CYCLE FOURTEEN: OF THE ID AND THE SOUL

1. Just as I wrote of the subjective self and the unself in terms of ego and mind, whether in connection with phenomenal planes or noumenal planes, so the objective self and the unself should be thought of in terms of id and soul, since the use by me, hitherto, of such paradoxical terms as, say, super-unego and super-unconscious or sub-unego and sub-unconscious for noumenal unego and unmind ... reflects an indirect and effectively male-biased descriptive methodology which necessarily fails to do adequate justice to the objectivity of the contexts in question, be they noumenal (as above) or phenomenal.

2. Hence we should conceive of both the id and the soul as the female equivalents of the ego and the mind, since both the objective self and the unself derive from corresponding modes of not-self and selflessness, whether universally (in noumenal contexts) or personally (in phenomenal contexts), and are accordingly manifestations not of form and content but of power and glory, the power and glory, affiliated to barbarity and civility, of metachemical and/or chemical self/unself-realization.

3. Therefore just as we have a progression from ego to mind on the male side of life, so things proceed from id to soul on its female side, with the development from objective self to unself via the utilization of the objective not-self and selflessness.

4. Thus we may distinguish between the outer metachemical universal self of what may be called the super-id (super-unego) and the outer metachemical universal unself of the supersoul (super-unconscious), as things proceed from the outer metachemical universal not-self of the superbarbarous (super-unnatural) eyes to the outer metachemical universal selflessness of supercivility (super-unculture), following the utilization of sight by the super-id for purposes of looking.

5. For whereas the will of the eyes is simply to see, only the super-id can utilize the eyes to look, the optical equivalent of listening, and what is looked at becomes equivalent to selfless universality, from which there must necessarily be a reaction by the supersoul of the outer metachemical universal unself which may well amount, depending on the aesthetic value of the object of sight, to sensual love, the kernel of the unself in question.

6. Likewise, we should distinguish between the inner metachemical universal self of the sub-id (sub-unego) and the inner metachemical universal unself of the subsoul (sub-unconscious), as things proceed from the inner metachemical universal not-self of the sub-barbarous (sub-unnatural) heart to the inner metachemical universal selflessness of subcivility (sub-unculture), following the utilization of emotion by the sub-id for purposes of feeling (love).

7. For whereas the will of the heart is simply to beat, only the sub-id can utilize the heart to feel, and what is felt upon is equivalent to selfless universality, from which there must necessarily be a reaction by the subsoul of the inner metachemical universal unself which may well amount, depending on the emotional value of the object of love, to sensible love, the kernel of the unself in question.

8. Dropping from the space-time axis of metachemical materialism to the volume-mass axis of chemical realism, as from fire to water, one must distinguish, in the volumetric context, between the outer chemical personal self of the upper id (upper unego) and the outer chemical personal unself of the upper soul (upper unconscious), as things proceed from the outer chemical personal not-self of the upper-barbarous (upper-unnatural) tongue to the outer chemical personal selflessness of upper civility (upper unculture), following the utilization of speech by the upper id for purposes of talking.

9. For whereas the will of the tongue is simply to taste, only the upper id can utilize the tongue to speak, and what is spoken is equivalent to selfless personality, from which there must necessarily be a reaction by the upper soul of the outer chemical personal unself which may well amount, depending on the personality value of the object of speech, to sensual pride, the kernel of the unself in question.

10. Likewise, one should distinguish between the inner chemical personal self of the lower id (lower unego) and the inner chemical personal unself of the lower soul (lower unconscious), as things proceed from the inner chemical personal not-self of the lower-barbarous (lower-unnatural) womb to the inner chemical personal selflessness of lower civility (lower unculture), following the utilization of conception by the lower id for purposes of breeding.

11. For whereas the will of the womb is simply to ovulate, only the lower id can utilize the womb to conceive, and what is conceived is equivalent to selfless personality, from which there must necessarily be a reaction by the lower soul of the inner chemical personal unself which may well lead, depending on the emotional value of the object of conception, to sensible pride, the kernel of the unself in question.