The Blackberry Walk

Freud's ideas are bizarre. Talk to the modern man on the street about Freudian sexual theory, and they'll give you a double take. Much like the esoteric writings of the alchemical tradition, Freudian psychoanalytical tradition is full of terminology like anal retentive and penis envy which can only be understood through initiation. Initiation through the works of Freud. A true initiate who wishes to pass on the knowledge of this mystery cult, you train at a Freudian institution to become a priest. Freud's language can become so abstract and bizarre and divorced from any kind of psychological reality, he comes out with things like this:

It is as though primal man had the habit, when he came in contact with fire, of satisfying an infantile desire connected with it, by putting it out with a stream of his urine. The legends that we possess leave no doubt about the originally phallic view taken of tongues of flame as they shoot, upwards. Putting out fire by micturating —a theme to which modern giants, Gulliver in Lilliput and Rabelais’ Gargantua, still hark back —was therefore a kind of sexual act with a male, an enjoyment of sexual potency in a homosexual competition. The first person to renounce this desire and spare the fire was able to carry it off with him and subdue it to his own use. By damping down the fire of his own sexual excitation, he had tamed the natural force of fire. This great cultural conquest was thus the reward for his renunciation of instinct. Further, it is as though woman had been appointed guardian of the fire which was held captive on the domestic hearth, because her anatomy made it impossible for her to yield to the temptation of this desire. It is remarkable, too, how regularly analytic experience testifies to the connection between ambition, fire and urethral erotism.

What? Freud is essentially saying that mankind first discovered fire, taking the first steps to civilisation, by restraining his instinct to piss on the fire. What? To the uninitiated in the psychoanalytic mystery cult, this appears utterly bizarre. But, as Freud suggests in the quote, the idea should rather be seen metaphorically - through the lens of the esoterica. Fire, here, is the burning fire within - the spirit - like the fiery nature of alcoholic spirits. Beyond spirit, fire is also the light of consciousness, like the fire stolen by Prometheus. By pissing on the fire, the primitive 'puts out' the light of consciousness. Only by suppressing the instinct to put out the light of consciousness, and repressing instincts in general, can man come to consciousness. The fire of consciousness was now under the control of man. And the spiritual path of the psychoanalytical mystery cult becomes clear. Neurosis is the price for civilisation, as Freud said. To become civilised instincts must be suppressed. Self-mastery, the kingship of the ego, is paramount. Freud was never much a fan of religion. He was one of the OG edgy atheists. To Freud, God was just wish-fulfillment - repressed desires manifested in a numinous representation. In a sense, then, Gods were created similarly to civilisation - as a result of repression. Only by suppressing instincts do they become manifest as a projection in the form of a God. For someone to be a God, therefore, they needed to engage in taboo. Their God-status was tethered to being above the law of ordinary men. What better example than of the royal families of Europe. Incest, the highest of taboos according to Freud, was indeed the province of kings and nobles. This royal right led to many many wars. Take Charles II of Spain - a mentally slow man who was not suited for kingship - and the war of Spanish Succession. Note Queen Victoria, who married her cousin Albert, who carried the gene for haemophilia, which made it's way into the Russian royal family via her granddaughter, making Nicholas II's son weak, making them call Rasputin, leading Russia to revolution, leading to the cold war. Royal incest has caused a lot. But in breaking incest taboos, royalty became God-kings. They were a layer above the ordinary folk. They were not beholden to the same laws. The nobles of today partake in taboos we believe to be more abominable. Paedophilia. Epstein and his acolytes, who undoubtedly performed many other 'satanic' behaviors, are the best modern example of that. Why do we always believe that the 'elites' are satanists? Alex Jones may be on to something. When we see them, we see the archetype of the noblemen, of taboo breakers. Through technology, however, we're all on our way to become 'Prosthetic Gods', as Freud named them. By technological augmentation, we make our deepest desires a semi-reality - from twisted porn (incest through-line) to the mass production of food and copious gaming. Bearing in mind that civilisation was produced through the suppression of instincts, technology allows our deepest darkest wishes, desires and instincts to manifest without collapsing society. Technology augments us into Gods, writhing in our own taboos. But as Freud points out, "present-day man does not feel happy in his Godlike character". So what's the takeaway from all of this? Freudianism is a mystery cult. A set of esoterica whose information must be read as esoterica. To take the works of Freud too literally is to not see the wood for the trees. And through his ciphered doctrine, the idea of godhood and the modern condition can be inferred. However often with Freud, you have to wade through phallic forests which gatekeep out the squeamish to reach the hidden gold.