Interesting Quote:
"An object, such as a bone, would be broken into two halves and each given seperately to two people (for example, members of the same sect or secret society) who could then identify each other by producing both halves and checking that they fitted together. Each tally-holder knew his own half to be genuine. If perfect fit occurred between the two halves of the symbolon, a Gestalt was suddenly created out of the familiar (known) and the strange (unknown) parts and the bona fides of each individual was established as sharing the same allegiance (12)."
- This quote was quite interesting because it is a clear analogy of what a symbol is. A symbol Having one known and direct meaning, like a dove (one half of the bone), and a second meaning like freedom (the second half of the bone).
Confusing Quote:
"That one symbol can express so many different meanings must be because the sinuous, slithery schema is susceptible to contamination by other archetypal schemata - for example, those concerned with, sex, evil, healing, etc."
- This quote, along with the explanation before and after it, confused me because the explanation was not thorough enough for me. Perhaps a re-phrasal would help.
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