Crazy Wisdom – the Archetype of the Fool, the Clown, the Jester and the Trickster.

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fallenAngel's avatarstOttilien

When I lived in California I listened often to the KFOG radio commentator Wes (“Scoop”) Nisker who happened to be also a comedian:  “If you don’t like the news … go out and make some of your own”, was his frequent catchphrase.  Comedians are often called jester, fool, trickster and clown. Very recently many European ( foolish) fools call an Italian comedian a clown. Because he did not like the news, and made them himself. All of above those terms are nearly universally recognized patterns of characters – Jungian Archetypes.  Every of this upcoming four archetypes challenge conventional wisdom differently, offering different Crazy Wisdom.

C.G. Jung stressed the point that archetypes are not inherited only collective patterns of potential representation. When they are touched by the light of the conscious mind they may become in the lower plane instincts and the higher realm images. That, while it is the core of the matter, can said simpler.  First instincts transport in an instant information…

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