The character Kundry is very unusual, and has a mysterious role in Wagner's opera: Parsifal.
As master Samael explains, Kundry represents the archetype of the feminine. That mysterious yet extraordinarily powerful force that can raise a man to the heights of realisation or sink him into the abyss of failure.
Kundry in the opera takes on a few different opposing roles, one where she is the temptress that seduced the king of the Holy Grail: King Amfortas giving Klingsor the opportunity to steal the Lance of Longinus and wound his side. She then helps the wounded king searching for balms to heal the wound in his side, then she is again the temptress that tries to seduce Parsifal the young knight who tries to redeem the lost lance. When Parsifal is victorious destroying the castle of Klingsor Kundry changes roles to become a servant of the holy grail and the knights of the order of the holy grail.
These are all aspects of the powerful feminine force that is varied and has many different faces and roles. We can also say that Kundry is the archetype of Eve from Hebrew mythology.
The Divine Mother herself has five different aspects and in fact according to Master Samael there are four different types of woman. Eve-Venus, Venus-Eve, Venus-Uranus and Uranus-Venus.
Eve-Venus is the very instinctive woman, driven to satiate instinctive sexual appetites' or desires. Gurdjieff says that the majority of modern woman have this aspect significantly developed. Men are like this too, even worse but this we well know.
Venus-Eve is the woman who is a good mother, a good and faithful wife and is very responsible in taking care of the home. Venus-Uranus is the woman who works for her self-realisation and Uranus-Venus is the self-realised woman adept.
According to Wagner, Eve-Venus can transform herself into Venus-Uranus and I would also add that Venus-Uranus can fall and turn into Eve-Venus.
In any case man needs woman and woman needs man for the work of the self-realisation.
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