Cosmic Horror- H.P. Lovecraft and C.G. Jung

A Jungian look at the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft and his Cthulu mythos. How archetypes and elder gods are one and the same, and humanity desperately seeks to domesticate these ideas. Also Synchronicity, messages from God, and the joy of the Subgenius!
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[@MemeAnalysis]

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[@heebldorf5333]

Hey. I hope you have gone well with your day. Remember to go back to the Source for true fufillment

[@zestyorangez]

I love the idea of someone intentionally avoiding meaningful serendipity and sees every "sign" as an attempt from some trickster to deceive us.

[@garrett3004]

"You are a rerun of an ancient fiction" Amor Fati or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Eternal Return

[@vishmonster]

Copies without an original.

[@richardtseng9535]

"You are controlled by gods that you don't even understand." "I understand this I am from ancient Greece"

[@lorddevilfish5868]

Lovecraft’s mythology is the inverse of Greek Mythology, instead of there being a family of very human forces that elevate human desires, Lovecraft’s gods are the monstrous and alien aspects of the cosmos that devour all but our most chaotic impulses.

[@richardtseng9535]

@@lorddevilfish5868 I like this, although some believe that the Greeks represented the Lovecraftian Chthonic gods in their Titans, and that this is what the mystery cults were actually about... the worship and interaction with older gods who the embodied higher human forces have repressed by burying beneath the earth or sealing away in caves. Beings who cannot be spoken about or depicted openly.

[@lorddevilfish5868]

@@richardtseng9535 That’s interesting, I’d say that Gaia is arguably one of the most Eldritch deities, she’s the source of all monsters and operates on morality not inherently good nor evil, she fights for her children no matter how horrific.

[@theactualtsl]

obligatory Lovecraft’s cat joke

[@jedaorose]

obligatory based reply

[@Mareforyou]

@@trismegistus6982 Ladder is broken unlucky ):

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

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[@Mareforyou]

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[@thisispequod6620]

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[@ellagage1256]

All I can think about is the game Persona 2 where the main antagonist is Nyalathotep who in game represents humanity's collective Shadow, while Philemon is the representation of humanity's Persona. Both figures originate from the unconscious, Philemon came to Jung in a dream while Nyalathotep came to Lovecraft in a nightmare

[@samuelvivalette9938]

The idea of doing videos in locations is a great one. I hope the road trip across these locations will be a success.

[@zhatar4214]

this will be a reference to the "I am at X" Tom Scott meme

[@darkabyss5189]

In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true, that man has no control, even over his own will.

[@aramkaizer7903]

MA absolutely NEEDS TO MAKE A BERSERK ANALYSIS HOLY CRAP

[@pilot.wav_theory]

I read this in the narrators voice lol

[@vasarat1]

Rest in peace Miura...

[@definitelyhuman3512]

Imagine just walking around and you just hear some guy talking about memes being related to cosmic horror

[@jamestheado6327]

The way you articulated this.. wow. Absolutely mind-blowing

[@arth_steps]

The final reminds me a little bit of the Buddhist view of life goal: to be above both the infernal and heavenly realm, above the dominance of Devas and Asuras.

[@mlggodzilla1567]

Memeanalysis: *makes a video about Lovecraft* Me who has been asking for a bloodborne/dark souls video: "oh yeah it's all coming together"

[@MillerTime981]

I found you a few weeks back. ALL your content is top tier. Keep at it!

[@nihilriver5254]

Viewing synchronicity-chasing in the negative is a very interesting view- John Keel spent his whole life chasing the "Other", all the fortean strangeness and he never truly found himself anywhere- a trickster jerking our strings. I believe the trickster is also the threshold guardian, and if you cannot endure/elude it, it will forever bar your passage. If you follow synchronicities, instead of imbibing their message, they'll keep assailing you- when you get the message, you put down the phone, you shouldn't stay chained to the phone thereafter, because the other line will not hang up on its own accord All hail "BOB"!

[@heymay724]

Dude your videos speak to me on a level I can't explain but I've been feeling I've been needing to watch for a while

[@samuelvivalette9938]

Glad to see this channel is still going strong.

[@vauchomarx6733]

Interesting as usual, glad I discovered you through AngieSpeaks! While we're at it, talking about cosmic horror and mentioning Deleuze: Are you dealing with Nick Land, Hyperstition etc. somewhere on your channel, or plan to do so in the future?

[@MemeAnalysis]

My first video was about Hyperstition!

[@wretched4762]

Finally you talk about cosmic horror, i want to learn more

[@scottydawkins1396]

That Sysco truck @2:00 with the avocado heart ad on it couldn’t have passed at a better time in the video if it tried.

