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THE SIX BASIC UR IMAGES
­­­Gifts of Primordial Humanness­­


THE PLACE


THE UR
THE
THE STRUGGLE THEMODE


CULTURE



COLOR
PRIMORDIAL

UP-AGAINST-

NESS
PREOCCU-

PATION
YANG:

DRIVE

TOWARD

LIFE
YIN:

RESISTANCE

OF

OTHER


QUEST


KEY


SOCIAL

MODE


West


White
Dry Land

and

Cruel Sea


Rationality
Order

Rational
Chaos

Irrational


Meaning


Word


Nation


Africa


Black
Rain Forest

and

Grasslands


Vitality


Human power


Nature's

Power


Aliveness


Rhythm


Tribe


Latin

America


Red
Sun

and

High Plain


Time


Successive

Temporality


Wild

Eternality


Participation


Time Design


Allylu


Sub-Asia


Brown
Mountains

and

Heat


Consciousness


Limited

Consciousness


Pure

Consciousness


Transcendence


Method


Caste


Arabia


Tan
Dessert

and

Oasis


History


Fate


Un-Fate


Destiny


Loyalty


Brotherhood


Orient


Yellow
Floods

and

River Plains


Communal


Is; Yng
Other than

is;

Yin


Style


Strategy


Family