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Kwannon (Guanyin) Japanese Goddess of Kindness
Kwannon gives nourishment to all living beings, even to the evil spirits in hell, and to do so she must go down to hell; but it would frighten the devils if she were to appear there in her heavenly form and, as the Goddess of Kindness, she cannot permit that to happen; so, having such an extraordinary regard for the feelings of the devils, she transform herself into an evil spirit and takes the food down in to hell. There is a beautiful traditional painting where she is represented in hell as a an evil spirit among the others evil spirits, giving them food; but there is a fine thread going up from her head to a heavenly being above, who is herself in all her splendid beauty.
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Source: The Mysterium Lectures – A Journey through C.G. Jung’s, Mysterium Coniunctions