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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Thinking, feeling, and will develop through the journey; false authority yields to genuine guidance and return.
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Chapter 1
The Cyclone
The living soul leaves its exhausted world
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The Council with the Munchkins
Protection, inherited power, and the road toward a false center
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How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
Thinking released from its assigned function
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The Road Through the Forest
A faculty learns to recognize its own activity
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The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
The heart survives a body organized against love
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The Cowardly Lion
Strength becomes courage when it protects the vulnerable
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The Journey to the Great Oz
The faculties cooperate before anyone certifies them
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The Deadly Poppy Field
Pleasant absorption can interrupt the journey
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The Queen of the Field Mice
Small beings restore the strength that could not save itself
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The Guardian of the Gate
The gatekeeper controls the lens through which the center appears
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The Wonderful City of Oz
One authority changes its mask while preserving its demand
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The Search for the Wicked Witch
Protection becomes freedom when the captive recognizes its consequence
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The Rescue
Liberation must restore what captivity damaged
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The Winged Monkeys
A magical inheritance carries an obligation as well as a technique
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The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
The false center is exposed without abolishing the magical world
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The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
The ceremony changes self-recognition rather than supplying the faculty
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How the Balloon Was Launched
The master’s vehicle cannot complete the traveler’s return
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Away to the South
Attainment must remain responsive to another person’s unfinished need
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Attacked by the Fighting Trees
The boundary tests the faculties after their certification
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The Dainty China Country
Love must leave the beloved capable of living
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The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
The will earns a place by protecting the life that belongs there
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The Country of the Quadlings
The final ascent requires a capacity the group cannot imitate
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Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
The guide reveals the return and releases the servants
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Home Again
The return restores living relationship
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