ABSTRACT
In the preceding paper on Bridge Symbolism the author have tried to disclose the numerous layers of meaning which the bridge has attained in the unconscious. According to that interpretation the bridge is: the male member which unites the parents during sexual intercourse, and to which the little child must cling if it is not to perish in the ‘deep water’ across which the bridge is thrown. Since man is not able to imagine death, the Beyond after life, except in the image of the past, consequently as a return to the womb, to water, to Mother Earth, the bridge is also the symbol of the pathway to death. Finally the bridge may be used as a formal representation of ‘transitions’, ‘changes of condition’ in general. According to the legend the famous lady - killer, Miguel Monara Vicentello de Leco (Don Juan), lighted his cigar with the devil’s cigar across the Guadalquivir.
