked when Odysseus returned home and shot that arrow through the axeheads and then slayed all the suitors.

You know the Boy Scouts arose out of Freemasonry, right?

I didn’t know that, but when I started reading some of that shit linked above, I definitely saw that it is heavily rooted in fraternal order type material.

of course, it could be a freudian dream about your penis.

You know the Boy Scouts arose out of Freemasonry, right?
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-freemasonry.htm

In a local thrift store, there’s a very old Girl Scout field guide that reads like Walt Whitman, it’s so mystically nature-oriented.

http://www.macscouter.com/Ceremony/Pack92Ceremony.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_Light

Then as I stood there, two men were coming from the east, head first like arrows flying, and between them rose the daybreak star. They came and gave a herb to me and said: “With this on earth you shall undertake anything and do it.” It was the daybreak-star herb, the herb of understanding, and they told me to drop it on the earth. I saw it falling far, and when it struck the earth it rooted and grew and flowered, four blossoms on one stem, a blue, a white, a scarlet, and a yellow; and the rays from these streamed upward to the heavens so that all creatures saw it and in no place was there darkness.

-Black Elk Speaks

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/04/18/floating-dreams-of-highschool/

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