Shamanic Voices - Episode 16 - Us Versus Me: Group or Personal Identify, Shaking it loose, the Law of Jante

Shamanic Voices

We begin with examining group and personal identity as Bryan describes what comes up, at of all places, a rock concert 7/10. From that we springboard into rock concerts or mass sporting events as a form of religious participation- makes more sense that you might thing, right off.. We also discuss how the anonymous person in the mass society sometimes tries to speak him/her self larger than they really are, how narcissistic posturing (‘a legend in his own mind’) is a poor substitute for the real personal distinction that is earned or won through intention + concerted effort + stamina. Finally, we explore the unofficial “law” of Scandinavian society, the Law of Jante- an interesting contrast to noisy pseudo-‘individualism’.