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Remarks of this sort always contain a cheap twisting of the truth and are in a subtle way destructive. If, on the other hand, a man's experience of his mother has been positive, this can also affect his anima in typical but different ways, with the result that he either becomes effeminate or is preyed upon by women and thus is unable to cope with the hardships of life.

An anima of this sort can turn men into sentimentalists The most frequent manifestations of the anima takes the form of erotic fantasy. Men may be driven to nurse their fantasies by looking at films and strip-tease shows, or by day-dreaming over pornographic material.

This is a crude, primitive aspect of the anima, which becomes compulsive only when a man does not sufficiently cultivate his feeling relationships - when his feeling towards life has remained infantile. All these aspects of the anima have the same tendency that we have observed in the shadow : That is, they can be projected so that they appear to the man to be the qualities of some particular woman.

It is the presence of the anima that causes a man to fall suddenly in love when he sees a woman for the first time and knows at once that this is 'she. Women who are of 'fairy'-like' character especially attract such anima projections, because men can attribute almost anything to a creature who is so fascinatingly vague, and can thus proceed to weave fantasies around her.

But I have said enough about the negative side of the anima. There are just as many important positive aspects. The anima is, for instance, responsible for the fact that a man is able to find the right marriage partner. Another function is at least equally important : Whenever a man's logical mind is incapable of discerning facts that are hidden in his unconscious, the anima helps him dig them out. Even more vital is the role that the anima plays in putting a man's mind in tune with the right inner values and thereby opening the way into more profound inner depths.

It is as if an inner 'radio' becomes tuned to a certain wave length that excludes irrelevancies but allows the voice of the Great Man to be heard. In establishing this inner 'radio' reception, the anima takes on the role of guide, or mediator, to the world within and to the Self. That is how she appears in the example of the initiations of shamans But what does the role of the anima as guide to the inner world mean in practical terms?

This positive function occurs when a man takes seriously the feelings, moods, expectations, and fantasies sent by his anima and when he fixes them in some form - for example, in writing, painting, sculpture, musical composition, or dancing.

After a fantasy has been fixed in some specific form, it must be examined both intellectually and ethically, with an evaluating feeling reaction. And it is essential to regard it as being absolutely real; there must be no lurking doubt that this is 'only a fantasy. Worship of the anima as an officially recognized figure brings the serious disadvantage that she loses her individual aspects.

On the other hand, if she is regarded as an exclusively personal being, there is danger that, if she is projected into the outer world, it is only there that she can be found. This latter state of affairs can create endless trouble, because man either becomes either the victim of his erotic fantasies or compulsively dependent on one actual woman.

Only the painful but essentially simple decision to take one's fantasies and feelings seriously can at this stage prevent a stagnation of the inner process of individuation, because only in this way can a man discover what this figure means as an inner reality. Thus the anima becomes again what she originally was - the 'woman within, ' who conveys vital messages of the Self.

The reference again to the unified aspects of masculine and feminine is also another reference to the enigmatic 'union of the opposites', and the placing of the androgyne, as the ruler of this empire highlights again the importance of balancing the feminine and masculine to attain wisdom. As with all leaders, resentment grows towards the androgyne in the face of war with the Berg Empire , and an unsuccessful coup is thwarted via the use of a double in order to further the The Emperoratrix mystical advancement of the Incal and its seven archetypes to bring balance to the Jodoverse.

This symbol of individuation, and the catalyst towards integration of the self in the spiritual process of alchemical dissolution and reformation or 'solve et coagula' grants Di Fool's flying companion Deepo which is a traditional symbol of transcendence the power of speech, grants Di Fool supernatural powers when he ingests it, and forms into a trans-dimensional spaceship once unlocked by the meditative union of the seven protagonist archetypes.

The Incal represents the union between light and dark, echoing again the union of both polarities of our own existence of uniting Sun and Moon, and again the union of masculine and feminine energies the power of creation. The crux of the story reveals that ORH : The Supreme Being the entire Jodoverse has been created by a male deity as an experiment in free will, with the Incal and Di Fools 'eternal observer' serving as the driving force in the disintegration and resolution of a great work of a supreme being ORH wishing to experience reality subjectively.

This message reflects the notion of our own reality as a great macrocosm containing a microcosm which echoes the great mystical and fractal doctrine of 'as above so below'. Technology And The Shadow A discord occurs in the factions of the ruling parliament as the 'technocrats' attempt to usurp the order of things with the creation of the 'shadow egg', a dark creation of the impending and nefarious 'shadow' which devours stars and planets, and presents a threat to both the human and Berg universes.

It is a threat which Di Fool reluctantly has to defeat, and he ultimately faces the end of the Jodoverse alone as a witness to the grand cosmic ballet. Almost any voyage of self-realization in search of any great truth leads to the revelation that each of us is truly alone and merely observing this shared reality. At the end of all things in this life, we each have to face ourselves, and this is generally a very tough disclosure to handle.

