René Guénon says somewhere that the owl is a symbol of rational knowledge because it sees only by the reflected light of the moon, not the direct sunlight of intuition. Sure enough, the Athe coin features a crescent moon as well. The ancient Greek word for "owl" comes from the word for "gray," which fits the night-vision theme.
Cold-hearted orb that rules the nightRemoves the colours from our sightRed is grey is yellow whiteBut we decide which is rightAnd which is an illusion
-- Graeme Edge
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William,
I just thought of something regarding your question of Why I included the Monkey in my search of the Owl and Bear and perhaps the reason being that I did it subconsciously.
The Monkey is : The Mon-key i.e. the Moon's Key, as you make reference to the moon here in your post regarding Athe.
I do disagree with this Rene Guenon's comment you posted however :" René Guénon says somewhere that the owl is a symbol of rational knowledge because it sees only by the reflected light of the moon, not the direct sunlight of intuition".
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From my perspective the Intuition is ruled by the Soul, the Yin, which I believe
that all the answers we need to navigate this duality planet are within.
I just remembered this scene in 12 Monkeys, which in this clip you'll also see the Bear and the Mon-key ( Moon's Key).
Note that it is the Moon's Key that James Cole (Bruce Willis)
uses to escape out of the chaos.
It is through our Soul which is at the helm during our REM sleep, and its (the Soul ) Intuition, that helps us escape the Illusion.
I also noticed that at marker/frame 1:14-1:16, on the wall (on the right side of the scene) there is a piece of paper taped to the wall which is written the number 424, which may be a syn to 42 perhaps?
Even when read backwards the duality of this number is still the same, which is 42.
Also in that same scene there is a white stuffed Bear facing down in what appears to be a laundry cart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_A-aG8G7U
The crescent moon was added after the battle of Marathon, where the Athenians defeated the Persians under a crescent moon.
The day after I posted this, I found that Mike Clelland discusses this coin in his owl book, though his interpretation is the opposite of Guénon's: "The crescent moon might also symbolize clairvoyance, knowledge without thinking, and the feminine."
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