15-03-2010, 12:55 PM
It is an abysmal possibility. So as to be clear Ed, I am hypothesizing the possibility. It is not certain nor is it clear. And I may be entirely wrong to look in this direction. But my thoughts turn to all sorts of matters I have read over the years and a sort of un-clarified fudge of an idea arises. By this I mean that all sorts of elitist power groups over the decades have been - and continue to be - fascinated with the occult. And I wonder why.
Occult realms are the Collective Unconscious by another definition. What is the purpose of occult rituals but to make an impact on the Unconscious? Historically, this usually - or at least often - had the loftiest ideals of inducing greater consciousness, and therefore greater personal knowledge and understanding, to the initiate. But the darker aspects of these arts was directed towards gaining power - which always is accompanied with the trappings of wealth and privilege.
But even when we are not discussing occult matters directly, we can see that nowadays the spychiatrists take the work of Jung, Adler, Freud etc and deeply delve into that in order to weaponize man against himself.
So far as I can see the only way to avoid this possibility is to gain greater consciousness and the only way to achieve this noble goal is to confront one's own personal shadow, as shown by Jung. Because it is the shadow complex that talks each of us into doing the things we would not otherwise do.
There is a very insightful film staring Jason Statham called Revolver that depicts this very cleverly.
Apologies for rambling on a bit, but it is an important topic and one that is very undervalued.
Occult realms are the Collective Unconscious by another definition. What is the purpose of occult rituals but to make an impact on the Unconscious? Historically, this usually - or at least often - had the loftiest ideals of inducing greater consciousness, and therefore greater personal knowledge and understanding, to the initiate. But the darker aspects of these arts was directed towards gaining power - which always is accompanied with the trappings of wealth and privilege.
But even when we are not discussing occult matters directly, we can see that nowadays the spychiatrists take the work of Jung, Adler, Freud etc and deeply delve into that in order to weaponize man against himself.
So far as I can see the only way to avoid this possibility is to gain greater consciousness and the only way to achieve this noble goal is to confront one's own personal shadow, as shown by Jung. Because it is the shadow complex that talks each of us into doing the things we would not otherwise do.
There is a very insightful film staring Jason Statham called Revolver that depicts this very cleverly.
Apologies for rambling on a bit, but it is an important topic and one that is very undervalued.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14