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Symbolism

NovaPrimer

March 16, 2021

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Title	Symbolism
Author	NovaPrimer
Upvotes	10
Comments	6
Date	March 16, 2021 8:48 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MGTOW
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MGTOW/comments/m6j0ks/symbolism/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MGTOW/symbolism.767222 https://theredarchive.com/post/767222

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Manly P. Hall was a man who dedicated his life to the study of spiritualism. He had done over 1000 lectures over many subjects throughout the world. he was well learned in just about every religeon that has come to America.

I listened to his lecture that this quote came from not too long ago.

What is being ment by symbolism is essentially his interpretation of the orgin of words and language itself. something that is intrinsically human in our origins as a species. Our words are a clumsy way of speaking, because they are symbols, and symbols are substitutions for reality. Many of the shaministic religeons have been able to break through symbolism. They go out into nature, where there are no people, and live for a time listening purely to reality. when they reintroduce themselves back into society, they are changed. They see the world in a way that cannot be spoken about. this gives them a powerful position in society as they seem far wiser than the rest could ever accomplish.

but this isn't just in vocals and lettering or pictures. its also to do with how we interpret each other and our mannerisms.

Manly P. Hall talks a great deal about and Indian boy he met I'm India. he was a darling child of the community. He was always beloved and welcomed by everyone he met. But he was also part of a religeous ceremony where he put on a mask of an evil God. Once he had the mask on, he was feared by the same people, and everyone ran from him in fear. They knew it was the same boy underneath, but when he wore the mask, he embodied something else. This is a form of symbolism that is derived deep into our emotions. We try to give form to our fears, and by doing so, we create a symbol in which we communicate those fears. The boy became the symbol. he was now the source of our very human fears. Doing so simply by donning a mask, and acting his interpretation of the evil.

Once we are able to read symbols as they are, we will remove the veil in which we hold ourselves back. In the same way Moses created a veil to hide the ark of the covenant, God split the veil in which we may see. In so doing, we will should be able to see the truth of things.

I like the quote from op, but I would say that it's not quite a good one to place on a MGTOW forum. MGTOW is a form of rejecting the symbolism. Society has become twisted away from what we wished it would be. in protest, we would rather it burn than to participate in its rehabilitation or its transformation. I would argue, that we too have fallen for the symbols, and that we are instead reacting to a false reality, and perpetuating it. If we instead learned to read what it is we should see from symbolism, we could rebalance our society.