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Reflection (n.) on ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the impressions objects make is, unknown to the reflector, reflection on himself — as the empathizer unknowingly takes delight in himself through the object.

Reflection (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an instinct of bending back: the impulse is deflected inward before it can discharge, so that in place of the compulsive act comes a degree of freedom, and in place of predictability, unpredictability.

Reflection (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the cultural instinct par excellence: it turns a natural process into an experience, and its strength is culture's power to hold out against untamed nature.

Reflection (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where God becomes manifest: consciousness grows out of prefigured unconscious acts, so our thinking is part of the divine life-process.

Reflection (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the psychological parallel of dismembering the alchemical victim: chaotic fragments of the unconscious that break into consciousness are reduced to order by it, as the chaos is divided into four elements.