These are primal forms of play, if you like, ; that suggest forms of poetic activity; also, spiritual activity.

这是玩最原始的形式，如果你愿意，这种形式显示出了诗歌活动的形式;,还有精神活动。

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It seems to be sort of a primal dream but the dream about being chased is a biggie.

这似乎是一个很原始的梦,但被追的梦是一个很大的课题。

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They emerge from this indifferent primal realm, This mixture of salt and sea waters, that is the source of all being and the source of ultimate power, But they age and they mature and they fight and they die.

他们都来自没有差别的原始王国，那盐和水的混合体就是一切生物的本源,也是极权的来源，但是他们会成长，成熟，战争，又死去。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

which of course is precisely what happens in the primal horde.

这就是原群阶段会发生的。

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