Without contraries (that is, without a tension of opposites) there is no progression, or life, [William] Blake tells us, as though anticipating Jung’s model of psychic dynamics and, in particular, his concept of the psyche’s transcendent function.~Ann Yeoman SPOILERS BELOW! Spiritual Bypassing, Shadow and Ego in Pluribus I’ve been thinking…
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The Archetypal film “One Battle After Another”
The Archetypal film “One Battle After Another” by Paul Thomas Anderson. SPOILERS BELOW! One Battle After Another is the rare film – a thrill-ride that also deeply explores our current political/historical moment. It also feels mythic in its ongoing battles between power and rebellion. Anderson’s script and direction manage to…
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Archetypal TV -Thoughts on Severance
Like a fairy tale, the Innies start season one under the spell of Lumon, the company that controls their lives. Then, as the Innies slowly and painfully gain consciousness of their situation, they decide to bring this new consciousness back into their Hell, in order to learn more, especially to learn the truth about Lumon, i.e. who they serve. They are each tethered to a work they do not understand and a strange life into which they were born. Sound familiar?