Yes, you've hit on a couple of very important points.
- The Joker as Wild Card - Jeckyl, Jackle, Jack, Jester
Batman taking the place of Superman as a sort of 'dark side', and then the Joker gaining predominance in the Marvel pantheon is a huge tell of where things stand.
They fear and respect (through fear of) the Wild Card as it has great power in the game. So they dance in its skin, trying to control it with magic as the shaman. Satire as satyr.....the joker's joke is a powerful instantaneous blow. The Fool. Obliviously dancing on the edge of a cliff with lil Nipper at his heel. (dog comm)
"Fool me twice, shame on .....shame me....won't get fooled again." W. Bush
This is the Green Man of the Tarot, the Zero card.
it is much misunderstood.
It's mirror, is the Trump Card which is 'legit', not a created 'wild' card. It acts like the wild card when it shows up, taking the field if the wild card isn't played in perfect time/order when allowed in the dealer's deck.
- The importance of mythos as descriptions of all thing, including mental and psychic processes, embodied in literal tales in order to subliminate in self analysis/recognition.
These truths were then believed literally by many and thereby became weaponized socially as a form of taxation and control.
Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell's works show example of how universal these concepts were and still are, even if not seen by most.
Jung considered 'the gods' to be symbolic archetypes of mental and psychic processes and a close perusal should prove that this was the intent of the system's authors from it's inception.
When seen in this fashion, comparative theology is possible and Light gained.
Yes, you've hit on a couple of very important points.
- The Joker as Wild Card
Batman taking the place of Superman as a sort of 'dark side', and then the Joker gaining predominance in the Marvel pantheon is a huge tell of where things stand.
They fear and respect (through fear of) the Wild Card as it has great power in the game. So they dance in its skin, trying to control it with magic as the shaman.
It's mirror, is the Trump Card which is 'legit', not a created 'wild' card. It acts like the wild card when it shows up, taking the field if the wild card isn't played in perfect time/order when allowed in the dealer's deck.
- The importance of mythos as descriptions of all thing, including mental and psychic processes, embodied in literal tales in order to subliminate in self analysis/recognition.
These truths were then believed literally by many and thereby became weaponized socially as a form of taxation and control.
Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell's works show example of how universal these concepts were and still are, even if not seen by most.
Jung considered 'the gods' to be symbolic archetypes of mental and psychic processes and a close perusal should prove that this was the intent of the system's authors from it's inception.
When seen in this fashion, comparative theology is possible and Light gained.