Brother M. says: “We are the oldest people”

The history of one species is viewed through the following prism: The species is the youngest at the moment of creation, the species is the oldest moment before extinction. We are the oldest exponents of our kind. Although the language trap constantly tells us that we address the “first civilizations” as old, the nature of existence shows us differently. One should often keep one’s own age in mind in order to remind the individual of the number of archetypal performances that he has accumulated and now unites in himself.

Collecting sets of lower, finished ontological definitions

Swedenborg has read all the books of his time, or so the legend says. After reading the books (collective conscious knowledge), something “creaked” in him, and he became a mystic.

With all his collective knowledge, he unlocked the collective superconscious and it became available to him at his own discretion. One pattern of functioning is shown here. It is the same pattern as exists in language – A limited number of lower ontological definitions for the sake of the existence of potency at a higher ontological level; (Letters – words, etc.). The same pattern is shown in a simplified version over a tree. The necessity of one tree, for the sake of (conditionally speaking) an infinite number of branches. Swedenborg managed to pronounce the lower level of ontology (letter, branch, collectively conscious) (in total), and thus translate himself to a higher level of ontology. This is impossible for us. We know that the Cosmos is infinite and that it is impossible to name all its particulars (Adam’s first work). Swedenborg’s world was smaller. However, what is possible for us is to derive certain logical patterns. These logical patterns (as one-many-one) are epistemological units of a higher order than monosemantic language (denotation). Due to their polysemanticity, such patterns are the abbreviation results of lower sets. There is speculation that uniting and recognizing existing patterns is the only way that can lead us to the realization of collective consciousness (collective knowledge).

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“If God is absolute, then he is complete. If he is complete, then he is finite. If he is finite, then he is limited. If he is limited, he is not Infinite.”

The trap of a visual syllogism. Infinity is absolute and ultimate finiteness. Absolute finiteness includes Infinity. God is both a thesis and an anti-thesis.

The archetype of the Shadow from Tolkien

The archetype of the Shadow is hard to grasp these days. Although I have problems with other Archetypes as well, Shadow is the most difficult to appoint, and on the other hand, it is spread the most. Lately, the Shadow has been showing itself to me in the form of an ex-girlfriend, monster, plain evil, or some form of darkness. As a child, I dreamed of it as a witch, a cannibal plant, or some kind of demon. In one dream, which I had after the death of Patriarch Pavle, it appeared to me like a cuddly black dog who flattered me but actually wanted to eat a sparrow sitting on my left shoulder (the sparrow was PP). I see it in people in the form of unambiguous desire, lack of ethics, excessive need for repetitive pleasure, wrong definitions, insufficient definitions, insufficient terms, inadequate knowledge. Like everyone else, I succumb to all these ailments.

Although fairy tales introduced me to the phenomenon, and Jung indoctrinated me into the concept, it was only with Tolkien that I actually encountered for the first time the formal gradation of the Shadow that was close to me. In The Lord of the Rings, the Shadow is elaborated on three levels (Gollum – 9 riders – Sauron) – One – Many – One. The object of the shadow is the Ring. The ring as a symbol of infinite desire – our fall – our (imperfection) – our slavery.

Gollum – Arbitrariness in relation to Sauron (source). Gollum has his own will and his own intention even though he is a lower and far less powerful level of shadow. His intention is not necessarily the same as Sauron’s, it is even opposed (logical contradiction within the Shadow).

9 Riders – From the Shadow’s perspective, they shine like angels. They are completely subservient to the collective consciousness. Complete obedience of the Riders to the initial Principle (Sauron). Overpowered by Woman (Anima)

Sauron – The Contrasting Principle of Life. The end of Kant’s categories. It is destroyed at the place where it is materialized (named).

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