I have been inspired by the amazing Kelly O! I have felt energy united and directed during the freedom to marry week, and was actually mentioned on her blog! It makes me want to sing: “Fame! I wanna live forever!”
Okay. Christian conservatives have a claim that the marriage of same sexed couples is immoral. Well, lets take a look at the psychology of opposite sex unions. How “moral” are we deep down in the subconscious?
Freudian analysis suggests that when the man “takes a wife” he is actually attempting to have his mother. What Freud analyzed was in many ways the shadow of religion, which has many limits and can be argued as a psychology of libidinal drives and the like. However, Jungian analysis takes a different look and moves away from libidinal drives and places the observer at the edge of the subconscious where several fields are available to be analyzed. Myth becomes relevant, history, and the larger “collective” are all areas to be considered in Jungian analysis. So, religion is then reflected on the surface of the water of the subconscious. This makes myth and religion important in understanding things like…say?. .the act of marriage in relation to the psyche.
So, two Christians get married. This man and this woman go to church and stand before an alter and have a holy person tell them that they are now “united.” Then they come to church every Sunday and have a great time. That is considered moral and holy.
Wait a minute. Let’s go a little slower and consider a few of the Christian metaphores: Two people of the same faith (brother and sister—ooh!) go before God (Their Heavenly Father—awwh!) and unite (form a sexual union—Huh!!) in front of the congregation (the family). Hmm?
Every Sunday what happens? The Christian couple can now go to church and love the members of the congregation (ritualized orgy? ---of the Agape, non sexual, variety!).
In myth the heirosgamos is a divine sexual union. Christians have a divine union with their partners and with the members of the congregation after they are married. The soul (psyche), in Jungian principle, cannot be contained, but can also not be left fractured or incomplete.
Christians solve this problem by marrying one another and then engage in loving everyone in the church. A homeostasis is then maintained, one time a week, where tensions involving love, desire for others (again, of the agape variety), and the divine are satisfied.
The prejudice against same sexed couples prevents this holy union. Now, how much less moral is a same sex marriage after consideration of the Heirosgamos?
My point is that all of this takes place deep inside the psyche where the desires are safe and sound. When analyzed it looks really wild! The idea that some groups of people are not "fit" to participate in the act of holy matrimony is, psychoanalytically speaking, rather humorous after a careful consideration of the archetypal and dynamic elements of a normal Christian marriage.
A good read for the interested:
http://www.istanbul-yes-istanbul.co.uk/alchemy/Rosariumfinal.htm
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I agree, it's totally immoral for the church to exclude our gay brothers and sisters from orgies. If you could tell me which churches do that, I'll lodge a weekly formal complaint.
It is an "orgy" buried deep in the psyche. It is not manifested in actual behavior! (that would create too much anxiety...but may increase participation). The "orgy" is in the act of loving (in the agape variety)other people, which is sanctioned by the divine. Gay couples are not allowed the oppoertunity to love in this "divine" manner. Am I getting through?
I just added another paragraph to better represent my main point. Does that cut it? Maybe I should just stick to posting about my kids.
You were totally clear the first time. I was just amazed by the awesome power of your brain. Who knew. Can you bend spoons with that thing?
Few of my organs are that impressive... However, I do know the words to every single Judas Priest song!
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