Coal miners climb up out of the deep shaft and into the open air.

This degree speaks of the return to light and air after prolonged immersion in dark, difficult work.

DEEP EMERGENCE

"Coming up for air"

Miners emerging from deep underground represent any who have spent extended time in the darkness of difficult labour, inner work, or crisis. The emergence into light is both relief and disorientation — the eyes must readjust after so long in the dark.

The unintegrated expression of this degree presents as the emergence that is a flight from the work, or the belief that the light is the only thing that matters, ignoring the value of the dark.