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Jacob in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism
Jacob = the mind that wrestles its lower self and is transformed. He is not an ancient patriarch. Jacob is the inner struggle of the self against its own error; after wrestling through the night, the mind is renamed and reborn — the one who has wrestled with truth and prevailed becomes a new self.
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