Adventures With Cassiopaea

Chapter 5

Frank had also experienced a shock, I am sure. I can only speculate that he may have perceived the darkness within which was revealed by his behavior. There is altogether the possibility that he was so locked in his narcissistic image of himself as a higher spiritual being who was simply too good for this earth that even this revealing event could not penetrate that shell of illusion. What is certain is that he was at least aware that the members of the group, and probably society at large, (at least those members of society who ascribe to truth, honor, courage, decency), would view his little lapse as a clue to a hidden persona of darkness. There had been a serious crack in the image he presented of himself, and it had almost resulted in the complete loss of his ostensible quarry.

What was his quarry? What did Frank want?

Well, the evidence of the many clues scattered throughout the text, as well as the observations of the other participants and witnesses, was that his psychological make-up drove him to seek fame and fortune - with a strange twist: he felt he was entitled to it, that he deserved it and ought to have it, but had no intention of doing any work for it. He was, essentially, a "coat-tail rider." But the C's have said that there was another reason:

"He was programmed for the specific purpose of "downloading" from you secrets coded into you before birth of your present body. He failed because you were incorruptible. He is now charged with the mission, in concert with Maynerd Most, of destroying your ability to accomplish your mission."

That, then, becomes the Theological reason behind the "real reason."

But, as we have noted, there was another dynamic at work that the C's have identified:

Q: Was that the reason that you encouraged Terry and Jan to be present? To counterbalance Frank's negative energy?
A: Yes. Frank would have killed you with his STS draining rather soon otherwise.

And here is where we arrive at the crux of the matter: Because of my lack of awareness of the Theological reality, I had fallen victim to what is called in Jungian psychology the "Feminine Vampire." This designation is not really gender oriented in the sense that a woman preys on a man. The archetype is that of the person of power or force or energy who is victimized or "fed upon" by an individual who seems to be completely disempowered. Allow me to quote from Jungian psychologist, Barbara E. Hort's book Unholy Hungers, keeping in mind that the dynamic she describes is the "real reason," and behind it is the Theological reason. She tells the "story" in terms of a "knight" rescuing a damsel in distress, but more often than not, in our world, the opposite is true: women rescue men due to their "mother instinct" which is precisely the same "dance."

"It may seem incomprehensible that a powerful person could be victimized by a psychic vampire who seems to be completely disempowered. Yet there are few lures more potent for a powerful champion than rescuing a grateful waif in distress. How exciting it is to save someone from the jaws of tragedy, particularly if the recipient is adoring and appreciative! You, the noble champion, journey alone down the desolate nighttime road, when there appears by the wayside a sweet little mist who is weeping in loneliness and alluring despair. Ah, you think, here is a perfect chance for me to put my sword to its proper use! Here is someone to save! And how charmingly pathetic she is! Perhaps there will be some love for me at the end of the heroic rescue!

"Your sword flashes up, and you dash to her aid - slaying all foes, fixing all woes, and paying each bill that she hands you. You parry and thrust, parry and thrust, cutting off hundreds of dragon heads, past the point of exhaustion, for two adoring eyes are watching and their owner must not be let down. Onward you march, beyond fatigue, beyond all means, until your every resource is spent. But still you fight on, despite your depletion, to rescue the sweet, helpless mist, for how could you let down the poor little thing? Whatever would become of the helpless mist without you and your sword to defend her against the cruel world?

"The dance between an empowered masculine victim and the feminine vampire who hides under the veil of vulnerability may be the most insidious vampiric duet of them all. So many of us have gone to our physical, financial and spiritual graves never realizing that we have been duped, never relenting in the deployment of our swords, never stanching the flow of our blood, and all for the sake of a pitiable feminine vampire? How can we be so powerful and yet so blind?

