In World 160, the leaders of the world came to establish an international unified educational syllabus. Weaving the threads of arts, science and religion – individuals transcended their journey through a Map of the Soul commencing with PERSONA where conformity was instilled. ANIMUS where traditional constructs of identity were challenged. SHADOW where dreams thrived with creative endeavours. Ascending to SELF where individuals harnessed full control of the threads woven in with respect. Equality ensued as men were free to express their individuality through their actions.
An ascension of one’s self, the curation of images explore the freedom of one’s psyche. Ascending one’s persona and incorporating his shadow and aspects of the anima/animus archetypes into his character, one would enter the deepest and highest reaches of the psyche. The archetype of wholeness – dubbed the “Self” by Carl Jung – is the most important of all the archetypes. The Self embraces ego-consciousness, shadow, anima, and collective unconscious in an indeterminable extension.
This Exploration was contributed by Rahul Rehman, Ashley Teo & Toh Su Jun (located in Singapore), developed from a World contributed by this group, using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence which allows others to share and adapt the work in any medium and for any purpose, providing that they credit the authors and share their material using the same Creative Commons licence.
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