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his unconscious. . . . This correlation is so
universal for primitive man that the world-body
correspondence may be looked upon as a law of the
primitive world view. . . . The resulting partici-
pation mystique of the world in certain zone and
organs of the body is manifested by a mutual
magical dependency, in which influences pass from
the mythical universe to man and the zones of his
body, and conversely from the zones of man's
body . . . to the mythical universe.26
It will be recalled that when Tom Brangwen first meets
Lydia,
He saw her face clearly, as if by a light in the
air. He saw her face so distinctly, that he ceased
to coil on himself, and was suspended. . . .
She had passed by. He felt as if he were walking
again in a far world, not Cossethay, a far world,
the fragile reality. . . . He moved within the
knowledge of her, in the world that was beyond
reality. .
He went on down the road as if he were not living
inside himself, but somewhere outside. (pp. 24-28)
And again, after Lydia's first visit to Marsh Farm, Tom
feels that
A daze had come over his mind, he had another centre
of consciousness. In his breast, or in his bowels,
somewhere in his body, there had started another
activity. It was as if a strong light were burning
there, and he was blind within it, unable to know
anything, except that this transfiguration burned
between him and her connecting them, like a secret
power. (p. 33)
It is clear that Lawrence is speaking here of the "first
great mind of the solar plexus," a term which denotes his26Neumann, The Great Mother, p. 41.
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Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey. Epoch Stages of Consciousness in The Rainbow, thesis, May 1978; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504159/m1/43/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .