explore greater than any warning he may have been given. He is courageous, not actually from ignorance of danger,
but because his curiosity is the greater force. He is slender, rather than fat, and scruffy, showing the typical veneer of a young boy - scratches, scuffs, and dirt smudges.
Hand Maiden: This archetype is shy and obedient on the surface, but aware within. She is charged with attending to a mistress, who is almost invariably sarcastic and selfish. The Hand Maiden is dressed demurely, no flashy colors, and
has her brunette hair tied back. She stares at the floor, not meeting gazes. She has access to secrets, as she is not seen as a threat by anyone. Consequently, in folklore and reality, she frequently has a role in conspiracy situations. True to the situation in real life, where men in particular assume any dependent woman must give them full loyalty, the Hand
Maiden is assumed to be loyal. She knows the conspiracy, having overheard the plot discussed openly. She knows the
secret passageways. She has access to garments or tools that can assist the cause of justice. In modern days, this
archetype is shown as a hired maid, or secretary to an important personage.
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ZetaTalk: Werewolves
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ZetaTalk: Werewolves
Note: written on Sep 15, 1995
Werewolves exist, but not in the form portrayed in the media. The media image portrays a change in form under the
influence of a full moon, and this all quite out of the control of the human infected by a bite. A dramatization of the
real situation, which happens rarely and is indeed an infection, the result of a bite - rabies.
What happened in the past when a rabid animal, most often a wolf, tangled with and bit a human. Wolves normally
avoid human contact, but when wildly irritable with an infected brain, they savage anything that disturbs them. The
infected human first finds insidious changes setting in - irritability, snapishness. During the course of the disease the afflicted human would become unkempt - hair and nails growing long. And in the final stages of the disease, madness
and extreme irritability set in - the man having become the wolf. Why does the legend tie the madness to the full
moon? Even unaffected humans grow a bit wild during the full moon, but a human in the final stages of rabies, wild
eyed and howling with pain, snarling at all who come near, would be more noticeably affected. The full moon become
the point where it was all too much, and quiet suffering became anguished howls. Tormented in the villages, rabid
victims often sought the quiet of the woods to soothe their hyper-irritable nerves. Thus, the legend.
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ZetaTalk: Cultural Influences
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ZetaTalk: Cultural Influences
Note: written by Jul 15, 1995
The culture indeed affects how the human relates to its environment. This culture begins prior to birth, when the fetus
anticipates how human emotions will be accepted within the human culture. The infant in the womb is not unaware of
discussions, arguments, resolutions, and any resentment the mother may feel in these matters. The infant stands in his
mothers shoes, truly. Thus even before birth the infant anticipates how its persona will be accepted, how its emotional
tone will be received, when it is safe to assert the self, and under what situations true fear for the safety and security of the individual arises.
In some cultures the individual is allowed true expressions. No matter what the mind-set of the individual, this can be
expressed. This is not to say that actions against another, which would hinder the free progress of others or harm
others in their innate right to be, are allowed. We are talking here of honesty, in expressing one's true impressions and mind-set. In these cultures the individual feels secure in his or her person, and as the majority of conflict situations involve the perceived repression of free expression, much energy is freed to attend to the common good. These cultures
therefore become more secure in general, and there is less emphasis on trying to dominate the environment.
In other cultures much anxiety exists because those parts of humans which are quite natural are not accepted. A battle
begins even before birth, in which the individual buries those parts of itself not acceptable, but has buried the un-dead.
As in a nightmare, the un-dead parts of itself arise, and must be dealt with. There is rage at the necessity for this. The individual fights with itself, and therefore there is little energy to attend to the common good. Thus not only is the
individual insecure, due to the lack of consideration perceived from others, but the community is insecure, from the
lack of concern for the common good.
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ZetaTalk: Heaven's Gate
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ZetaTalk: Heaven's Gate
Note: written on May 15, 1997
Scarcely anyone believes, as the leader and follower of Heaven's Gate did, that a UFO was indeed following what was
billed as the comet Hale-Bopp, or that they as human beings would be selected out from among the billions for special
treatment. What shocked the nation and the world was not so much the absurdity of their beliefs but the extent to
which they would go to adhere to them. Incidences such as suicide bombers and soldiers going into battle and even
into certain death are not unknown, but behind these actions is something concrete, such as home and family or actual
politicians and laws one is in rebellion against. Many church-goers prate the belief they supposedly espouse, but would
hesitate to put even their time and discomfort behind them, much less their lives. And those who would discomfit
themselves for a belief are sure that their belief is not as silly as Heaven's Gate.
However, if one looks at just a few examples from Christian belief - that of the Rapture that many Christians cling to,
or the Ascension where Jesus supposedly rose from the dead, or Baptism where splashing a bit of water is supposed to
make the difference between a tiny babe going to heaven or hell - one sees that the Heaven's Gate crowd was scarcely
alone in their silliness. These beliefs and the actions they generate have no more rationale than the beliefs that the Heaven's Gate crowd held. That said, why did the Heaven's Gate crowd arrive at such an absurd conclusion, and what
led them to take the steps they did?
When looking to understand why cults do as they do, one should first examine the leaders. Cults are characterized by
an isolationist life style, with the flow of information coming only from the leader and this slanted to fit his needs. The psychology that occurs is simply an extension of what goes on in the average family - what father says goes, and he