The Owls of Cheon Il Guk, Interpretation of a Symbol (Updated)

• True Mother has officially declared that the owl is a symbol of Cheon Il Guk. She has asked to place owls throughout the HJ Cheonwon complex (slides 4 to 13). Most of us accept this with a genuine heart. • But for some, this statement may be a bit surprising, because owls do not have a good reputation in some cultures (slides 14-16) • However, in the context of the Korean history but also in light the Greek mythology and of statements from Georg Wilhelm Hegel (1770-1831) and Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), the direction given by Holy Mother Han makes much sense (slides 17-28)

F I R ST PA R T

The owl, symbol of Cheon Il Guk, words of Holy Mother Han

W O R D S O F H O LY M OT H E R H A N When I gently closed my eyes and listened to the harsh winds blowing through the cornfield, it sounded like thousands of horses running in the wilderness. It captured the dynamic spirit of Goguryo knights galloping powerfully across the continent. At other times, if I listened quietly, I would hear another kind of sound, the affectionate “Hwoo! Hwoo!” of scops owls in the high branches of trees deep in the mountain (Mother of Peace, p. 25)

One the many Owls in Cheong Pyeong Training Center

Pendants of Kristina Han owls. Gift offered to unificationnistes having 30+ years of public mission

WORDS OF HOLY MOTHER HAN FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE HANGWON HOUSE

Hanwon Korea House: A haven for Heavenly Parent, a place of rest for him and for humanity

Hak Ja Han September 28, 2020 Dedication Ceremony of Hanwon Korea House, Cheonwon Garden

I named this place Revival Plaza, with this garden as the center. Within this Korea House will be a restaurant and all other facilities. They will form the “HJ Revival Waterside Cafe!” The term ‘revival’ will be included in this manner. The Hanwon Korea House is located in the country where, for the first time in history, True Parents were born. It is also an eco-friendly building. I hope you can use it frequently and come to like it a lot.

Hanwon House of Korea

I asked you to place owls throughout the complex. People all over the world love owls. During the Goguryeo period, a crow was used in the symbol of the three-legged phoenix [the intermediary between Heaven and people]; During the Joseon Dynasty, a magpie was used. However, in the era of Cheon Il Guk, we shall use owls. They protect God’s beloved children 24 hours a day, protect against arrogance and selfishness, and bring good fortune!

THE THREE-LEGGED CROW OF THE GOGURYEO ERA

During the Goguryeo period, a crow was used in the symbol of the three-legged phoenix [the intermediary between Heaven and people];

In the Korean mythology the Samjok-o (삼족오, 三足烏), is the three-legged Crow. During the Goguryeo, Koreans saw in the Samjok-o a symbol of the sun and of great power

Lego JK34616, inspired by the three- legged crow of Goguryeo

During the Joseon Dynasty, a magpie was used.

VASE WITH MAGPIE AND TIGER DESIGN (C. 1700–1800), KOREA, JOSEON DYNASTY (1392–1897).

During the Joseon Dynasty, a magpie was used.

VASE WITH MAGPIE AND TIGER DESIGN (C. 1700–1800), KOREA, JOSEON DYNASTY (1392–1897).

Owl made out of Lego in the era of Cheon Il Guk, we shall use owls. They protect God’s beloved children 24 hours a day, protect against arrogance and selfishness, and bring good fortune!

Bogdan Pammer’s 7-year-old son had a vivid dream after singing for True Mother at the Bloom festival in Munich (May 19, 2024), saying “I dreamed I was invited to Wang Omma’s birthday party and I took her an owl made out of Lego, and she really liked it!” (True Peace Magazine N°117, June 2024, p. 2)

Owls in Korea

SECOND PART: THE OWL BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL

The owls are active in the night, often in desolated areas. They have unusual features. Their far vision, particularly in low light, is exceptionally good. Owls can rotate their heads and necks as much as 270°. Owls have 14 neck vertebrae — humans have only seven — and their vertebral circulatory systems are adapted to allow them to rotate their heads without cutting off blood to the brain.

The owl does not have a good reputation in some cultures. These birds which have very sharp perceptions are not alw ays well perceived

‘‘RARE BIRDS’’

Eyesight is a particular characteristic of the owl that aids in nocturnal prey capture. Owls are part of a small group of birds that live nocturnally, but do not use echolocation to guide them in flight in low-light situations. Owls are known for their disproportionally large eyes in comparison to their skulls.

Owls exhibit specialized hearing functions and ear shapes that also aid in hunting. They are noted for asymmetrical ear placements on the skull. Owls can have either internal or external ears, both of which are asymmetrical.

MONOTHEISM AGAINST OWLS • The Qran and the Old Testament give warnings or curses against owls. They are seen as unclean, connected to ruins, desolation, lamentation, death. • Monotheism suspects owls to be connected to the dark world, magic, occultism, esoterism, idolatry • The New Testament never mentions owls and Christians are more tolerant with animals, generally. • Philosophy has taken the owl in high esteem, since Hegel.

In ancient Greece, the owl was an attribute of Athena, along with the olive branch. The owl symbolizes Knowledge (wisdom, but also science).

