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Tossing the Pie (a little bit of fun, I hope)
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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Disclaimer: The following image is simply an image. It has no particular power over you. I am using it because I have found the study of Tarot useful in learning the language of symbolism. So don't be afraid of it, okay? Okay.  Using this drawing from the Rider-Waite deck of Tarot (Numbered 0 as well as 22, according to varying schools of thought), assign to the image aspects of the defintion of "self". For example, The Fool, himself, would that convey Freud's Super-ego, Ego, or Id? You can expand on this as one of my brilliant friends has done, and include outside influences, and also designate what the sun represents, as well as the precipice. (And don't forget his little dog, too!) I'll add my own thoughts to it later. (I tend to waffle on my opinion, and I ask the opinions of others quite often because I sometimes don't even have a clue as to what I think is right, until I see something that I believe is wrong.) There's no right or wrong answers though. I didn't mean wrong in the preceding paragraph, more like, "out of step with my take on reality." Have a little fun? |
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Stephanos
since 2000-07-31
Posts 3618Statesboro, GA, USA |
Karen, I think the "fool" could be identified with the id more than the other freudian categories, since this represents the individual's most primal and untamed urges. Freud also observed that it was this "untamed" subconscious that was the source of all human destruction and chaos in the world. Freud was fundamentally pessimistic for this reason. Of course, the ego could also be identified with the fool, since it is the mediator between the id and the superego, and has the responsibility of mastery over the dark and troubled subterranean waters. Similarly, in Judeo-Christian terms, the "fool" of Proverbs is also portrayed as one who has no self control over his lower nature. Given over to unbridled urges he becomes subject to their bitter consequences, and the mockery of being called a "fool". This easily ties into the concept of sin as well, and the need for redemption and mercy. It is interesting how all of these different perspectives concur in many ways. Stephen |
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Ron
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
In my opinion? I would identify the Fool with Freud. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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*laughing* Touche'! But let's not spoil the fun, eh? Sheesh!  |
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Stephanos
since 2000-07-31
Posts 3618Statesboro, GA, USA |
Aw come on Ron, someone who has had such influence on our way of thinking (including your own) can't have been all that foolish. Don't get me wrong, he was pretty far afield at times. Stephen |
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rad802 Member
since 2008-04-19
Posts 279KY U.S.A. |
It does not appear to me that a fool would be likely to pass on his genes to the next generation, however selfish behavior, or traits would be. If human society were structured like ant society fools would very quickly be identified and eliminated. I think being a fool is a juvinile trait that would be generally lost as the burden of responsibilities becomes heavier. Those who retained these traits would be unable to contribute to their community but might be tolerated if they were entertaining enough, or loved enough. A worthy legacy is the irrevocable consequence of dreaming. Rick A. Delmonico |
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Huan Yi Member Ascendant
since 2004-10-12
Posts 6688Waukegan |
. "Aw come on Ron, someone who has had such influence on our way of thinking (including your own) can't have been all that foolish." Don't bet on it. That goes for Jung as well. . |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I saw this a year ago, and wanted to answer a year ago...but was too wrapped up in myself at the moment [as in job, life, and job, life and work at life] to respond. I see me. Interestingly, however, I now also see my dog[s] biting at my heels...as I have had for the last 15 months two brother shitzus...and they love to try to bite at my heels. I see myself as following not just the sun, but it's light toward where I might follow...even though from the card it will take me to my just reward...the water, and its depths. So I must be careful, and not spontaneous. I must look ahead, not just "up" and not just behind me, no matter how hard the dog might bite. If I am to delineate the ego, I would say it was the superego....because it usually doesn't care where it lands. So, after a year's time of contemplation, where am I on your landscape?   P.S. I tried to give the name of dogs just right, but there was a curtain that came down when I did...heh. Ron has great curtains! |
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Kitherion Member
since 2006-08-01
Posts 181Johannesburg |
Hmmm... The fool by nature of Tarot exemplifies a person who is inexperienced, a new beginning if you will. But to pin him down in terms of Freud - I believe that he represents Freuds ideal superego. I say the superego, as a fool to me will always attempt to do what he/she sees as superbly "right"(Freuds main concept regarding the superego was to add an absokute moral aspect to the personality) regardless of whether the action is correct or not. This I relate back to the sun as the typical Tarot fool looks upwards towards it (in my idea the sun represents the unattainable perfection that the super ego strives towards) and the cliff face being the Id - according to Freud the dangerous precipice that should never be allowed to directly control our actions (the fall downwards being the most obvious symbol for me here, indicating the primal and amoral thoughts believed to dwell within the Id). And lastly, the little doggy (I've always loved the Ryder-Whyte interpretation... it's sooooo cute) being the ego - barking at his masters heels in order to tell him to look straight forward: not down because then he will miss out on the beauty that surrounds him, and not up because then he might stumble. Um, yeah... that's about it  "Our Father who art in Heaven... Hallowed be thy name..." |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee |
Tis Sigmund and his little dog Oedipus who's been neutered, hence the name. And he's in Id costume, for only the Id would dare been seen in broad daylight in that getup. The precipice is symbolic of his "Thanatos"...Death. Thanks for pickin' me brain and ticklin' me funny bone. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
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*wide smile* So...an ego without an Id? thanks reg.  y'made me smile. |
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