03-11-2017, 11:21 PM
I've long felt that awe inspiring stories, such as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings narrative, affect us so strongly because they deliberately, or as is probably more often the case, accidentally resonate with the deep archetypal structures of our societal consciousness complex. This is is a clip from one of my favorite cartoon adaptations of the Lord of the Rings.
It's titled "Return of the King" it was produced in 1980.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring
Stands on the very brink of fate;
Staring into eyes of darkness and despair
That rise and shrink with hate.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
He hears a voice compelling him;
Filling him with thoughts that echo in his mind
It should be telling him.
Beware, the power is a power never known.
Beware, the power that was simple has now grown.
Beware, O, bearer of the ring,
The final power has yet to be shown!
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
Through voices tempting to resist,
Must recall the quest to end this darkest age
That mortal death has kissed.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
Beware who wears the ring!
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
He hears a voice compelling him;
Filling him with thoughts that echo in his mind
It should be telling him.
Beware, the power is a power never known.
Beware, the power that was simple has now grown.
Beware, O, bearer of the ring,
The final power has yet to be shown!
The journey to mount doom to destroy the One Ring is an allegory analogous to the Fool's Journey. We are all on our own sort of inner quest to 'destroy the one ring'. The journey to mount doom is the journey towards making The Choice. The choice is whether to wear the ring, or destroy the ring. But along the journey one must keep the power of the ring at bay. You must become a "ring bearer" -- it is no easy quest. The only power that is a match to the power of the one ring is the power to resist the temptations of the ring. The metaphor is rife with interesting symbolism. The ring represents the temptation towards pure selfishness. Essentially, it represents the Ego. How apropos that it is a golden color, the perfect analog representation of the solar plexus center. As long as the ring is not adorning the finger, and is hung about the neck over the heart center, the power of the heart (the power of love/compassion) and the will to resist wearing the ring can keep the darkness at bay.
Ra: The temptations are offered by those negative entities of what you would call your inner planes. These, shall we say, dark angels have been impressed by the service-to-self path offered by those which have come through quarantine from days of old and these entities, much like your angelic presences of the positive nature, are ready to move in thought within the inner planes of this planetary influence working from time/space to space/time.
Ra: The fifth density sees the difficulties posed by the light and in this way directs entities of this vibration to the seeking of targets of opportunity such as this one. If fourth-density temptations, shall we say, towards distortion of ego, etc., are not successful the fifth-density entity then thinks in terms of the removal of light.
As one approaches the crack of doom, and is faced with the real choice to actually destroy the one ring, forever, the temptations towards using The Power of the ring for selfish enforcement of ones will on the world become power upon power greater. The fact of the matter is: the ring does not want to be destroyed and will do anything in its power to avoid it (even if it has to kill you -- i.e. when you turn on the ego it will also turn on you). So it promises you absolute power, and if one chooses that, one then identifies purely with the ego, and is then 'wearing' the ring.
Notice how in the above clip Frodo gets to the point of destroying the ring, and at the last minute the temptations of the ring grow too strong for his will and love to resist. He tosses back his head in grim laughter, choosing darkness over light. In kabbalah, if you get to the gateway, and can't let go of your ego, and attempt to cross the "abyss" without purifying yourself, you become a "demon", which is a poetic way of articulating the idea of an unholy being that has the unfortunate combination of great power and zero compassion.
When one puts on the ring, it silences the heart center absolutely, which gives one a great deal of non-contradicted dark power. Also, appreciate the symbolism of turning invisible upon putting on the ring (i.e making the choice). The implication being that when one puts on the ring, the Light no longer shines upon one, thus, one is no longer visible. You become 'lost to the Light' -- A being of the shadow realm.
"Must recall the quest to end this darkest age
That mortal death has kissed."
So the question inherent at the end of the fools journey is this: are you a ring bearer, or a ring wearer?
