<< primal collective >>
that phrase came to me in the dreamtime
night before last
on waking this morning, more comes to me
about the power of shame
there is no greater description of the milieu
conscious and unconscious
of my birth:
the power of shame
indeed, this observation holds on both sides
of West Sullivan Street
my house and Keith's house
but the power of shame was not operative only
within these houses
it was the primal collective that held this power
* * *
<< primal >> leads me through the recursive spiral:
mental >> mythic >> magical to
the archaic
the archaic bonds of collective life
from which we all emerge
to experience the full power of shame
is to experience the forces of archaic bonding
archaic primal volcanic forces
* * *
these are the originary powers of creation/destruction
the powers from which we are created are the same powers
that destroy the unchosen
the survivors are the chosen
the chosen enjoy the benefits of further emergence
of the magical, the mythic, the mental
the chosen, who are not subject to obliterating shame,
gain the options to live, to explore, to discover
the possibilities of individuation emerge with survival
of the destructive powers of the primal collective to select
for those who have the strength for the ordeal, facing shame
may be the primal entry into the individuation process
facing shame and the legacy of shame is the mythic path of the hero
who transcends and transmutes the powers of the primal collective
to select one's own being in the world
thus for better and/or worse to take on the powers of the primal collective
and emerge
* * *
"We shall destroy you" is the collective attack the infant must first survive.
thus thrown into the battle, an { I } must emerge, capable of facing the collective attack
and successfully acting: "I will destroy you first; I will survive on my own."
thus the mythic hero emerges from the archaic and the magical...
in quest of furthering ontological battles of self-appropriation, civilization, and transcendence
that phrase came to me in the dreamtime
night before last
on waking this morning, more comes to me
about the power of shame
there is no greater description of the milieu
conscious and unconscious
of my birth:
the power of shame
indeed, this observation holds on both sides
of West Sullivan Street
my house and Keith's house
but the power of shame was not operative only
within these houses
it was the primal collective that held this power
* * *
<< primal >> leads me through the recursive spiral:
mental >> mythic >> magical to
the archaic
the archaic bonds of collective life
from which we all emerge
to experience the full power of shame
is to experience the forces of archaic bonding
archaic primal volcanic forces
* * *
these are the originary powers of creation/destruction
the powers from which we are created are the same powers
that destroy the unchosen
the survivors are the chosen
the chosen enjoy the benefits of further emergence
of the magical, the mythic, the mental
the chosen, who are not subject to obliterating shame,
gain the options to live, to explore, to discover
the possibilities of individuation emerge with survival
of the destructive powers of the primal collective to select
for those who have the strength for the ordeal, facing shame
may be the primal entry into the individuation process
facing shame and the legacy of shame is the mythic path of the hero
who transcends and transmutes the powers of the primal collective
to select one's own being in the world
thus for better and/or worse to take on the powers of the primal collective
and emerge
* * *
"We shall destroy you" is the collective attack the infant must first survive.
thus thrown into the battle, an { I } must emerge, capable of facing the collective attack
and successfully acting: "I will destroy you first; I will survive on my own."
thus the mythic hero emerges from the archaic and the magical...
in quest of furthering ontological battles of self-appropriation, civilization, and transcendence
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