[@jonan2199]

And the red car is completely disinterested 🙄

[@zhatar4214]

Synchronicities with this video : 1-These days I kept getting a video in my recommended explaining why Cosmic Horror is hard to depict in movies, and you upload a video called Cosmic Horror. 2- I watched a video that was called something like "The most dangerous rabbithole on the net", it played a video that was linked with mind control and it was all about Bob, it also said "Next time you hear Bob , you will -" and I closed the vid because it was disturbing af lol. Now that I am writing this, synchronicities remind me of something that used to happen a lot when I was a kid, I would watch cartoons and movies over and over, the same classics... Then, I would learn a new world at school, and I would start hearing it EVERYWHERE, sometimes it freaked me out because I never noticed they ever said such words... Anyways, I am getting the same vibes from synchronicities.

[@CocktailsWithEdgar]

Hears another word to learn Apophenia

[@barryg528]

One of the most frequent synchronicities I experience is reading a KZbin comment commenting on something that happens or was said in a video and just a second or two after the exact thing happens

[@managut]

Video on subgenius?

[@brorium]

This makes me think about the concept of selfish genes and a gene-perspective on evolution. Basically the actors of evolution are not individual phenotypes, but rather the genes that the phenotypes have. The genes control behavior, stand for a lot of the personality and explains altruistic and self-sacrificing actions that essentially kills the phenotype while facilitating the further spreading of said gene. A bold, but coherent, statement would be to claim that archetypes are both originating from and facilitating the spread of said genes. Archetypes are basically a mental interpretation of the cosmic reality that evolution has as its playing field. It doesn't live in our senses, but rather in the headspace that is the mind of every human, so vastly fundamental that you cannot differentiate the archetype from the human - hell maybe even from primates alltogether. Archetypes are by definition the foundational pillars of our mental headspace. It's the legs of the table that is your mental work desk.

[@danielantunes1060]

Very interresting take on genes and archetypes, and well put.

[@Tezzy_01]

One of your best videos recently, the change in locations and your energy kept my attention

[@MikeTrainormusic]

I like how you tied these two together. Archetypes and symbols have existed long before humanity, and even before the earth. And if the fourth dimension is time, where time doesn't exist in the dream-state, where are you, and who or what are you communicating with. What I really like about HP Lovecraft, was the guy was heavy into science literature, to the point I couldn't believe he mentioned concepts I thought were far beyond his time

[@pablom.g-m]

One of the few Lovecraftian works which understands this is Alan Moore’s Providence.

[@grndragon7777777]

Thank you for the information. I didn't think of a connection between them like that. I'll be researching subgenius

[@drshoggothshow]

A worthy endeavor, dear friend!

[@powderedphantom5765]

I was looking for a video with Jung and Lovecraft, I wrote "the psychology pf lovecraft" and I found what I was looking for

[@iBlagg8]

I miss being young, stupid and sure of everything. What am I supposed to do with the knowledge contained in this clip?

[@ae7698]

process and integrate

[@potatoprist3210]

Make a book why not

[@mortchen5494]

Foolish

[@criss3619]

Spread seeds of knowledge

[@A_Z_A_T_H_O_T_H]

Avert not thine eyes

[@DrRuvik]

This is a great fuzion between psychology and comic horror.

[@79898325]

You're one of my favorite people on the internet right now. Keep going.

[@milk.butcher]

Hrm I dunno if it’s a terror that we can only replicate the underlying archetypal patterns of existence ad finitum or if resisting synchronicity is advisable, or possible. Seems no more possible than aiming to be made of something other than atoms.

[@HeloIV]

Maybe the archetypes/alien gods don't care about our well being but they sure are real interested in messing with us and our dynamics. So there must be something about us they do care about.

[@MemeAnalysis]

Garmonbozia

[@HeloIV]

@@MemeAnalysis then we are slaves to addicts.. I wonder if Garmonbozia has any agency. I like the Twin Peaks allusions lately

[@tituslucretiuscarus659]

MA, all my life I had hated Jung. Now, knowing that I have mostly encountered pop culture misinterpretations, i am ready to give him a genuine look. Where would one start? The red book? Or maybe start with Freud?

[@MemeAnalysis]

Aspects of the Masculine and Aspects of the Feminine is my favorite. Or jump straight off the deep end, Aion or Synchronicity

[@TheTb2364]

How is nobody commenting on how this whole channel is Bobbist psy op?

[@TheBIGJotas]

"Bob."