There is of course, far more symbolism to the story than this, but these are the current thoughts I have time to share. Hopefully someone found them interesting.
As the kids would say in the linguistic parlance of the day: "Cool story bro."
It's titled "Return of the King" it was produced in 1980.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring
Stands on the very brink of fate;
Staring into eyes of darkness and despair
That rise and shrink with hate.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
He hears a voice compelling him;
Filling him with thoughts that echo in his mind
It should be telling him.
Beware, the power is a power never known.
Beware, the power that was simple has now grown.
Beware, O, bearer of the ring,
The final power has yet to be shown!
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
Through voices tempting to resist,
Must recall the quest to end this darkest age
That mortal death has kissed.
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
Beware who wears the ring!
The bearer of the ring, the wearer of the ring,
He hears a voice compelling him;
Filling him with thoughts that echo in his mind
It should be telling him.
Beware, the power is a power never known.
Beware, the power that was simple has now grown.
Beware, O, bearer of the ring,
The final power has yet to be shown!
The journey to mount doom to destroy the One Ring is an allegory analogous to the Fool's Journey. We are all on our own sort of inner quest to 'destroy the one ring'. The journey to mount doom is the journey towards making The Choice. The choice is whether to wear the ring, or destroy the ring. But along the journey one must keep the power of the ring at bay. You must become a "ring bearer" -- it is no easy quest. The only power that is a match to the power of the one ring is the power to resist the temptations of the ring. The metaphor is rife with interesting symbolism. The ring represents the temptation towards pure selfishness. Essentially, it represents the Ego. How apropos that it is a golden color, the perfect analog representation of the solar plexus center. As long as the ring is not adorning the finger, and is hung about the neck over the heart center, the power of the heart (the power of love/compassion) and the will to resist wearing the ring can keep the darkness at bay.
Ra: The temptations are offered by those negative entities of what you would call your inner planes. These, shall we say, dark angels have been impressed by the service-to-self path offered by those which have come through quarantine from days of old and these entities, much like your angelic presences of the positive nature, are ready to move in thought within the inner planes of this planetary influence working from time/space to space/time.
Ra: The fifth density sees the difficulties posed by the light and in this way directs entities of this vibration to the seeking of targets of opportunity such as this one. If fourth-density temptations, shall we say, towards distortion of ego, etc., are not successful the fifth-density entity then thinks in terms of the removal of light.
As one approaches the crack of doom, and is faced with the real choice to actually destroy the one ring, forever, the temptations towards using The Power of the ring for selfish enforcement of ones will on the world become power upon power greater. The fact of the matter is: the ring does not want to be destroyed and will do anything in its power to avoid it (even if it has to kill you -- i.e. when you turn on the ego it will also turn on you). So it promises you absolute power, and if one chooses that, one then identifies purely with the ego, and is then 'wearing' the ring.
Notice how in the above clip Frodo gets to the point of destroying the ring, and at the last minute the temptations of the ring grow too strong for his will and love to resist. He tosses back his head in grim laughter, choosing darkness over light. In kabbalah, if you get to the gateway, and can't let go of your ego, and attempt to cross the "abyss" without purifying yourself, you become a "demon", which is a poetic way of articulating the idea of an unholy being that has the unfortunate combination of great power and zero compassion.
When one puts on the ring, it silences the heart center absolutely, which gives one a great deal of non-contradicted dark power. Also, appreciate the symbolism of turning invisible upon putting on the ring (i.e making the choice). The implication being that when one puts on the ring, the Light no longer shines upon one, thus, one is no longer visible. You become 'lost to the Light' -- A being of the shadow realm.
"Must recall the quest to end this darkest age
That mortal death has kissed."
So the question inherent at the end of the fools journey is this: are you a ring bearer, or a ring wearer?
There is of course, far more symbolism to the story than this, but these are the current thoughts I have time to share. Hopefully someone found them interesting.
As the kids would say in the linguistic parlance of the day: "Cool story bro."