Spiritual Beast of the Bi-Cameral Mind (1, 2 & 3)

 

Zurvan, Persian Sun god. A human transforms by way
of apotheosis, metamorphosing into a god divine. 

"When Sophia (wisdom) saw what her desire had produced,
it changed into the figure of a snake with the face of a lion."
The Secret Book of John, 85 A.D.  Nag Hammadi Codex 4.

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Id, Latin "it", the instincts and energies in the unconscious

mind that underlie all psychological impulses. (Collins)

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Spiritual Beast of the Bi-Cameral Mind.

And the Dawn of an Alien Apocalypse.
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The ancient mindset was paradoxical,

spiritually rich and yet so brutal;

no ego-conscience to self-reflect,

their mode of being was schizophrenic.

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Our ancient bi-cameral humankind

had an earthen id and higher mind;

the rest of the ego was undeveloped,

no intermediary between id and gods.

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Their higher minds were operating,

but not yet become Self-reflecting;

just id and awareness of animism,

unfleshed gods did the dictating.

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Pan, Green Man, vegetation gods,

Osiris dismembered in the Underworld;

Apis, the Bull of surging virility,

Zurvan, a zoomorphic Sun-god entity.

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We took our orders from the gods,

the Voices that were in our heads;

Ten Commandments and temples built,

hallucinations from the archetypes.

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The elemental ego slowly crystallized,

we no-longer took orders from on high;

watery emotions, airy thinking, intuition,

taming our primordial earthen instincts.

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The ego is a necessary diversion,

a fall from grace into age of reason;

in order to be our own magicians,

spelling the spells of ideation.

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"You are gods," said Jesus Christ,

and so we learn to Self-reflect;

in order to take charge of death,

become eternal in consciousness.

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A developed ego can be baptized,

dissolved in water, set on fire;

Dragon id, "Beast of a thousand years,"

unleashed again, Kundalini raised!

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Earth and water of id and libido,

compound to forge the Dragon's Pearl;

green Serpent spreads silvery wings,

immanence unto transcendence.

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Mercurial Spirit flies to the Moon,

water and air changed into Wine;

Luna's crescent to the Sun drawn,

airy fire, apocalyptic golden Dawn!

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Alchemical Tria Prima triangulated,

is the Self-reflection the id needed;

our pet Reptilian has to turn on us,

devouring, digesting egoic elements.

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Metallic Salt, red Mercury, fixed Sulfur,

the higher Self who lasts forever;

trinitarian Alien in a Chariot divine,

holographic Observer, Wave and Point.

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Id and a fleshed-out Self are left,

when the ego is baptized unto death;

animal Spirit and Sol like Soul,

a quantum Solid, the Stone eternal.

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My bi-cameral Mind is modernized,

ego devoured by Saurian fire,

morphs into a shining Alien,

transcends on high into starry Heaven.

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Post war destruction initiated

two new mythologies in the fifties:

-Godzilla, Creature with atomic breath;

-U.F.O.s, return of the gods to Earth.
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Beast of the instincts was repressed,
so ego conscience could be developed;
a second coming will reconnect us,
re-emergence of the Serpent Christ.

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Bursting from the fire in my belly,

Spirit erupts inside my psyche;

forging a metallic Alien ashine,

a Self-reflecting neo-bi-cameral Mind.

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The eternal death-Mask of Pharaoh's image,
the ever-lasting Self with Serpent raised and golden Mane.
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"The wolf as prima materia, devouring the dead king.
In the background: sublimation of the prima materia
and rebirth of the king. Maier, Scrutinium chymicum (1687)"
(Jung, Psychology and Alchemy).

My Neo-Bi-Cameral Mind.
The Beast of Instinct Crowned.
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My animal Spirit unleashed again,
turns out to be a flaming Dragon;
ego is fire baptized unto death,
devouring four elements to digest.
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My primordial Beast so long denied,
is the "Seed of Word" underground;
earthen instincts take root as Pan,
horned Creature from Heaven fallen.
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Now that the ego is self-reflective,
it can handle my natural Native;
the shadow in the hall of history,
my civilized persona tried to flee.
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Time to turn and face the Wolf,
Hades' Dog down in the earth;
Cerberus, three heads from Hell,
naked Hercules must bring to heel.
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Stripped of ego in the Netherworld,
return to the Prima Materia womb,
death rebirths the Tria Prima,
metallic Salt, Mercury and Sulfur.
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I Am become a Giant healed,
my head in an archetypal Realm;
my feet rooted in the Underworld,
with Hell-fire rising, forging Metals.
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Kundalini rises from "Seed of Word,"
digesting my ego until uncoiled;
flares-up and spreads silvery wings,
my Beast of instinct now ascends.
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The id is no-longer earth-bound,
morphs into an Ideal compound;
heavy lead into Gold enlightened,
horns transmogrified into a Crown.
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Hercules, the Solar Hero, brings Cerberus into the light of day.
"I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever
and ever! And I hold the keys to death and Hades." (Jesus, Rev  1:18)
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A Uni-Cameral Image.
A contemporary hallucination from a fleshed-out god.
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My neo-bi-cameral schizophrenia,
is a functional psychosis in my ear;
the Voice who's All in my head compels:
"Be this Presence that you now feel."
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"I Am the ground of your Being;
the water of life turned to Wine;
pneumatic air, wind of the Word;
holy fire, the Light of the world."
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"I Am the one to who you sacrifice;
the Blood and Bread of eternal Life;
Salt of earth and water baptized;
the trinity of a Self archetype."
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"I Am found to be the one looking,
holographic Observer Self-reflecting;
the end and beginning of who you are;
atop the Tree your shining Star."
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And so the id becomes the Ideal,
spiritual Beast through ego healed;
the split in consciousness bridged;
a uni-cameral developed Image.
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