The founders of the US, veterans of the problems of mixing religion and state in Europe, understood quite clearly that when the state involves itself in religion, it harms both. I don’t think we quite appreciate today the depth of emotional attachment and generational fealty to the king that was felt by people at that time. It took enormous courage to break that and create a new path and a new way of living. And I think that current astrology is very much about that same idea of breaking those draining ancestral commitments that no longer serve the purpose of what we want to do in this life. People are flailing precisely because the old structures are crumbling, and they are now faced with the idea of making one that will work better for them, and this takes courage and commitment.
— from a comment below
The French woman someone mentioned was Julia Kristeva. Though she is actually Bulgarian. Hence her writing on issues involving boundaries. Haven’t read the essays in eons. It’s in a book in a box. But if I recall correctly, she wrote brilliantly on some of the stuff you are touching on. Helene Cixous also has some essays very much worth the time reading.
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