We have not even to risk the adventure alone
For the heroes of all time have gone before us
The labyrinth is thoroughly known
We have only to follow the thread of the hero path
And where we had thought to find an abomination
We shall find a God
And where we had thought to slay another
We shall slay ourselves
For the heroes of all time have gone before us
The labyrinth is thoroughly known
We have only to follow the thread of the hero path
And where we had thought to find an abomination
We shall find a God
And where we had thought to slay another
We shall slay ourselves
Down below there
We have the shadow
As Jung calls it
It's like the blind spot for ego
That about yourself
Of which your ego is completely unconscious
Of which it has no knowledge whatsoever
This shadow
In Jung's terminology
Corresponds almost precisely
To the Freudian unconscious
The Freudian unconscious is constituted
Of repressed experiences, repressed shocks
And it is these shocks
We have the shadow
As Jung calls it
It's like the blind spot for ego
That about yourself
Of which your ego is completely unconscious
Of which it has no knowledge whatsoever
This shadow
In Jung's terminology
Corresponds almost precisely
To the Freudian unconscious
The Freudian unconscious is constituted
Of repressed experiences, repressed shocks
And it is these shocks
I see mythology
As serving four functions
The first function is
What I would call
The, the mystical function
It opens up a realization
Of the mystical dimension
That, behind the surface phenomenology
Of the world
There is
As serving four functions
The first function is
What I would call
The, the mystical function
It opens up a realization
Of the mystical dimension
That, behind the surface phenomenology
Of the world
There is
The, the three transformations of the spirit
That's Nietzsche
That's the, uh, prologue to
"Thus Spake Zarathustra"
When you are a child, when you are young
You are a camel
The camel gets down on its knees and says
"Put a load on me"
This is obedience
This is receiving the instruction
And information
That your society knows you must have
In order to live a competent life
When the camel is well-loaded
He gets up on his feet
And runs out into the desert, right?
He becomes transformed into a lion
That's Nietzsche
That's the, uh, prologue to
"Thus Spake Zarathustra"
When you are a child, when you are young
You are a camel
The camel gets down on its knees and says
"Put a load on me"
This is obedience
This is receiving the instruction
And information
That your society knows you must have
In order to live a competent life
When the camel is well-loaded
He gets up on his feet
And runs out into the desert, right?
He becomes transformed into a lion
And the moral is that the realization
Of your bliss, your true being
Comes when you have put aside passing moment
With its terror
And with its temptation
And its statement of requirements of life
That you should live this way
Why, I always tell my students
[Chorus]
Follow your bliss
Follow your
Follow your bliss I say
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid
And doors will open
Of your bliss, your true being
Comes when you have put aside passing moment
With its terror
And with its temptation
And its statement of requirements of life
That you should live this way
Why, I always tell my students
[Chorus]
Follow your bliss
Follow your
Follow your bliss I say
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid
Follow your bliss and don't be afraid
And doors will open