"But really, our gullibility is no mystery. When we embark on the path of the Champion, when we don the armor of empowerment, we expect our vampires also to be draped in the cloak of power. We never suspect that a vampire might veil itself in the guise of weakness and vulnerability. What's more, when the Champion Archetype is active in our psyche, we strive to serve those less fortunate than ourselves, so when we come upon the sweet mist by the side of the road, is it any wonder that we bleed on its behalf? What a cruel ruse this is, for in fact the mist is a vampire who will feed on us by exploiting the very nobility of which our Championhood is based. […]

"In the beginning, the man was happy to rescue the pathetic damsel, who, coincidentally, had just one or two more little traumas that she hoped he would be kind enough to rectify. Thus began a long series of heoric rescues, each one of which was appreciated by the woman only long enough to resuscitate her hero before she needed his next valorous deed. […]

"She is the Spider - the incarnation of the Terrible Mother as a devouring weaver of fate and bringer of inevitable death.

"In A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot interprets the image of the spider at the center of her web to represent the Gnostic notion that "evil is not only at the periphery of the Wheel of Transformation but in its very centre - that is, in its Origin. The image of the Great Spider on her web is symbolically synonymous with another ancient image of the negative Feminine, one that is found at the center of many weblike labyrinths. The image is that of the Gorgon Medusa...

"Why is it so difficult for us, even when we are empowered, to kill the feminine vampire? One reason may be that the ethic of nobility asserts that the strong should protect the weak.

"In all cases, the empowered victim perceives that life has bestowed on him or her some opportunities that the feminine vampire never had. For the pitiful vampire's sake, the victim strives to excel in ways that are not personally meaningful, because he is made to feel that turning aside to more meaningful pursuits is a deadly abandonment of the poor, disadvantaged vampire. Clearly, this vampiric duet is insidious and pervasive which is why a model for its deactivation is very important to our psychic health. […]

"Because the archetype of Medusa, like that of the feminine vampire, is as complicated as it is dangerous... the creature that best embodies the inner nature of the feminine vampire is the needle-fanged, cold-blooded, venom- spewing serpent. ...The Medusan vampire slithers up in silent hunger behind her unwary prey, freezing her target with her stare (pitifulness and wiles of the damsel in distress), and then sinks her fangs into the petrified victim, spitting out the venom of her embittered rage, and then leaves the lifeless body behind as she gathers her sinuous coils of deceptive lethargy and sniffs the air for the scent of hot blood, waiting for the next victim who will prolong her life... The Medusan vampire relies on snakelike subtlety to capture her prey.

"The true hero MUST be able to sense the Medusan viper who lurks under the veil of imploring vulnerability... note the term "sense" rather than "see." The myth tells us that it is extremely dangerous to look directly on the truth of this entity, for the vision will immobilize and destroy us.

"This means that the key to our approach to the Medusan vampire is to do it reflectively. If we have spent time in the company of someone who is a feminine vampire, we already have some Medusan behavior on which to reflect. By engaging in reflective exercises, we can safely bring the light of our consciousness to bear on the monster, without looking her full in the face and risking petrification by the pitifulness of her projected situation. ... Have we been pulled by our compassion to give more to this pathetic being, who seemed to be suffering unfairly? Have we felt guilt at the thought of abandoning her when the problems seemed too great? Has she induced guilt by claiming how worthless she is, so that you, fair champion, can assure her that she is not, indeed, worthless, but merely disadvantaged or in need of rescue?

"If you answer yes, you are dealing with a feminine vampire... a Medusa who is slowly turning you to stone.

"If this individual evokes your compassion, remember that Medusa's story was pathetic, too. But that did not lessen her dangerousness. Whenever we feel the pity and sympathy for the feminine vampire, we must recall the image of Perseus as he backed slowly toward the Gorgon... We must hold the image of Perseus close to our hearts and remember that if he had dropped his guard, let his attention waver for a moment, or glanced backward out of guilt or compassion, then we would have been transformed into yet another of Medusa's yard ornaments.

"An awareness of the feminine vampire's nature is critical to her deactivation, but it is not sufficient. In the stories of Perseus and Oedipus, the call of greater deeds and a higher good kept the champion from yielding to the ruses of the feminine vampire....." [Unholy Hungers, Barbara E. Hort, Shambhala, Boston & London, 1996]

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