It naturally became the symbol of the city of Athens. The owl accompanied by an olive branch (a symbol of peace) can be found on the city’s ancient coins.

T H I R D PA R T True Mother holds the innate wisdom that leads to peace, coming T H E O W L O F AT H E N A directly from God. She knows, lives and teaches God’s direct revelation in a dark world.

AT H E N E N O CT UA

• The little owl (Athene noctua), also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a bird that inhabits much of the temperate and warmer parts of Europe, the Palearctic east to Korea, and North Africa • In Korea, the little owk (부엉이, Buongi) is the natural monument N° 324

INSIGHTS OF HEGEL AND JUNG

H O LY M O T H E R H A N A N D T H E O W L O F A T H E N A • The owl is viewed favorably in Asia, particularly in Korea. • The West is somewhat wary of it, but readily associates its prestige with Athena, patroness of Athens and goddess of reason and wisdom. • True Mother makes the owl one of Cheon Il Guk’s symbols because she is the Substantial Holy Spirit. As such, she undoubtedly embodies the virtues that the philosopher Hegel attributed to the “owl of Minerva” (the Roman name for Athena). • She also embodies the “wise woman” whom Carl Gustav Jung identifies with Athena, and who represents for him the highest degree of human spirituality.

H E G E L A N D T H E OW L O F M I N E R VA

‘’The owl of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of night are gathering.’’ Hegel

Hegel’ text : Holy Mother Han « … Philosophy, as the thought of the world, ❖ We are living the completion of the does not appear until reality has completed its Providence, and of God’s dream. formative process, and made itself ready. ❖ True Mother says that she reveals the Truth History thus corroborates the teaching of the of the Providence and that the essence of conception that only in the maturity of reality God and Jesus was hidden until now does the ideal appear as counterpart to the real, ❖ Through True Mother’s works, the apprehends the real world in its substance, and Principle is no longer theoretical but the shapes it into an intellectual kingdom. When reality substantially mirrors the ideal. philosophy paints its grey in grey, one form of ❖ We are to understand and practice in spirit life has become old, and by means of grey it and in truth. cannot be rejuvenated, but only known. The owl ❖ We are in the Golden Age, even if the rest of Minerva takes its flight only when the shades of the world is groping in darkness of night are gathering. —G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophy of Right (1820), “Preface”; translated by S W Dyde, 1896

T H E F O U R T H S TA G E O F A N I M A A C C O R D I N G TO J U N G • Stage 1: The erotic phase of sexual biology and reproduction. In the first stage, Eve, the anima is indistinguishable from the personal mother. • Stage 2: The romantic phase, which still has sexual elements, but goes to the direction of love. In the second stage, personified in the historical figure of Helen of Troy, the anima appears in the woman of action • Stage 3: Spiritual devotion. The third stage, Mary, manifests in religious feelings and a capacity for lasting relationships. • Stage 4: Love as wisdom, transcending to the “holy and pure.“ In the fourth stage, as Sophia (called Wisdom in the Bible), a man’s anima functions as a guide to the inner life, mediating to consciousness the contents of the unconscious. She cooperates in the search for meaning and is the creative muse in an artist’s life.

Wise woman (justification through attendance) Cheon Il Guk

Evolution Woman of sublimation (justification through faith) New Testament Woman of action (justification through deeds) Old Testament

Primitive woman (fallen, unprincipled)

U N I F I C A T I O N I S T I N T E R P R E TA T I O N

• The “primitive woman”, Eve, is reduced to her physical and sexual dimension, to Eros, and to temptation. She is the woman separated from God and subject to the desire of fallen man. Eve ate the fruit of knowledge, wanting her eyes to open before she was ready (figure 1).In Greek mythology, it’s Venus (figure 2, Venus in the Jardin des Eve after the fall( Rodin). Eve doesn’t hide her sexual Plantes, Paris). organs, but her eyes: she wanted to know before being mature.

• The woman of action, the second level of anima, is represented most often by the figures of Diana the Huntress, Joan of Arc and the Amazons • Women regain a certain dignity and a positive status towards their restoration.

The Old Testament portrays several women of action, such as Judith and Esther. In the whole Bible, only two books are connected to female figures

Isis allaitant Horus.

The concept of the woman of sublimation is most often represented in the West by the Virgin, but also by goddesses such as Isis (ancient Egypt) or Kâlî (Hinduism). This concept constitutes the third level of the anima, which comprises four levels.

For Jung, Athena represents the “wise woman”, or “Wisdom”. She is accompanied by the owl, the night bird with a piercing gaze. Holy Mother Han insists that she knows God directly and intuitively. She restores the Tree of Knowledge and the dignity of women as guides and initiators. She asserts her protective role and shows herself to be Holy Mother Han is the woman of the guardian of the holy city, as Athena infinite patience, who waited for 53 watches over Athens. years before revealing publicly what she knows from God. Hence, there is Eve wanted to know prematurely. Pandora no more curse on the owl, the bird had excessive curiosity. which sees and hears so well.