the
first few times he approached her while she was eating. (She had
been reading ethology, of course.) Fang understood fully; he
soon learned to avoid the table while the Pack-Leaders (my wife
and myself) were eating. His genetic programs told him we were
the Big Dogs, or as close to the Big Dogs as he could find in that
environment; dogs, like wolves, have a genetic program about
not annoying the Big Dogs while they're eating. The growl told
him all he needed to know about the local parameters of that
rule. Fang, incidentally, was a Dachshund-Labrador mix, and
strange-looking to most humans. People would stop me on the
street while I was walking him and ask, "What...IS.. .that???"
Persons (extreme cases) who take the heaviest imprint on this
territorial-emotional circuit tend to be musculotonic. That is,
they hold most of their attention and energy, in the muscular
attack-defense systems and grow up medium weight— heavy
enough to be hard to knock down, light enough to be quick and
sinewy. Often, they become body-builders, weight-lifters etc.
and have an extraordinary absorption in demonstrating their
strength. (Even shaking hands with them, you get the message
that they are not exchanging amity but demonstrating power.)
Most societies shunt these types into the military where their
propensities are put to proper ethological use, defending the
tribal turf. The anal orientation of this circuit explains the oddity
of military speech first noted by Norman Mailer: "ass" means
one's whole self and "shit" means all surrounding circumstance.
Prometheus Rising
IMPRINTING AFFECTS THE WHOLE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECTS THE WHOLE BODY.
Prometheus Rising
The second, emotional-territorial circuit, creates a two-dimensional
social space in conjunction with first-circuit advance-retreat.
Prometheus Rising
The grid of Circuits I and II creates four quadrants. Note that
Hostile Strength (the tyrant) is inclined to paranoid withdrawal; he
must govern, but he is also afraid. Cf. the careers of Hitler, Stalin,
Howard Hughes, etc. and the inaccessible Castle and Court in
Kafka's allegories. Note also that the dependent neurotic is not in
retreat at all; he or she advances upon you, demanding fulfillment
of emotional "needs" (imprints).
Prometheus Rising 73
These four quadrants have been known since the dawn of selfconsciousness.
For instance, in the terminology of the medieval
psychology of "humours," these four imprint-types are known as:
Clockwise, the Sanguinary type (friendly strength) was identified
with the Lion archetype and the element, fire. The Lion,
because of the dignity of these big cats, represents "good"
strength, and the fire represents power. The Phlegmatic type
(friendly weakness) was identified with the Angel archetype and
the element water: these people are "too sensitive to fight" and
"go with the flow." The Choleric types were identified with the
Bull archetype (truculent suspicion, paranoia) and the element,
earth, standing for sluggish pseudo "stupidity." (This is the traditional
stance of defeated races dealing with their conquerors.)
The Bilius types (hostile strength) were identified with the Eagle
archetype (symbol of Imperial Rome, the German royal family,
etc.) and the element air, air probably means sky, because these
types seem "high and mighty."
These symbols go back a long way; Cabalists find them in the
Old Testament (where, indeed, the lion-angel-bull-eagle appear
in Ezekiel). They are found constantly in Catholic art, associated
with the four evangelists (Matthew-angel, Mark-lion, Luke-bull,
John-eagle) 1 and run all through the design of Tarot card decks,
medieval and modern.
1 These are the Four Old Men in Finnegans Wake. Matt Gregory,
because his last name contains ego equals the angel; Marcus Lyons
equals the lion; Luke Tarpey equals taur, the bull; Johnny McDougal
equals ougal the eagle.
74 Prometheus Rising
In the clever
first few times he approached her while she was eating. (She had
been reading ethology, of course.) Fang understood fully; he
soon learned to avoid the table while the Pack-Leaders (my wife
and myself) were eating. His genetic programs told him we were
the Big Dogs, or as close to the Big Dogs as he could find in that
environment; dogs, like wolves, have a genetic program about
not annoying the Big Dogs while they're eating. The growl told
him all he needed to know about the local parameters of that
rule. Fang, incidentally, was a Dachshund-Labrador mix, and
strange-looking to most humans. People would stop me on the
street while I was walking him and ask, "What...IS.. .that???"
Persons (extreme cases) who take the heaviest imprint on this
territorial-emotional circuit tend to be musculotonic. That is,
they hold most of their attention and energy, in the muscular
attack-defense systems and grow up medium weight— heavy
enough to be hard to knock down, light enough to be quick and
sinewy. Often, they become body-builders, weight-lifters etc.
and have an extraordinary absorption in demonstrating their
strength. (Even shaking hands with them, you get the message
that they are not exchanging amity but demonstrating power.)
Most societies shunt these types into the military where their
propensities are put to proper ethological use, defending the
tribal turf. The anal orientation of this circuit explains the oddity
of military speech first noted by Norman Mailer: "ass" means
one's whole self and "shit" means all surrounding circumstance.
Prometheus Rising
IMPRINTING AFFECTS THE WHOLE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECTS THE WHOLE BODY.
Prometheus Rising
The second, emotional-territorial circuit, creates a two-dimensional
social space in conjunction with first-circuit advance-retreat.
Prometheus Rising
The grid of Circuits I and II creates four quadrants. Note that
Hostile Strength (the tyrant) is inclined to paranoid withdrawal; he
must govern, but he is also afraid. Cf. the careers of Hitler, Stalin,
Howard Hughes, etc. and the inaccessible Castle and Court in
Kafka's allegories. Note also that the dependent neurotic is not in
retreat at all; he or she advances upon you, demanding fulfillment
of emotional "needs" (imprints).
Prometheus Rising 73
These four quadrants have been known since the dawn of selfconsciousness.
For instance, in the terminology of the medieval
psychology of "humours," these four imprint-types are known as:
Clockwise, the Sanguinary type (friendly strength) was identified
with the Lion archetype and the element, fire. The Lion,
because of the dignity of these big cats, represents "good"
strength, and the fire represents power. The Phlegmatic type
(friendly weakness) was identified with the Angel archetype and
the element water: these people are "too sensitive to fight" and
"go with the flow." The Choleric types were identified with the
Bull archetype (truculent suspicion, paranoia) and the element,
earth, standing for sluggish pseudo "stupidity." (This is the traditional
stance of defeated races dealing with their conquerors.)
The Bilius types (hostile strength) were identified with the Eagle
archetype (symbol of Imperial Rome, the German royal family,
etc.) and the element air, air probably means sky, because these
types seem "high and mighty."
These symbols go back a long way; Cabalists find them in the
Old Testament (where, indeed, the lion-angel-bull-eagle appear
in Ezekiel). They are found constantly in Catholic art, associated
with the four evangelists (Matthew-angel, Mark-lion, Luke-bull,
John-eagle) 1 and run all through the design of Tarot card decks,
medieval and modern.
1 These are the Four Old Men in Finnegans Wake. Matt Gregory,
because his last name contains ego equals the angel; Marcus Lyons
equals the lion; Luke Tarpey equals taur, the bull; Johnny McDougal
equals ougal the eagle.
74 Prometheus Rising
In the clever
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