The Virgin Is a Representation of the Soul

The virgin is partly a representation of the soul. Anima is feminine. If you go to the darkest place, then you rescue your soul. That's one level of analysis. But it's also the case that you're maximally attractive to virgins if you're courageous enough to confront the serpent. So he goes down to the bottom and he gets bitten. And then this is a side story, but we use it. This is the comedic part of this story. You go down into the underworld and you everything but die, let's say. Maybe you even die. You burst back forward. There's something in you that can die and be reborn. The Taoist idea is that