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Mara on psychopathy and narcissism

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The Acts of Gula Bau, XII: 1 – 9.

And ye ask of me, “Thou writest of the Terrible Judge and the jury in the House of Irkalla. And that his name is ‘Conscience.’ However, be there not those who have only half a soul, and furthermore those who lack empathy altogether?”

Open yer ears so that ye may hear. Preached I not also at Ekur*1, wrote I not on a tablet: “Verily be weeping the harmony in Erigal, the gnashing of teeth, rhythm. And for the toothless, dentures will indeed be provided in order to maintain the percussion.”

Thus with the unconscionable and the cruel. For the kind-hearted one who entereth the House receive the thick hide of the hornfoot*2, but he who entereth with hardened heart, his skin tenderiseth, verily becometh it like that of an infant.

And he who entereth with half a soul, is filled up with the remainder which in his lifetime wandered in confusion in distant realms. Yea, it findeth its home and it filleth him so that it spilleth out.

Woe to him who entereth there utterly without conscience! For to him be given one in which hath gathered all the grief and remorse and sorrow and despair from the beginning of humankind. Woe to him.

Also ye ask of me: “What of the pervert and the deviant who hungereth after punishment, yea, who yearneth for the whip and seeketh humiliation? Verily exist those, and be Erigal not to them heaven itself?”

To the depth of wisdom in Erigal there is no bottom, nor is there ceiling to the height. All knowledge from the beginning, on everyone, human and a host of [conscious] beings, is stored there-in.

Some of those where-of ye speak were mutilated as children, yea their soul was harmed; certain of them inherit it from the bloodline, yet others are enchanted and misled by Tiamat, Dragon of Innumerable Faces*3 who dwelleth in everyone, the viper curled up on the threshold of the soul at birth.

For all and sundry of the sicknesses of the soul – whether it entered from outside or whether it emerged internally – for each be there verily a counsel and a treasure chest of cures. Not every ailment is undone by torment – but hush! Spread not this word, store it in the inner room.

Wherefore torment ye yerselves by these thoughts? Be wise and avoid the unconscionable, yea, flee from those with half a soul! Be not misled by flattery or charm, is it not like throwing open the gates of the city at night? The rewards of foolishness verily resemble those of sin.

Heed mine admonitions and be not deaf to my warnings. And proclaim not the wisdom about the other cures – the ones that are not castigations – on the streets and in the market places and at Ekur.

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*1 Ekur - Great Temple of Heaven in Nippur.

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Rhinoceros. *3

Uŝomgal muŝ sag imín = Great snake (dragon) with seven/innumerable faces. In Sumerian 7 could mean 7 OR

innumerable.

Manifestation of the Primordial Unconscious

By Djuna Mautanin, lecture delivered in Paris, Feb 1923.

“The manifestation of the primordial unconscious must needs be an order of magnitude more splendid and terrifying than the manifestation of the collective unconscious. Here we see the connections between disparate mythologies so painstakingly examined by Sir James Frazer in The Golden Bough. Here we have the creatures of primitive creation myth, Tiamat and Uranus. Immanence, or indwelling, is the spiritual proposition that the numinosium may focus into the physical body. We must also take into account the legends of possession by demons or spirits. Whether or not the collective or even primordial unconscious may collect itself behind the veil of the persona, filling the unconscious remains open to chilling speculation.”

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Mara oor psigopatie en narsisme

Die Handelinge van Gula Bau, XII: 1 – 9.

En jul vra my, “U skrywe oor die Verskriklike Regter en die

jurie in die Huis van Kastydinge. En dat sy naam ‘Gewete’ is.

Maar wat van hul wat halwe siele het, en die gewetenloses,

wat voorwaar oor geen empatie beskik nie?”

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Open jul ore sodat jul hoor. Het ek nie ook in die Ekur*1 gepredik en dit neergeskrywe nie:

“Die geween is voorwaar die harmonie in Erigal, en die gekners van tande is die ritme. En vir

hul sonder tande, sal daar waaragtig valstande voorsien word om die tempo te hou.”

So ook met die gewetenlose en die wreedaard. Want dié wat die Huis met ‘n sagte hart

binnegaan, se vel verhard. Die dik huid van die horingpoot**2 word aan hul gegee. Maar hul

wat met ‘n harde hart ingaan, se vel versag, ja voorwaar word dit teer soos dié van ‘n

suigeling.

En hy wat met ‘n halwe gewete ingaan, word opgevul met die res daarvan wat in sy tyd op

aarde verwilderd in verre oorde rondgedwaal het, ja dit vind sy woning en vul hom op sodat

hy oorloop.

Maar hy wat sonder gewete daar ingaan, wee hom! Want aan hom word een gegee waarin

al die smart en droefheid en berou en wanhoop van die begin van die mensdom af, opgebou

het. Wee dié een.

Ook vra jul my, “Wat van die pervert en die afwykende wat hunker na slae, voorwaar na die

sweep en die vernedering? Want diesulkes is daar ook, en sal Erigal nie vir hul soos die

hemel wees?”

Die diepte van wysheid in Erigal het geen bodem, nóg word dit deur ‘n plafon beperk. Al die

kennis van die begin af, oor elkeen, word in die Huis geberg.

Sommige van daardie is so vermink van kindsbeen af, sekere van daardie erf dit uit hul

bloedlyn, ander word verlei en betower deur Tiamat, die Draak met Ontelbare Gesigte***3

wat in ieder mens woon, die adder opgekrul op die drumpel van die siel by geboorte.

Vir ‘n ieder en ‘n elk van die siektes van die siel – of dit nou van buite af ingekom het en of

dit van binne af uitgegaan het – is daar voorwaar ‘n raad en ‘n skatkis van kure. Nie alle

kwale word deur foltering gesuiwer nie – maar swyg daaroor, hou dit stil.

Waaroor kwel jul jul oor dié dinge? Wees wys en vermy die gewetenlose, ja, vlug weg van

dié met ‘n halwe gewete! Moenie jul deur sjarme en vleitaal laat mislei nie, is dit nie soos

om die stadspoorte in die nánag oop te gooi nie? Die loon van die dwaasheid is voorwaar

gelyk aan die loon van die sonde.

Slaan ag op my vermaninge en hou jou nie doof vir my waarskuwings nie. En moenie die

wysheid oor ander kure benewens kastydinge, in die strate en by die E-kur en op die

markplein uitblaker nie.

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*1 Ekur was die Groot Tempel van die Hemel in Nippur.

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Renoster. *3

Uŝomgal muŝ sag imín = Groot slang (draak) met sewe/oneindige gesigte. In Sumeries kon 7 letterlik 7

beteken OF oneindige/ontelbare. Laasgenoemde is die toepaslike betekenis in hierdie geval.

Manifestation of the Primordial Unconscious

By Djuna Mautanin, lecture delivered in Paris, Feb 1923.

“The manifestation of the primordial unconscious must needs be an order of magnitude more splendid and terrifying than the manifestation of the collective unconscious. Here we see the connections between disparate mythologies so painstakingly examined by Sir James Frazer in The Golden Bough. Here we have the creatures of primitive creation myth, Tiamat and Uranus. Immanence, or indwelling, is the spiritual proposition that the numinosium may focus into the physical body. We must also take into account the legends of possession by demons or spirits. Whether or not the collective or even primordial unconscious may collect itself behind the veil of the persona, filling the unconscious remains open to chilling speculation.”

Text/teks: © Pieter Uys 2014.