"the hill's clearing" refers to the Euripides' Bacchae scene where the ecstatic followers of the god find their own way to express the thrill of Communion with the most visceral parts of our subconscious through the inebriated sacred dance.

if the path through the forest might refer to the state of our internal discovery, then the clearing reveals its outcome, leading from the dissolution of ego's structures to a state of complete surrender.