From: [email protected] (Ted / Edward J. Sunnerton)
Terrie wrote:
Here's a question. *Why* are there so many pagans on this list? Of course, being a techno-pagan myself, I'd say it has something to do with the fact that
-Terrie
Well, Labyrinth is a VERY pagan movie...
� � � Sarah is still a Maiden (young, nieve, innocent, playful, creative), but she is having difficulty maturing into the aspect of Mother (not necessaraly pregnant, but caring, practical, romantic, passionate). She doesn't date. She just plays with her toys and reads her books... Her images of mother are distorted. Her mother was an actress, providing for her family by acting. But she has been replaced by a new mother--who Sarah sees as the wicked step mother. C'm'on Sarah, say "But it's not fair!" just one more time...
� � � She calls the Goblin King to take away her brother. Read that as invoking the Lord of the Hunt. (Note Jareth's horned pendant) She has issued a challenge to herself, and Jareth responds as he must. He takes Toby away, and challenges Sarah to enter the Labyrinth, to become responsible for her actions, to care for the child in her care, and to discover her self through hardship.
� � � Along the way, she encounters characters who are just reflections of her toys. (Her bookend, Hoggle, holds secrets to the labyrinth, for example.) Yes, everything in the movie except Jareth, can be found in Sarah's bedroom. But then again, Jareth is the reflection of Sarah... her nemesis.
� � � Sarah is tempted by Jareth with her dreams--the temptation to remain a maiden ("It's a crystal. Nothing more. But if you turn it like this..."), and with a childhood lovestory where she can leave the world behind--a warped mother fantasy (As the world falls down...). Both are temptations to remain a Maiden. But she overcomes them, knowing, deep inside, that she must find Toby. (Mother instinct.)
� � � Then the Warped Crone challenges her. This is a reflection of what Sarah might one day become if she continues to defy the natural cycle. Instead of being a source of wisdom, she had carried everything from her life with her. She didn't learn the lessons from her Toys, but just carried the shells with her. Still such a child, but in the form of the Crone. Not experienced, because she didn't let the world touch her. (Better stay inside, deary...)
� � � The final challenge came from the Labyrinth itself in the Relativity Room. Sarah immediatly risks her own life in order to save her brother. She jumps...
� � � Then the confrontation with Jareth... but she has already overcome each of his challenges. She is offered to be shown her dreams, but she has been strengthened by her quest...
� � � Her will is strengthened, and she has conquered Jareth's realm--her inner kingdom. He has no power over her.
So does growing up mean leaving your toys behind?
Of course NOT!
Growing up is just that--Growing. Adding new things to your life. Neither throwing things away, nor burdening yourself with them, but realizing that they are a part of you (a healthy part of your sub-conscious, as the Labyrinth shows).
Sooner or Later,
Edward.
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