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Danger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠greatest where God is nearest — will one ever acquire a precious stone with a copper coin?

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Danger (n.) carries ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠salvation with it, says Hölderlin: God is near and hard to grasp, but where danger is, rescue grows too.

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Danger (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠typically repeats itself breeds archetypes: dragons lair by fords, jinn haunt waterless gorges, and the weapon that has killed a man is itself mana.

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Danger (n.) from ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unconscious comes to a woman from above, from the “spiritual” animus; to a man from below, from the chthonic realm of world and woman.

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Danger (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠part of the attraction: women marry foreigners not for titles but because such men are a little dangerous, and it is natural, if archaic, to want to be afraid when one loves.