The witch normally represent the darkness of the world, the witch is evil, bad, did not sympathy, no humanity, hatred, and uncomfortable.
Looking at the card, the witch, is it part of ourself too?
if it is part of ourself? will it be our darkness side? the shadow,
In Jung writing , he said that SHADOW is a part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed weaknesses, shortcomings, and instincts. It is one of the three most recognizable archetypes, the others being the anima and animus and the persona.
"Everyone carries a shadow," Jung wrote, "and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is." It may be (in part) one's link to more primitive animal instincts,[2] which are superseded during early childhood by the conscious mind.
According to Jung, the shadow, in being instinctive and irrational, is prone to project: turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else. Jung writes that if these projections are unrecognized "The projection-making factor (the Shadow archetype) then has a free hand and can realize its object--if it has one--or bring about some other situation characteristic of its power." [3] These projections insulate and cripple individuals by forming an ever thicker fog of illusion between the ego and the real world.
According to Jung, the shadow, in being instinctive and irrational, is prone to project: turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else. Jung writes that if these projections are unrecognized "The projection-making factor (the Shadow archetype) then has a free hand and can realize its object--if it has one--or bring about some other situation characteristic of its power." [3] These projections insulate and cripple individuals by forming an ever thicker fog of illusion between the ego and the real world.
Jung also believed that "in spite of its function as a reservoir for human darkness—or perhaps because of this—the shadow is the seat of creativit
I have commented on the witch for Melinda so instead of repeating myself I have copied a section of it which are my thoughts on it.
ReplyDelete"Let me give you some alternatives beyond your current socialised and culturalised 'glasses' that you are using to understand such symbols. Do you know the origins of the term witch? How and when did the female 'witch' get such a bad press and became associated with the devil and evil and wickedness? How come the male equivalent wizards such as Merlin and Harry Potter gets a more positive press and have better public relations than the ones depicted in Hansel and Greta or The wizard of oz. Is the notion of a "destroyer" evaluated as negative? All personal and spiritual progress at some stage will go through the process of having our 'ego', false selfs, illusions etc destroyed, annihilated, etc dying a symbolic death, to be 'reborn' etc. You will note this in various myths and stories. Could the witch be the repressed 'shadow' element of the 'anima' calling for the assertion of the feminine power of the psyche? Is progress hindered because the shadow element needs to be integrated and find expression rather than being repressed through placating and ensuring it stays in the depths of the unconscious? Maybe a link here to offer a different view about witches may expand your perception http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36823.asp
See second part in my next comment...
"At the Forbidden Mountain, there lives a wicked witch who wants the black dragon to wake up from it sleep to create a havoc to the town. So, every given opportunity she will try to stop the sweet generous lady from coming and sing her song. At one time, she make a thunderstorm so bad that the lady can hardly see the way to the lake."
ReplyDeleteWhat makes the Mountain Forbidden? What could the mountain represent of the unconscious? For many, mountain is the point where heaven and earth meets, therefore considered holy in many faiths and culture, believed to be the abode of 'gods' and where one can find salvation, which is why it attracts many spiritual seekers to such places. Where did Moses received the 10 commandments? It is interesting to know what makes this mountain 'taboo' or forbidden? Where 'heaven' or yang, male or animus, creative energy etc and 'earth' or yin, female, anima, receptive energy can be integrated or become one etc? Could the unconscious indicate to us that such knowledge is forbidden like in the story of the apple and Adam when the apple is eaten thats when we became human i.e. posses the 'knowledge' or consciousness of being differentiated. What is the witch trying to do at this point in the story? Why is the witch interested in 'waking' up the 'black dragon' from its sleep? From the unconscious point of view, why would a constellation psyche energy that is most likely be a representation of the repressed feminine shadow attempting to communicate through the metaphors or 'waking' up the forces dormant (sleeping) of a powerful transforming force (dragon) from the depths of the unconscious (lake). In other words, the message from the unconscious for me personally, is the dragon is a symbol of change and transformation, this powerful force that lies in the unconscious (represented by water, lake) is presently being contained and repressed, the colour black, indicates the fear of unleashing such an unknown force that may erupt into the consciousness which is idealized at the present moment, as beautiful, innocent, young, tranquil, perfect undifferentiated state as represented by the 'woman' and the 'idealised' setting 'garden of eden' or 'shambala' The singing and placating is the ego's attempt to keep the unconscious forces in check and paradoxically to deny its maturation and potential of growth, the treasure within."
The witch - “Dark Feminine” is a visionary with intuitive powers, the capacity to see behind the immediate surface of things to some hidden reality not unlike a shaman or witch doctor as mistakenly labelled by unenlightened colonist prejudiced views of “primitive” cultures. The witch is the shadow counterpart of the beautiful pure woman in card 1, both are one and the same . The shadow force needs to be integrated into the consciousness – to become whole = healed – as mentioned earlier – the shadow is the seat of creativity.