The dragon is not pure fiction: it is the symbol of our instinctive, primitive forces and is common
to all mythologies as well as to early Christian iconography. The great challenge of the spiritual
life is to conquer, tame and use those forces to reach the highest summits of the spirit. The fact
that this fire-breathing monster with the tail of a serpent also has wings shows that the forces
it embodies have a spiritual destination.
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Sexual energy is like petrol: if you are ignorant and use it carelessly you will burn yourself;
your very quintessence will be destroyed by this all-consuming force. But Initiates, who know how
to handle it, use it to move freely about the universe. This is the true meaning of the winged dragon.
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