Mythical Folk

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All sorts of creatures and beings appear in folklore and mythology. Tales of previous times, they say, where Myths, Monsters and Legends were thought of as normal and mainstream. Part of everyday life still, not having yet become the Fairy Tales and Urban Myths we have today to remind us of a different time.

Pan (top left in pic), known as a Satry, it is said – “Pan is the Greek god of the wild, shepherds, flocks, nature of mountain wilds, and rustic music. Often depicted as a hybrid with the upper body of a man and the legs and horns of a goat, he is the leader of satyrs and a companion to nymphs.” A guardian then perhaps, looking after nature and complimenting it.

Centaurs (top right in pic) – also from Greek mythology, and known to be brutish and aggressive. A hybrid of man and horse rather than man and goat. But a similarity to the eye, especially with the holding of either a flame, a flute, or a broom.

Krampus (bottom left in pic) – a much darker and demonic representation than Pan and from Alpine folklore. Focusing more on children rather than nature and animals. Mentioned previously in Santa, A Christmas Industry, Krampus is there to punish naughty children during the holiday season. Being a sinister counterpart to santa.

Puck (bottom right in pic) – also known as hobgoblins, or strangely, Goodfellows. Considered as demons or fairies, they are also said to have been domestic sprites, helping with housework at night. Being prone to a merry little prank now and again. Similar to Brownies but with a mischievous streak, as many of the sprites, nymphs, and fairy folk do.

But for whatever reason, old stories, traditions, legends, and myths persist, remaining with us being retold and remembered. And maybe that’s because they are just good stories, or perhaps it is just so we don’t completely forget, what once was…

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A Reflection of Self

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Do we see what is there, or do we see what we want to see? Our own wants, desires, and ideals projected onto others and into the ‘future’ by your thoughts in the now. You create your own reality, they say, so why wouldn’t it stand to reason that you would see a version quite personal to you. Like the ideas mentioned in Mirrored.

The Palantíri, or “Seeing Stones,” from Lord of the Rings. The Monitoring tool of Sauron and his top wizard betrayers to keep watch over evil and keep it connected. Funny that a major tech company trying to currently dominate our digital ‘life’ is named after them. It’s probably just a coincidence. We get a lot of those these days.

The Mirror Pool – also from Lord of the Rings. The scene between Frodo and Galadriel. “I know what it is you saw, for it is also in my mind.” I have wondered on this scene much, because to me, it did show the future, of Frodo and his path because it was him looking into it. He saw the future if left up to him.  And it was true, because he did fail. It was Sam who was the hero in the end, whose heart hadn’t been taken by fear and greed. I suspect if Sam had looked into mirror pool, it might have shown a different ‘future’. Just as would have been if any of the characters had taken the burden themselves. What is shown as set for one doesn’t mean it’s the same for all.

The looking glass – we have stories of things being used to ‘see the future’ and various theories around certain events being ‘predicted’ before they unfolded. A Portal discusses some forms of this idea. And perhaps Prepped for Disaster, or Clever Programming showing how it can be made to seem as thought someone has the gift of sight, but is actually a clever engineer and architect to create said events.

Chronovisor – apparently a tool designed and held by the Vatican. For seeing the future, as mentioned in my article What You See, about how what you are perceiving and thinking is real, is what you are meant to. A carefully constructed and organised arrangement that we give our time and attention to.

But I can’t help thinking that if you are of a destructive and dysfunctional mindset, then that’s what you would see when looking forward. Always planning for the worst and then ensuring it happens because that’s all they understand and ‘know’. Seeming as though they want everyone to think like them, fear like them, and be greedy like them. Instead, we should get to The Heart of the Matter and work out what type of future we want, because left in the hands of All Seeing Stones, isn’t looking like a bright one…

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A Matrix in Mind

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The Matrix. A construct and all about ‘getting out’, knowing the illusion, so you can break away from it. But that ‘out’ seemed to end up being a bland and miserable existence, fighting for survival and a heavy struggle with reality, it seemed. I have delved into the concepts and angles of that movie already in my articles If You Die in the Matrix and What If I Told You.

But I wondered on the whole idea of The Matrix, initially thinking like most people it was a clever story to make people question ‘the system’, of making you ‘aware’ of the tricks and traps of that system to keep you ‘asleep’. And well, because everything appears inverted these days, I thought of it being part of how to trap you mentally, rather than to ‘free your mind’, as the saying went.

I’ll start with the main characters that are of note and how they seem to me now, based purely on their names and roles. Because I don’t imagine them all being separate characters anymore, looking for ‘The One’ who can save humanity. They are all part of the same ‘person’ and are the different aspects of the brain and what we have called consciousness and awareness who is, in fact, trying to save (or find) themselves.

Neo = Neocortex

Trinity = The Holy Trinity, Mind, Body & Soul

Morpheus = The God of Dreams

Now, the neocortex it is said, is “responsible for high-level functions like cognition, language, sensory perception, and motor commands. Comprising about 80% of the human brain.”

Without that, without Neo, working it all out or even knowing you need to, seems tricky, so I can see why it and he is so important in the story. But it turns out, it isn’t anything without Trinity, to accept ‘oneness’ by being two and then consciousness comes fully to life. And Morpheus is necessary for the overview of ideas and knowledge. Like the human brain seems to require, your subconscious, your mind, body and soul, as well as your ‘dream state experiences’ waking self’, are an essential combination.

The Architect = Man made God / Consciousness

The Oracle = Awareness / Intuition

Two other rather important characters, although they had minimal screen time, but what they were and represented lingered as a running background theme. Insight, predictions, questioning and choices. Neo utilising them to try and understand his purpose, his place and the bigger picture of humanity or what he thinks it is. Part of the philosophical reasoning we have as people, to wonder how and why, where and who, but played out in a visually stunning 3D adventure as a movie. Just as some people might do in their mind, as speculated in Hyperphantasia, A Down Side. And as we try to define reality, what it is and what it means, I keep coming back to a clever quote from Dumbledore in the HP series – “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”.

Our perceivable reality is created and projected from within our minds we are told, so it really does seem like a good question, why wouldn’t it be real? If it is only something we can see outside of us, or touch that is defined as real, then feelings have no place in reality you would think. Or thoughts and ideas, or anything without what we would call physical substance or matter, yet they are there and are experienced, and appear to be the driving force in our progression as a species. But what is in mind does seem to be rather of interest currently, as discussed in Chipping Away, In Your Head and perhaps crosses over into A Telekinetic Idea, where they are looking for something, wanting something they can’t get at yet. Maybe Morpheus was right and we are indeed in a war for our minds…

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