foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] out of all of the archetypes that Consciousness expresses itself as through our psyche and spirit the trickster archetype is the least understood and the most obscure so today I'm going to be explaining the exalted and detrimental characteristics of this archetype it's most probable that if we are aware of the trickster archetype we are aware of it through its most negatively polarized characteristics this is most prominently depicted in the concept of archons many people in the spiritual or esoteric field are aware of the concept of archons it stems from gnosticism but it has such a tried and true track record that it can just be used as a general term to talk about any negatively inclined negative natural forces in nature that have a way of manipulating in order to have their ends meet so the term archon once referred to anyone who owned any land or had any form of authority this could be somebody who held the title such as Lord or master so essentially archon means any form of ruler now gnosticism took this term of archon and applied it to the hyperdimensional negative forces that were ruling at a higher sphere over the human collective experience and it's this term the more hyperdimensional nature of archons that we use in the esoteric and spiritual field today to use as a general term for these negative forces of nature and it is through these interdimensional entities that we are most well equated with the term trickster because the trickster archetype naturally implies within it that there is some sort of trickery at play and these entities are masters of manipulation and to trick is to manipulate in some form or manner however manipulation also has an exalted form and so what we know mainly as the trickster archetype in the arconic forces form also has a complete polar opposite form upon that same spectrum and that is most well known through the tarot as two not just one two archetypes because that's how large the trickster energy is in its exalted form it's multi-dimensional it holds such a broad bandwidth and range within this character that the tarot embodies it through both the fool and the magician the Common Thread that links the magician And The Fool to the trickster archetype is the fact that they are both Alchemists Alchemy is the exalted form of the trickster energy because to manipulate in a conscious and positive manner is to transmute and both the fool and the magician transmute just in two different variations one is transmuting the outer and the inner world through Natural Forces as a channel and the full performs their Alchemy by putting themselves out on a limb and appearing foolish to those around them they go all in and are the rebel as well as the truth teller and by doing so they look like a fool which is why the fool has that name in the first place the fool is innately incredibly wise and has such esoteric knowledge to share and convey but when it falls upon deaf ears they're looked at as a fool and so both of these archetypes the magician and the fool are deeply connected to the trickster archetype within their own right popular trickster Gods throughout religion and mythology were Shiva Odin South Isis enki Dionysus and Hermes well the more negatively oriented gods that we know this trickster archetype to come through were set and Loki all civilizations carried the awareness of the trickster archetype but they didn't strictly equate it only with a negative orientation because the trickster archetype is where the lines completely blur they are the obliterator of boundaries and for that their most well-known characteristic is being both the sacred and the profane both a manipulator of energy as well as a deviant and a rebel so the trickster archetype comes as not just a sacred messenger in a profane cloak but they also come to not only convey knowledge and lessons that are important for all of us to learn they're also the person that challenges us and catalyzes us into a higher level of awareness without the trickster archetype none of our boundaries that create our concept of self would ever be penetrated so whatever ideologies we subscribe to or whatever we have formed our egoic Consciousness around a trickster archetype comes in and completely blurs those lines they show you that red is actually blue or blue is actually red which is why they're also most well known for being a Jester where they wear a split costume wearing two different colors most well known as purple and green but we could just as well use that as blue and red in today's society and they show you the opposite side of that same spectrum and so the trickster is most well known for being a challenger of beliefs especially around Authority in fact one of its most well-known characteristics is that even though the trickster is a sacred messenger they come in order to destroy whatever we have created Authority around the fluid and malleable nature of the trickster is why it's known for being androgynous and a shape-shifter in fact shape shifting is the the trickster archetype's most prominent feature now shape shifting in its exalted form is also why the trickster is known as being a sacred and divine messenger it's because they're shifting their Consciousness they're Shifting The Shape they take their form into higher and lower Realms in order to convey messages which is why it's also known that they were a God or the messenger of the Gods it's because they're always communicating or transmitting some form of divine Soul lesson and so because of that they're also most prominently known for not just being a shape-shifter but particularly with animal forms most popularly The Raven the fox we also have coyotes coyotes are well known for holding the trickster energy serpents are the most well-known form that the trickster takes on while the least well-known form would probably be the peacock and then I would just throw in honey badgers just because they're really feisty and they look like down for mischief and to brawl whether positive or negative the trickster is always a sign of Supernatural forces at work since they are interdimensional beings as well as multi-dimensional beings so they dwell in the in between Realms they dwell in Magic and when that magic is used on the negative end of the spectrum how it's performed is through manipulation and trickery mostly and this trickery is used against us through our blind spots so they'll take what we aren't aware of and they'll manipulate us through whatever we aren't aware of and by doing so they're trying to get us into some sort of detrimental position something that is harmful to us and they're doing all of this for the end goal of taking our power so the trickster in its most detrimental form is trying to trick us out of our own power they're trying to like use loopholes or use some sort of subversive tactic in order to get us to submit our own free will to surrender our own sovereignty and then if we look at the same archetypal energy on its most positive end of the spectrum the beings that dwell in the positive form of the trickster archetype they're known for being the rebel the truth teller the one that uses creative means and creative mediums in order to convey very important truths that otherwise would not be able to be received by a person which is why they're most well known also in their human form for being the Court Jester it's because they'll use as a