Avatar and the Singularity Archetype ©2010 by Jonathan Zap Edited by Austin Iredale What is the Singularity Archetype? Some of the most significant layers of meaning in Avatar are not to be found in the articles available on the web that discuss its underlying mythology, at least from what I’ve read. Avatar is charged with emergent archetypal messages from the collective unconscious that relate to an evolutionary event horizon which I’ve discussed in my writings on “the Singularity Archetype.” The Singularity Archetype, a term I coined many years ago, is a primordial image of an evolutionary event horizon that seems to be an implicit potentiality glowing in the collective unconscious of our species. I first wrote about the Singularity Archetype (though I didn’t use the term at the time) in an undergraduate philosophy honors paper I wrote in ...
Archive for February, 2010
Ufo Eye Knight Video
Two African American friends of mine said they wanted to come over to my apartment in the East Village and video tape me in 1985. I decided to create my own religion for the occasion—the Sacred Tenets of the Religion of the UFO Eye Knight. I was an English Teacher and Building Security Coordinator of a public high school in the South Bronx at the time and I got Galaxy, a graffiti artist I knew, to design the ID card and a rapper (I think with the Culture MCs) to write an official rap poem for the religion. They knew nothing about the religion except its name. Part Two
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There is a true Buddha in family life; there is a real Tao in everyday activities. If people can be sincere and harmonious, promoting communication with a cheerful demeanor and friendly words, that is much better than formal meditation practice.
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