Nekyias (@CarlJungMemes)
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EPISODE 7: THE BIRTH OF THE REBEL
🕑 Added 2023-01-18 01:57:55 +0000 UTCEpisode 7 is finally here, and it's a long one! Continuing on from the previous stage, The Empowered Surrender, we take a look at the rebellious psychological figure that emerges from the ruins of the collapsing dream. We start with a discussion of consciousness (as Jung would define it, according to Decoding Jung's Metaphysics by Bernardo Kastrup), and move into an exploration of bicameral mind theory (as articulated in Julian Jaynes's book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind). From here, we make our way to metaphor, language, voice dialogue, identifying the inner critic and inner monologue, anger, and the role of authority in our conscious experience of life and depression.
The Birth of the Rebel (text from the original guide):
Symbolically and psychologically, the empowered surrender allows the dreamer to step out of the dream and see it for the oppressive reality it had become. The dreamer may still be crushingly depressed, but there now is born in her a new “voice” or personality. The Rebel emerges, railing against the attachments or narratives of the collapsing dream. The Rebel is a defensive figure—its job is to protect the fragile and healing psyche. From the outside, the dreamer may appear more passionate, confident, or angry. In myth, this is the defeat of the old gods by the new.
Comments
Nathan
maybe this is filled in later, but I felt like I wanted to know if reference points worked kind of like gods, given we cannot question them or reflect on them without an enormous trial
Nicholas Stucky-Mack
Good discussion. Regarding self-reflection and the emergence of narrative consciousness in the brain/mind, you might find Michael Graziano's paper on Attention Schema Theory interesting if you haven't read it.
