Woman’s Fear of the Feminine

“In the unwillingness to let go of the old, fear rises, depression arises, for new forces rise up that want access to life and that press against the entrenched ego. But if the ego surrenders its defensive position and throws itself heroically into the jaws of the dragon of death - into the night sea journey of the sun hero - death proves itself to be life, and surrender of what one had held fast becomes a new way of living and overcoming fear.”