[@drshoggothshow]

“Bob”

[@drshoggothshow]

God dammit

[@DamonD_Absences]

Yes, this is perfect! Thanks again for the discussion the other day!

[@riebeck_8171]

Haven't watched your vids recently but this caught my eye. Great stuff! Also, I will add that I really dig that coat!

[@lethalmuffin101]

Outside of Jung, Lovecraft is the individual I’ve studied most. This synchronous crossing of my intellectual and aesthetic icons is most delicious! I like the idea of Cthulhu being a manifestation of the unconscious and all the impersonal dread associated with the dark recesses of our repressed collective energies, but I do take issue with the linguistic deconstruction of Cthulhu as I think it domesticates and defangs Lovecraft’s genius. Overall great video! And I’d love to chat more with you about the synchronous connections between Jungian thought and some of the more fringe elements of the Cthulhu Mythos

[@nmd1120]

Dude I know exactly where that yellow building is! Right near Brown University!!!!

[@soffren]

Anyone anywhere says anything in this video and I look at them sideways. You have a specific way of expressing your ideas that makes them palatable to people like me.

[@vishmonster]

In the words of that Ancient Hymn: Bob! Bob! Bob. Bob! Bob! or Anne? Bob! Bob! Bob. Bob! Bob! or Anne? Bob or Annnne? Bob or Annnne? You got me rockin and a rollin,' Rockin and a reeling, Bob or Anne!?

[@ripHalo0002]

Maybe the real cosmic horrors are the friends we made along the way.

[@Astartes00]

Love this channel, might not believe in a lot of this but it's always an interesting video

[@hiraethsoo]

Thank you for your constant work

[@thecatrooms]

"Bob"

[@Linkolite]

This was very well done thank you!!

[@lorddevilfish5868]

Lovecraftian Jungian archetypes akin to indifferent forces of nature is a far more realistic outlook on the collective unconscious than the simplistic wishful filament of Jordan Peterson.

[@marcopolo6944]

"Wishful filament " that's a good one, idk if that was intentional or not but pretty clever turn of phrase

[@beagotm9318]

Was waiting for someone to talk about this :)

[@baresize]

I think conceptualizing cosmic horror as ridiculously powerful forces that ‘toys with us for their own amusement’ misses the point of cosmic horror. You said it yourself in the beginning that they are ‘indifferent and impersonal’ and yet you follow that up with ‘therefore they are puppeteers of our fates controlling us as they want’ implying malice from their part. The scary thing about lovecraft’s horror is precisely that indifference toward human life; sure these elder gods arent loving creatures trying to guide us into a better life, but they also dont care enough about us to resent us. Thats what lovecraft’s trying to convey, the absolute insignificance of human life instead of humans being playthings of these evil, malicious gods. A lot of times in Lovecraft’s stories, the elder god doesnt even realize that they are torturing/killing humans. Azathoth, who is the eldest god in Lovecraft’s mythos, isn’t even conscious; he’s asleep. The elder gods arent evil, and conceptualizing them as such is no different than those who domesticate gods as loving and human-centric.

[@aramkaizer7903]

Is one evil if one removes plaque from one's teeth?

[@anttoni8867]

Interesting. Your videos are very interesting. I like to think that the evolutional forces are like objects we gravitate towards. The mental distress happens when we're being pulled to too many directions at once. The synchronities are like a possibility to act upon, which will alter the pulling forces. From my personal experiences following the synchronities balances the uneven pulling forces. Not following them makes me feel like a slave.

[@kenillla]

fucking mindblowing as always... and looking damn sharp aswell Chris!

[@barryg528]

Been a fan of both for a while

[@haydev3060]

I like the videos where you are in person better than just audio

[@normanchristiansen1864]

PRAISE BOB !!!

[@sheesh9937]

a jungian look, with how much you talk about him i wouldnt be suprised if you had a deluxe sized poster of him just somewhere in your house

[@thembadgers]

Great concepts, very consistent with my experience.

[@sergisendra7050]

Thats not the first time i think that about your videos: but that,s your best one by diference... Very interesting!!

[@s3man247]

This becomes bigger and bigger... The Mage has crossed the line. Shall he return to the nether? We'll see in the next episode of Wonderful Curiosities Of a Curious American Mongol!

[@luckymenace4048]

This video made me feel less awkward about my psychedelic experiences an insights

[@vincentlaw1415]

To the end of this video, I just want to add: "What the actual fuck?" 😂

[@jaycejohnson6846]

To my mind, Lovecraft's gods are manifestations of the Qliphoth 😨

[@mmmar7317]

Comparing your current body with this body ... Wow, congratulations

[@RenanL.S.]

