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Reflections on the Queen’s Passing:
Otto Rank & Ben Okri |
I turn first to Otto Rank for an answer as to what role a monarchy plays in the 21st century (though he died in 1939). He says that "humanity is as much irrational as it is rational" yet
we are overly busy asserting our rationality. And he sees this as an especially male problem. |
Humanity needs the irrational alongside the rational. It needs artists,
images, music, myths, intuition and more. It takes this to unite a nation or a people at a level deeper than law and politics alone. | 18Forty
addresses Rationalism and the human condition: how both rationality and irrationality are needed in science and faith. |
The British monarchy brings some of the sense of ritual, pageantry, myth and
the irrational to its goings-on and this may be its most important role. Humankind needs much more of the irrational that is positive and far less of the irrational that is crazy, hate-filled, spewing of
lies, narcissistic, power-hungry and busy projecting and promulgating the shadow–that which easily fills social media and some mainstream media and political so-called “discourse” in our time. |
In keeping with the ancient custom held by many cultures, the royal bees were informed when Queen Elizabeth had passed. Tweet by @EsheHoney. | Nigerian novelist and poet Ben Okri steps up in an insightful article in The Guardian entitled “Queen Elizabeth Was Part of Our Psyche,” to share some thoughtful reflections on the role her long reign played in the British
unconscious.* |
He says, “her iconography has penetrated the subconscious of the land and many lands.” He had more than one personal meeting with her and found that “she had a magical effect on people,” himself included. She also had a good sense of humor that invited others to laugh with her. She was “especially successful” at her job and one reason, he feels, was that following two world wars and the “insane” male energy that dominated them, she represented ...a female force, a stable, balancing, presence [in a time] when the spiritual energy of the world was moving from a male-centered universe to one desperately in need of feminine energies. The tumbling down of so many structures in the world, empires included, rendered many people "porous." |
...And into the inner porousness, that vacuum between two periods, a transition from an old world to a new world, the figure of Queen Elizabeth was just what was needed. The nation drew her into its psyche for shelter and for stability [in a time of upheaval.] | Former Prime Minister Theresa May remembers the Queen’s humanity and humor. Daily Mail |
Queen Elizabeth provided, in her irrational role, some values and virtues (including her
humor and steadfastness) that the world needs still. We thank her for that. And we will miss her for that. |
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Queries for Contemplation Do you feel a kind of porousness in your soul? What do you find that fills it in healthy ways? Do you sense that others feel this too? |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened
treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and
depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the new Physics | |
The Hidden
Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine To awaken what Fox calls “the sacred masculine,” he unearths ten metaphors, or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an
ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Spiritual Warrior….These timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to connect to their deepest selves and to reinvent the world. –“A gutsy, courageous book, one that confronts the terrible isolation in which men live with archetypal
images that once nurtured, guided, and connected our ancestors and that still course within the depths of each of us.” –Dr James Hollis, author of What Matters Most | |
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