bobleckridge posted: " Why do we call this month January? Apparently it's a reference to Janus, the god with two faces, one looking back to the past and the other looking forward to the future. The symbol of Janus is a gateway or a doorway. When we stand on the thr"
Apparently it's a reference to Janus, the god with two faces, one looking back to the past and the other looking forward to the future.
The symbol of Janus is a gateway or a doorway. When we stand on the threshold we are stepping forward into the future, from the past.
We do a lot of that around this time….looking back over the year just ended, remembering those we have lost, celebrating our best moments, making lists of best movies we saw that year, best songs we heard, best books we read. And we look forward with mainly hope, making plans, deciding what we want to change I the year ahead.
I was so lucky during my career to visit Japan on several occasions. One time I visited Fushimi Inari Shrine up the hill just outside Kyoto. That's where I took this photo. The path up the hill winds it's way through a forest and there are dozens of these bright red Torii gates straddling the path all the way up. There's a tradition to visit it at the beginning of the year and to pray for prosperity.
The experience of stepping through one threshold after another (there are about a thousand) is hugely impressive. It becomes a meditative experience where each step and gate is a repetition as well as a unique and singular moment.
I always think of that now at this time of year.
I wonder what blend of memories, commemorations, celebrations, hopes, desires, dreams and goals you'll be thinking of today.
Ryan DeLarme posted: " The archetypes of the self differ from the other archetypes proposed by Jung in that, in the opinion of the Swiss psychoanalyst, they have a greater impact on individual development. Thus, from them the human psyche would take shape. The four major Ju"
The archetypes of the self differ from the other archetypes proposed by Jung in that, in the opinion of the Swiss psychoanalyst, they have a greater impact on individual development. Thus, from them the human psyche would take shape.
The four major Jungian archetypes of the self are also known as 'higher' or 'main' archetypes. In fact, they're unconscious representations that have a great influence on the development of the human psyche. This is according to the analytical psychology of Carl Jung.
Archetypes are universal patterns that form part of the collective unconscious. In other words, they're unconscious traits common to all humanity. In fact, they determine specific ways of being.
Carl Jung used religion and mythology to define these patterns and models. Hence, he arrived at the definition of a large number of archetypes. However, there are four that are of special importance. These are known as archetypes of the self. They're as follows:
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
-Carl Gustav Jung-
Anima and Animus
Anima
The anima is one of the four major Jungian archetypes of the self. In fact, the concept comes from the Latin for the soul. It corresponds to the image of the eternal feminine in the unconscious of a man. It's linked to the eros principle. It defines or reflects the nature of the relationships that a man establishes with a woman.
For Jung, this archetype has four phases of development or four levels of evolution:
Eva. It corresponds to woman as the object of man's desire. In this way, the woman provides nourishment, security, and love. The basic archetype would be Eve or Gaia.
Helen. Woman's basic instinct acquires new nuances. In fact, they're seen as being self-reliant, intelligent, and insightful, if not always virtuous. The essential archetype would be Helen of Troy.
Mary. Spiritualization or spiritualized motherhood. Men perceive women as virtuous. It corresponds to the model of the Virgin Mary.
Sophia. The wisdom or wisdom of the eternal feminine. Women have completely integrated and possess both negative and positive qualities. It corresponds to Sofia, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
Animus
The animus is the counterpart of the anima. It corresponds to the image of the eternal masculine in the unconscious of a woman. Ánimus refers to the concept of 'spirit'. It's governed by the principle of logos. Furthermore, it's linked to the world of ideas and the spiritual. Both in this case, as in the previous one, the unconscious identification with the respective archetype causes a feeling of disillusionment with the opposite sex.
As with the anima, according to Jung, the animus has four levels of evolution:
Tarzan. The representation of physical power, the athlete. The paradigm would be Hercules.
Byron. Initiative and drive. It's represented in the mythological figure of Apollo.
Lloyd George. The virtues are transformed into words. Hence, the priest or the teacher appears.
Hermes. The highest manifestation of the masculine. It's the one that reconciles the conscious and the unconscious. It's represented by the figure of Hermes.
Persona
The persona represents the unconscious area of oneself that one wants to share with others. In fact, it could be said to be something approaching one's 'public image'. It's made up of unconscious elements. However, these harmonize with conscious elements. For this reason, they want to make themselves known to others.
The persona coincides with the Latin word, which, in its original meaning, means 'mask'. Therefore, the persona as an archetype has to do with the social self. It also concerns the many facets that it adopts according to the specific circumstances. It's governed by the principle of adaptation.
Shadow
The shadow would be the opposite of the person. In fact, Jung defined it with these words: 'the shadow is the image of ourself that slides along behind us as we walk towards the light'. It's one of the most interesting archetypes of the self. In fact, it corresponds to the hidden part of an individual. In effect, it's their 'other face', the one hidden not only from the eyes of others but also from themselves.
The shadow is that dark area of the personality to which not even the individual has access. As a matter of fact, they don't recognize the features present in that unconscious area as their own, even if they do belong to them. Therefore, they reject them unconsciously. However, if these features gain strength, they become antagonists of the self. The shadow is governed by the principle of chaos.
The self
For Jung, the self is the essential archetype of the collective unconscious. Indeed, it represents the totality, or maximum expression, of the human being. In the words of Jung, the 'union of opposites par excellence'. It could be seen as something akin to the last step in the process of evolution of man. Or, as Jung puts it, of the process of individuation.