Your video were very insightful, I have a new idea for my book right now.

[@kevinclements4962]

Suggest you should read Susan Rowland regarding Jung and Literature. Maybe Lindsay Clarke’s The Chymical Wedding...lots of Jungian themes.

[@holly1528]

Looking very prophetic today Chris

[@powderedphantom5765]

5:33 thats a common mistake, he never actually wrote a story about a character who dreams reality

[@nativelad9411]

Please keep this up

[@thisispequod6620]

Would some kindly remind me of Lovecraft's cat name.

[@nosleep637]

@@December151791 I dunno I think his name was Bigger Man or something

[@otamo_]

@@nosleep637 nibbles man I think?

[@JasonNewsted420]

Knickers?

[@TheSm1thers]

I believe it was Diggerman

[@claykline2830]

I'm very happy about this , we gotta talk soon

[@martinezmarcos7286]

You just earned all my respect

[@godrilla5549]

He looks so comfy

[@RenanL.S.]

If there is a god, I don't care if he care about me or not. No one have the obligation to help me. I must know how to achieve me dreams with my own hands. If I get help, good, if not, I don't mind, I will keep going.

[@joshinator0208]

Praise Bob

[@MayorMcC666]

who needs a studio when you can just drive around?

[@moeszyslak47]

I think your views are too nihilistic and bleak in idea unless you're being semi ironic because its hard to tell

[@shadowyshutterbug]

just enjoy the show

[@RenanL.S.]

This definition of archetype lacks formality.

[@LordHPLovecraft]

I would like this video but as I clicked on it for the 1st time, it has 777 likes.I wouldn't want to mess up the synchronization.

[@codex3048]

I believe that "Miskatonic" was inspired by local Algonguin Indian language -- not releated to the Greek word "chthonic."

[@user-pp6wy9tb9j]

so, what you're saying is: a 3D "object" casts a 2D "shadow" so it may seem, extant contemplator of the unseen 😁

[@davidhawk8916]

How does Jung's concept of Individuation fit in with this context? Is the role of the ego to rein in and integrate autonomous complexes just a delusion? Maybe I don't have full understanding but there seems to be some contradiction that I'm struggling with.

[@MemeAnalysis]

"Make all Spirits subject unto Me: so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto Me."

[@aramkaizer7903]

@@MemeAnalysis Ever heard Behemoth?

[@kvi7878]

"Bob Dobbs fucked us up!" - Mark Mothersbaugh

[@alexbabits770]

Great video

[@canderousordo8271]

I read Lovecraft when I was 12 and it scared the shit out of me

[@winnytea3831]

Deleuze would call that echo throughout time difference and repetition and the archetype would be his body without organs

[@starplainstudios7387]

Praise "Bob"

[@a1-user]

Used to pass this building all the time

[@iliastakidis5771]

At 4:26 I wasn't paying attention at the screen and having watched many of his videos I instinctly thought: "COME OOON IT ENDED ALRE... Oh... there is more! OH! ^-^

[@joeyaracri8176]

You’re the best homie

[@nono9543]

Where can I find more videos like this? I've been thinking of these concepts for so long but could not find any decent videos about them.

[@rettenava1]

Do you have academic papers published that I can use as a reference?

[@channingcheese2]

love your coat

[@aeddoncayea7144]

Do you think that personal gods are synonymous with the archetypes, or are the archetypes something bigger? After all, we talk about certain archetypes that various gods fit into, gods of destruction, for example. Are the gods not subject, perhaps in different ways, but subject no less, to the same self replicating patterns of the universe as we are?

[@Nagasakevideo]

YEAH HE MENTIONED MY CHURCH

[@mrsainzx5639]

Hey what about healers? And brujería? which if you don't know is very real. Mainly the '' evil eye '', '' la santa muerte''', '' amarres'' (witchcraft to bind someone to you or make them fall in love with you) do you have any insight in this topic?

[@SSJKamui]

Lovecraft and Crowley were combined in the works of Kenneth Grant.

[@MemeAnalysis]

Yes, I shared some Grant work recently.

[@Squeam9750]

SCP 2662 is one relatable Cosmic horror

[@capnam_12]

_Lmaooo I thought mark zuckerberg was in the thumbnailll_

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

When the stars are right

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

Bob

[@adrians5875]

Nice jacket bro

[@moldycarrot9267]

Even when we know noone has found meaning we search, DEMAND IT. Yes, synchronicities are all good, but what for?? Of course noone will answer