very strong medium to get their truths out comedy and so they're able to utilize their creative energies in order to best suit however their messages and their truths that need to get through to people will best be received and so because of that trickster energy is super Super Creative Energy because they're using their Alchemy to best transmit their wisdom now jungian psychology took this concept of the trickster archetype and then applied it to the psyche in a completely different way in fact the only resemblance that the jungian interpretation really carries forward with this metaphysical interpretation of the trickster archetype is that the trickster in both of these settings are linked to the inner child in the metaphysical sense of the term the trickster archetype has such a childlike manner it's known as the inner child within us it's extremely enormously playful now once again in its negative form that comes across as mockery and trickery but in its most positive form the metaphysical archetype of the trickster is one that is playful and is very mocking but in a way that ultimately serves the person who is learning that lesson that the trickster is mirroring so that's all in the esoteric field in the jungian field young still continues with this inner child theme of the trickster but instead of it being a divine child it's more well thought of jungian put a Twist on it where it was like a deeply wounded and a severely stunted aspect of our psyche that each of us need to integrate now I don't really agree with this terminology of the trickster because I dwell in the esoteric and the Occult but it's worth mentioning still because the jungian psycho psychological Viewpoint of this trickster archetype is really one of its most well-known and most prominent now ideas of the trickster and so it's worth mentioning because how he chose to interpret this wounded child that's played out through the trickster it is the aspect within us that is the South Saboteur so its nature is to self-sabotage and he viewed that as being a very immature energy and so the trickster archetype known within the psychological archetypal landscape is most well-equated with this jungian terminology of it where it's known for yeah it holds it possesses wisdom but it's a stunted wisdom it's a wounded intuition that we have lost contact with and have been disconnected from that we need to connect with and reintegrate back into the self so that's the psychological take of this trickster archetype now back to esoterica so the trickster archetype this is the coolest thing about it is that if the world is ran by these arconic natural forces that I call the powers that were and they're using dark magic to cast spells across the collective in order to further pull us into unconsciousness and into a spiritual amnesia the cool thing about this whole game that's going on is that the only Force that is strong enough to take on and to win this arconic trickster forces is actually just the trickster archetype in its positive form nothing else can actually combat and win a iconic Force this is beautiful because this is back to the honey badger it takes only a honey badger to be able to be another honey badger because that's how no chill honey badgers are they're absolutely powerful they're cunning they they if you've ever watched a video on honey badgers they're like unreal and the only thing that can beat a honey badger is another honey badger and that's exactly what the trickster archetype does as well it's only able to be overcome by another trickster and so when we view the trickster only through a negative light as Supernatural dark Forces we are completely cutting ourselves off from the deeper understanding that the trickster archetype holds within it the same medicine that is also being expressed as poison so the trickster is also not only the sacred and the profane it's the medicine and the poison so we're 146 to usurp our Divinity and usurp our power by manipulating us out of it and by tricking us even by inverting the truth and by mocking the truth the positive trickster entities can still manipulate but manipulating energies by transmuting them and can do so in a way where it's wit for wit intellect through intellect the way to deviate in a way that is very positive because Evolution happens through deviation as well so the way to deviate from the norm in a way that is very positive for the growth and the evolution of the collective and by doing so being able to transmit very important information in between Realms higher and lower by shape shifting and being able to penetrate certain areas in order to get the truth in by doing so performing their creative Alchemy for the betterment of the all and that energy is the only one that can actually overcome a negative trickster energy because they're performing high level Alchemy and high-level alchemy that knows the negative nature of that same polarity of that same spectrum that it's on so it can call out the deviating and manipulating forces because it understands those detrimental expressions of the trickster archetype so because it knows it's exultant and its detrimental forms it's able to call out the manipulations of those negative beings that other archetypes aren't able to be able to truly understand the nature of and so this can all sound like Duality right like false light but the thing about this is is that we all carry all of the archetypes within us but what we do is we express them in certain ratios so not all of us are the full embodiment of one archetype even though we carry within ourselves all of the archetypes so really what this is is connecting with and expressing our own inner trickster The Alchemist and the magician And The Fool within us while the negative trickster energy operates by targeting our own belief systems and then building an imposter energy around them a reality designed to appeal to wherever our level of Consciousness is at in order to co-opt it and amplify our own blind spots the positive trickster attributes are that it demolishes the boundaries that have blocked us off from seeing our own blind spots and black and white thinking the trickster is always associated with crossing boundaries whether that comes from the form of crossing the boundaries between dimensions and the threshold Between Worlds or the boundaries that make up our beliefs or even the boundaries that make up our entire identity anywhere there is a boundary that is no longer serving our Spiritual Development the energy of the trickster comes in to clear out the old energy if Karma required arms to balance her scales the tricksters the epitome of both cunning and balance to do the job since they are Transformers of energy they are deeply connected to the theme of creation and destruction the trickster is an archetype that is deeply connected to our sovereignty if its negative manifestation is through self-destructive means rulership through manipulation then its positive orientation is one that is connected with our own ability to rule ourselves and therefore our own spiritual sovereignty because of this the trickster archetype is the rebel they are the ones that dance to a beat of their own drums I hope this has helped reclaim the sacred and profound within the trickster archetype make sure to subscribe to my channel for higher dimensional guidance through spiritual Awakenings see you next time 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