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SoSorry7735 Wow. So very Johnny Depp a la his movie
I'm teasing.
I think we all have archetypes (thanks bpcyclist) of our ideal romantic partner.
My ideal archetype is The Magician as described
here.
Quote:
The magician commits to lifetime learning and has an innate intellectual curiosity. When mastered the magician energy has deconstructed the ego and led to thoughtfulness and insight.The magician keeps the other archetypes in balance and is the steward of the psyche.
The Magician archetype is about “claiming our capacity as co-creators of the universe”. There are multiple methods of participating in creation, there are the physical inventions which can be developed and the transformation of the psyche. “Ours is, we believe, the age of the magician because it is a technological age… It is an age of the magician at least in his materialistic concern with understanding and having power over nature. But in terms of nonmaterialistic, psychological, or spiritual initiatory process, the magician energy seems to be in short supply” (Moore and Gillette).
For example many public intellectuals have commented that our tech companies, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, need fewer programmers and more philosophers. Students are flooding into the STEM fields at increasing rates, and leaving philosophers and teachers lacking. This leads to the creation of products without full consideration of the fallout. Thus we create an entire generation of kids addicted to their cell-phones through no fault of their own or social media platforms that are more focused on new features than data security.
This imbalance comes from a lack of initiation rituals. And a lack of sacred space. Sacred space does not require a belief in a specific religion, it is more like the force in Star Wars. A belief in a regenerative power for personal and social regeneration.
The shadow forms of the magician are the manipulator and the innocent. The manipulator is a huckster promising secrets behind a paywall. The innocent shadow is naive, it wants all the power and wealth but has no interest in working for it. This is the person who decides on a band name but never practices.
The manipulator is the mature shadow of the trickster, think of the Joker, “This is the energy form that seeks the fall of great men, that delights in the destruction of a man of importance. But the trickster does not want to replace the man that has fallen. He does not want to take on the man’s responsibilities. In fact, he doesn't want any responsibilities. He wants to do just enough to wreck things for others” (Moore and Gillette).
The Lack of magicians in our society is causing an imbalance, think of the military, their “pseudo-initiations” create warriors, but they often fail to bring the warrior home, not physically but mentally.
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