. . MR. LOYAL Pray, sir, don't be angry. 'Tis nothing, sir, but just a little summons:-- Order to vacate, you and yours, this house, Move out your furniture, make room for others, And that without delay or putting off, As needs must be . . . ORGON I? Leave this house? MR. LOYAL Yes, please, sir The house is now, as you well know, of course, Mr. Tartuffe's. And he, beyond dispute, Of all your goods is henceforth lord and master By virtue of a contract here attached, Drawn in due form, and unassailable. DAMIS (to Mr. Loyal) Your insolence is monstrous, and astounding! MR. LOYAL (to Damis) I have no business, sir, that touches you; (Pointing to Orgon) This is the gentleman. He's fair and courteous, And knows too well a gentleman's behaviour To wish in any wise to question justice. ORGON But . . . MR. LOYAL Sir, I know you would not for a million Wish to rebel; like a good citizen You'll let me put in force the court's decree. DAMIS Your long black gown may well, before you know it,
resistance. In Shakespeare's words, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”2 What is more, suffering or negativity is often misperceived by the ego as pleasure because up t the point the ego strengthens itself through it. For example, anger or resentment strengthen the ego enormously by increasing the sense of separateness, emphasizing the otherness of others and creating a seemingly unassailable fortress-like mental position of “rightness.” If you were able to observe the physiological changes that take place inside your body when possessed by such negative states, how they adversely affect the functioning of the heart, the digestive and immune systems, and countless other bodily functions, it would become abundantly clear that such states are indeed pathological, are forms of suffering and not pleasure. Whenever you are in a negative state, there is something in you that
T h e urgency and life-and-death quality of the issue need to be underscored. Toto in the basket is a repeated symbol of intuition stifled by the negative anima of the W i t c h / M i s s Gulch. Dorothy's fear of her own intuitive side keeps stuffing away her creativity and confidence, but it keeps popping u p again, like Toto. T h e Ruby Slippers are a deep dream symbol, representing both Dorothy's means of getting around in O z and her identity, her unassailable integrity. T h e shoes 149 T H E W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY ~ T H I R D EDITION Christopher Vogler are a reassuring Mentor's gift, the knowledge that you are a unique being with a core that cannot be shaken by outside events. T h e y are like Ariadne's Thread in the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, a connection with a positive, loving anima that gets
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