Researcher and philosopher
Jonathan Zap discussed the surge in
apocalyptic predictions and how they relate to the 'Singularity
Archetype,' the collective unconscious, and the evolution of humanity.
We live in a time when people believe the apocalypse is around the
corner, whether coming in 2012 with the end of the Mayan calendar (see
his article/podcast Carnival 2012), or as predicted in various other
prophecies. Yet, in whatever age people have lived in, they've been
predisposed to believe "the end is near." The reason for this, he
suggested, is that they have anxiety over their own death. But if
everyone is going to die together, this is a more satisfying or
comforting notion for the ego to consider than just the death of
oneself, he explained.
The Singularity Archetype "is a primordial
image of human evolutionary metamorphosis which emerges from the
collective unconscious. The Singularity Archetype builds on archetypes
of death and rebirth and adds information about the evolutionary
potential of both species and individual," Zap writes. He pointed to
several images (see below) which show different aspects of the
Archetype. The film 2001: A Space Odyssey, for instance, depicts a
character's travel through an interdimensional corridor or stargate.
"He's basically crossing the event horizon," and experiencing the death
of his old form, said Zap, who noted the similarity of this to the way
near-death experiences have been described.
In order for humanity
to evolve, we need shocks to the system that can be highly disruptive,
Zap argued. "The message from the Singularity Archetype is that what
looks like the worst thing in the world, may be exactly what is
necessary to create a quantum evolutionary jump," he said, adding that
this is true on an individual level as well, so that when a dire event
happens to a person, it may prove to be a great moment of opportunity.
Biography:
Jonathan
Zap is a photographer, author, teacher, paranormal researcher and
philosopher who has written extensively on psychology and contemporary
mythology. Jonathan has worked as a staff gemologist and instructor for
the Gemological Institute of America. He has taught English in High
School and College and worked with troubled youth as the Dean of a South
Bronx High School. As a wilderness guide, Jonathan has led inner city
kids and other young people on expeditions to remote desert canyons and
to the summit of Mount Rainier.
He is the author of numerous
published articles, essays, experimental works of fiction and the Zap
Oracle. His most recent work is Crossing the Event Horizon—The
Singularity Archetype which should be available late in the summer of
2011. Jonathan has an extensive background in Jungian psychology,
paranormal research and dream interpretation. For over thirty years he
has been using the tools of Jungian psychology to study popular culture,
contemporary mythology, and dreams for evidence that we are getting
signals from the collective unconscious about the nature of a quantum
evolutionary event approaching the human species.
Wikipedia
An
apocalypse (Ancient Greek: ἀποκάλυψις apocálypsis, from ἀπό and καλύπτω
meaning 'un-covering'), translated literally from Greek, is a
disclosure of knowledge, hidden from humanity in an era dominated by
falsehood and misconception, i.e., a lifting of the veil or revelation,
although this sense did not enter English until the 14th century.[1] In
religious contexts it is usually a disclosure of something hidden. In
the Revelation of John (Greek Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου, Apocalypsis Ioannou),
the last book of the New Testament, the revelation which John receives
is that of the ultimate victory of good over evil and the end of the
present age, and that is the primary meaning of the term, one that dates
to 1175. Today, it is commonly used in reference to any prophetic
revelation or so-called End Time scenario, or to the end of the world in
general.