Mashu - literally a razor thin passage the sun takes through darkness from dusk til dawn, figuratively a psychological passage through the space between the hemispheres of the brain... don't lean to either side or you'll lose your balance. What and how much of his psychological state does the audience get to explore during this passage?
Mashu - the sun’s passage from dusk to dawn through the blackness of night. It is a razor thin ridge across the deepest pit through the internal world of the mind.
We see him passing through eternal freezing night along a narrow path to the other side of the mountains and then down into lush green valleys. After the chanting has faded out we begin to hear Siduri signing her song about the cool waters of her well and the relief they bring of all that troubles life.
Until then he climbs along this razor ridge being sure not to lean to far to one side or the other lest he fall into that blackness that takes all day and night and the next day to reach the bottom.
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