The technocrats represent a dangerous cult out of control, unwittingly unleashing the destructive machinations of the 'shadow', and dooming even themselves with their arrogance and stupidity. The Technocrats Unleash The Shadow Egg The message in the technocrat cult within the context of this story seems to be that over reliance on technology for answers, and the worshipping of technology as divine, instead of realising it is just a tool, reflects the dangers of our own world, and the reliance of humanity as a creator which falls at the mercy of its creation, is dangerous and ill thought out.

On this point of personal observation, I would now like to return to the theme of the 'holo-screen', and its controller 'The President' of Di Fool's planet 'Ter 21' or 'Earth' to it's inhabitants.

The 'Prez', as he is referred to by the holo-screen presenters is the epitomy of a decadent and corrupt politician. His massive ego is reflected in his opulent lifestyle aboard his floating presidential palace, and also in his obsession with regeneration by passing his consciousness into new bodies.

The incarnation the reader is first introduced to is a bloated glutton, his broadcast reincarnation into his next form in the narrative is that of a handsome, muscular giant. In this body, he seems only concerned with further indulgence of his carnal lusts and displays a nonchalant and ignorant interest in attaining the Incal from John Di Fool.

This fuels a rebellion and direct assault on his palace by the violent extremists Amok, led by Tanatah and Kill Wolfhead. This frightens the Prez into rushing into another technological regeneration - a series of terrifying and relentless killer mechanoids, the first being the deadly 'Necroprobe'. In this body he pursues the seven main archetypes towards the Inner Earth, and unwittingly sets in motion the course of events which unites these seven archetypes in unlocking the power of the Incal.

The President and his regenerations in order to cling to power, represent for me the over-reliance of authority on technology, and echoes the ethos of the current transhumanist mindset of conquering death by merging with the machine.

I noticed that this highlights within the story another illustration of the corruption of power driven by a fear and losing that power upon death. The Prez and his continual broadcasting of his progress via the holo-screen does end up becoming useful in the mission against the darkness.

A major plot point as I have already mentioned is the requirement of the Jodoverse to enter the 'Theta-dream' to enable the Incal and it's reluctant protagonist to defeat the darkness by crossing the void to enlightenment. The message here is one of eastern philosophy and meditation, and the distracting holo- screen stands in the way of this mass meditation and unity.

The Prez panders to the newfound power of the seven, and with his control of this form of mass media, offers to help by enabling the holo-screen technology to lead the masses in accepting the theta-processors and leading them via mass marketing to enter the Theta-Dream. These quarters become the archaic four elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water which are traditionally believed to be the basis of all matter.

He has to build a unity within himself between these four different aspects of his being and surrender his power to the Incal the fifth controlling element in order to be saved. This is another masterful encoding of an ancient belief system by Jodorowsky, and beautifully rendered by Moebius.

For Di Fool this is loneliness, and as each character sacrifices themselves one by one, he finds himself alone. It is at this point which he crosses the Abyss or 'Daarth' to enlightenment. This is where I noticed the final stage of a spiritual journey through the Universal Tree Of Life, and it echoes Kubrick's Alchemical Opus ' A Space Odyssey', where the astronaut Dave Bowman crosses the Abyss or 'Stargate' to encounter the beings responsible for the Monolith perhaps another reference to the Philosopher's Stone, but also a reference to 'Gnosis' or 'knowledge'.

Dave Bowman crossing the Abyss or 'Daarth' in ' A Space Odyssey' It is no coincidence that Jodorowsky was inspired to remake Frank Herbert's 'Dune' after being directly inspired by Kubrick's film, which has been the subject of much speculation. Jodorowskys Dune never made it past pre-production, as costs spiralled and his vision grew to now legendary lengths. It was the abandonment of this project which led to the creation of the Incal story with Moebius as a graphic novel.

I would now like to return to the vague phrase 'enlightenment' and a look at the context of this word and concept with an excerpt from Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language, unabridged please note that this link is to the version, the version I am quoting from is the edition : " These following two excerpts are from a sociological perspective, and I feel may provide a grounding for anyone who may be worried that this analysis is drifting off into the farcical realm of misguided mystical speculation.

The Incal is a science fiction comic book series created by Chilean-French author Alejandro Jodorowsky and comic artist Also set in the same space opera fictional universe known as the "Jodoverse," in which most of Alexandro Jodorowsky-created science fiction comics take place.

He then took the character of The volume Soluna , from the series John Difool vor dem Incal [John Difool Before the Incal ] by Janjetov and Jodorowsky, features a utopian city, the center of which is a gigantic mushroom-shaped temple. Our top pics for Free Comic Book Day. The movie is great, though given this comic, I am a bit skeptical about how good this attempt at Dune would have been, had itnegral ever been made at all.

The story is repetitive — some sort of endless quest with attacks and escapes — but dull and aimless with interchangeable cut out characters.

It was sold out and soon the series was out of print in the United States. The world elements are also lacking as is character development. Malo se umorio, ali ipak nisam tip za stripove. The series also showcase religion, economy, politics and warfare, all mixed together. Retrieved October 25, Even the art was fairly problematic even if beautiful. Neke ideje koje je spomenuo su urnebesne, ali da sad ne otkrivam stvarno vrijedi pogledati dokumentarac.

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