The totality to which this archetype refers manifests itself as transpersonal power. It includes the center of the psyche, that which governs a person. In addition, it includes the destiny to where they're headed, whether they're aware of it or not. It's determined by the principle of coherence and structure. This configures the balance.
The folded up piece of paper seen above was found inside a box of Infant Tylenol by a local mother on Wednesday, June 3.
When we chatted with the woman, she said, "At first glance I thought maybe it was instructions for the medication, until I saw the words LIES in large lettering."
Nothing about the package of Tylenol tipped off the shopper that something could be wrong.
"The box was completely fine and the season on the bottle itself were completely fine," she tells us.
"I was a mess after finding it because I gave my son some of the Tylenol before finding it in the box. So, I called the company, took all the info and they wanted me to call poison control right away, just in case," she said. "I've been up all night because of it and also checking on my son. It was definitely unpleasant finding something like that in, of all things, medication for babies."
Note Found in a Box of Duncan Hines Cake Mix
This is the message another woman found at a grocery store just over the Schuylkill-Lebanon County line on Sunday. She tells The Canary it was inside a box of Duncan Hines French Vanilla cake mix she bought the day prior:
The cake was supposed to be for her co-workers the next day. Needless to say, after finding the note, the woman threw the entire mix and box in the trash.
Again, the box didn't look compromised in any way. Nothing would have tipped her off that something was amiss.
"When I unfolded it, I thought, 'Man, the world really has gone crazy'," she says.
"Some Sort of Monster" Responsible
Neither woman believes the manufacturer
of these products had anything to do with the appearance of these notes. They each think someone is going around to these stores and sliding the messages inside.
The woman who found it in the cake mix says, "I think it's people going around putting them in random objects so when people buy them and open them, it's there. It's very scary."
Finding the note earlier this week still weighs on her mind.
These messages are appearing again just as civil unrest flares up around the country. And perhaps there's a connection to that.
But it's not the first time these messages appeared in grocery store items in and around Schuylkill County.
Back in April, at the height of the pandemic scare, our friend at Coalspeaker.com reportedon the same exact message appearing in grocery items.
Coalspeaker actually took the time to type out the bizarre message in an attempt to find a duplicate of it online. That search turned up empty. We got permission to avoid typing it out on our own because it said it took him several hours because it was nearly impossible to follow:
LIES Secret socities (SS) ties to terror'm/shoot'gs & other crises r not report'd. but JFK warn'd of SS. Europe's ARYAN ELITE & their SS/fronts (Vat'n/Jesuits/Mason/lesser royalty) lead'g SS masquerad'g as other rels. r the ILLUMINATI. Secret rites/SIGN SYS. unit SS. Oprah/Obama/Putin/Osteen/Gates/Dalai Lama/Trump…sign (1). SS' symbs. relate to Saturn, god of time/Lord o/t Rings: Vat/EU/Mafia's RING of star/ring kiss'g; Prayer Wheel; UN/China/Islam's cresent w/star/ball; beads/dots (rosary/bindi)'Jew's hexag'm… SS say Sat. was near Earth (Golden Age when 'Gods' rul'd man). Er. elite/SS front 4 a tiny, anc. race call'd Dragon Kings (DK). Their long/red-head'd skulls, unmask'd images, cave cities…were found in Peru/Easter Isle/Black Sea reg…DK agenda is: Social'm, Caste sys. & SS elite's SEX'M/pedophilia & anti-family bias. To rule, DK's need disarm'd-surveill'd pop'ns. World leaders know fear/crisis make people submissive. SS's off-shoots: KKK/Mormons…More key/capstone; Kaaba; wings/bird; eye/1/2 face/target; grail; obelisk; gate/arch/dome; Skull-Bones; NAZIS' BLACK SUN… SS tip-off terms; New Age/day/era/dawn/hope/NWO… 1) It uses set signs (e.g. okay gest); body pos'ns; special mot'ns of corss'g, touch'g (ring/ear/watch), unexplain'd POINT'G, pinch'g, (lapel/cuff)…& colors (orange/red…). More symbs: police/mil.'s pentagram-(gon)_/chevrons….;flower (BP); ranbo (LGBTQ); shell/spiral/snake/knot; tower-clock; "i" w/ color'd dot; blue/white (BMW)… SS breed corrup'n locally to int'ly. Drugs/media/univs./pub.ed/i'net…r tools of control.
The young lady who found it in the Infant Tylenol tells us, "I was worried about the medicine itself was messed with, but maybe its just a harmless conspiracy theory note. I have some people telling me everything in that note is telling truth and then others that are saying completely different. You hear and see a lot of crazy things in these crazy little towns."
And the person who found it in the cake mix actually thought it was her jokester boyfriend playing games with her at first. Then, she saw someone else post about finding the same exact note.
"Okay maybe it wasn't my boyfriend," she said. "Because when I questioned him, he was so serious and said, 'Where did this come from?'. I said, 'Don't act stupid, you did it and he swore up and down he didn't!"
She theorizes: "Honestly I think it's someone who is heavily opinionated about the KKK and Illuminati. It says that public education, sports, drugs, and universities are tools of control. That's odd because it feels like we're being held hostage with life anymore. Like, first the COVID, now riots and now these are popping up everywhere. It feels like the feeling you get when someone is watching you and you can feel them staring at you. Scary. I don't really know how else to explain it.
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