Up: [[Calling]] Created: 2022-02-08 There’s a medieval Jewish tale that Lailah, the angel of conception who is also your [[Daimon]], showed you everything in the world before you were born — all that had happened in the past, all that was going to take place for you in the future. But then, before birth, Lailah pressed her forefinger to your philtrum, that little indentation between your upper lip and your nose, causing you to forget all you’d learned. And that’s why, when we have an insight or remember something, we tend to put our finger up to that dent. Lovely! I also learned that in Chinese acupuncture, there’s a meridian called DU26 located at the philtrum. Stimulating it can help revive consciousness of a person in a coma. > [!User] Source > See [[James Hillman]] *The Soul’s Code*, p.46 for the basic story, although he doesn’t mention Lailah by name. The info about the name and also chinese acupuncture came from [thomas armstrong’s post](https://www.institute4learning.com/2019/08/13/the-angel-of-forgetting-and-remembrance/)