Soul Mirrors & Ego

["Daniel Zhao" <danielz_99@...>]

In making up the black soul mirror, I found out that it has so much 
to do with the Ego part of me. 

I tried to search on this and the abardoncompanion websites, but 
couldn't find a satisfying detailed systematic explanation of the Ego 
and its relation to individual self/personality/elements. So, could 
somebody please point me to the right place?

Since I'm here now, I would like to ask a few more questions:

1. When one's inflated ego is being threatened (or just the fear of 
losing face without the ego being inflated too much in the first place
(in the normal sense, that is)), my feeling is that the fear it 
experiences is of nature of Air element, but it also seems possible 
to be of the nature of Water - emotion. Or could it be the Earth 
element if the Ego fears of its own survival? Help is welcome here, 
please.

2. I suppose that it's normal to have more scary/depression dreams 
than usual when we do the soul mirrors. What do we do about them 
besides dream incubation (which is not easy for me to do)?

3. How can we best deal with major failures in life/careers when 
soul mirrors are concerned? I guess it has something to do with 
insecure ego. It seems to me that Major changes in personal 
values/perceptions might be needed to accept the reality, then the 
Ego might have to fight for its survival.

Thanks in advance for the anwsers.

Daniel Zhao