Lightning and the Snake - Q&A
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- Опубліковано 16 кві 2022
- In this clip from a Q&A session following a lecture, Joseph Campbell discusses the symbolic meaning behind an image of the inter-penetration of a lightning bolt and a snake.
This Q&A session is unreleased footage from lectures featured in the Mythos series.
For more on Mythos follow the link below;
www.jcf.org/works/titles/mythos/
During the final years of his life, Joseph Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the “one great story” of humanity. These remarkable talks were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended, with enhanced images and in minimally edited form.
Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad - Rumi
'The middle way is that of the Moon, which is earthly reflecting light'. There has just been a Full Moon in Libra with Mars in Pisces symbolising The Leviathan; the monster/dragon/serpent of the deep that signifies the individual and collective unconscious that we now have to confront in order to, 'get past it into the real visions'
Do you mean the full moon that we just had yesterday??
@@podoyle Yes, 16th April.
@@michaelavilliers-kendall8854 Thank you for the quick reply. Can you explain or send a link or email? Anything? I am very interested in this claim about Leviathan being symbolized by this astrological alignment. I've been very connected to Leviathan lately. And this full moon was very significant for me. I can't find anything about it and Leviathan online. I would love to know more. Thank you.
@@podoyle the Leviathan comes from Jewish mythology. It's a sea serpent. It's seen as a symbol of chaos, depending on the religion. Christians see it as envy. The Gnostics saw the snake as wisdom. It's a symbol in many mysteries. It's kundalini energy. The rising snake. Once it enlightens you, awakens you, you can't go back to sleep. It's the energy that destroys or creates. The snake that kills and the snake that saves. It's the caduceus of Hermes. The crosier of the Popes. It's knowledge.
@@bluefernlove Thank you, Fern. Do you know how it's specifically related to this past full moon alignment?
I just love listening to Joseph Campbell... Thank you for sharing this video! I would love to see more lectures and Q&A sessions like this!
...thinking on the dicotomy of spiritual vs material, earthly vs extraterrestrial ... worth exploring at length.
There's that old question "does the body have a soul, or does the soul have a body?" My experience and reading have shown me that the body initially only has mind and personality, and it is the interplay between those two and all moral decisions made, that contribute to the development of the soul. So initially, we identify our "self" with the body. But over time, as the soul develops, it begins to assert dominance over the body, and the self starts to identify more with the soul. So it depends at what point one looks at the person before that question can be answered, however impermanently.
I read this to mean that our awareness of true self, or soul, is our evolution over earthly experience. However I disagree that soul is not present in the early formation; it may be more obscured, but is never not the carrier of our earthly, morphing vessel which can never be ourself. This is why kids have natural intuition, inclination towards joy, lack of stress...the mind has not yet matured & become harder and hard-wired for people to not take too seriously.
Also who is to decide “morality”? Is that not an inner feeling made manifest? Or are they simply arbitrary, controlling rules created by mind?
i think soul and god are the same thing and to separate anything from soul would be to separate it from being
Does it matter 🤣🤣 all what matters r u gng to keep the mind the body happy till the very end if u can then u have achieved a great deal from this life
What a knowing...
Harry Potter, Black Adam, Pokemon I Choose You (or the first episode), all share the same imagery; lightning, the Snake(Shadow) and the Phoenix.
The first words God spoke to my right ear from Heaven 8.4.2016..I'M sorry, you are the One. 22
Soul can't seem to arise unless it has been physically forged as it were.
Why there are never records or pictures of the moon, when there send weather baloons in the Atmosphäre? Always we se only the sun. Why?
... So this woman had a good balance, right?
It was a powerful, fortunate dream/vision for her to have. No doubt it spoke a truth about her personally but also a Truth about existence.
Except the moon is its own light source. But almost nobody realized that back when this talk was given. Nonetheless, Joseph's explanation is excellent as always...
Is not the moon a reflection of the Earth..
This guy sounds like a master occultist.
Joseph Campbell was not an occultist. He was a professor of comparative mythologies at Sarah Lawrence College many years ago. This dream interpretation of the lightning and the serpent is important to his class, as it highlights a type of cultural wisdom in its symbology. Other videos of Joseph Campbell are equally as interesting.
Lol I bet you're a master Bible thumper. Means you only understand things monotheistically cuz anything else is past your head
As the voice of one who unveils that which is hidden to us, then yes. The term occultist has merit in this way
@@pranakhan Nice.
@@someguy2016 An occultist is “a person who believes in or practices occult arts, such as magic, astrology, alchemy, seances, or other activity claiming the use of secret knowledge or supernatural powers or agencies.” How is JC practicing magic? Dream interpretation does not trigger magical energy, does it?