|
"With the artistic symbol we sense deeper levels of
meaning, some of which may be translated into other discursive symbols."- Paul
Eduardo Muller-Ortega
"Effective rational propaganda
becomes possible only when there is a clear understanding, on the part of all
concerned, of the nature of symbols and of their relations to the things and
events symbolized.
Irrational propaganda depends for its effectiveness
on a general failure to understand the nature of symbols.
In their
propaganda today's dictators rely for the most part on repetition, suppression
and rationalization
- the repetition of catchwords which they wish to be accepted as true, the
suppression of facts which they wish to be ignored, the arousal and
rationalization of
passions which may be used in the interests of the Party or the State.
As the art and science of manipulation come to be better understood,
the dictators of the future will doubtless learn to combine these
techniques with
the non-stop
distractions which, in the West, are now threatening to drown in a sea of
irrelevance the rational propaganda
essential to the maintenance of individual liberty and the survival of
democratic institutions.
Stored in the minds and bodies of countless
individuals, this potential energy is released by, and transmitted along,
a line of symbols
carefully laid out so as to bypass rationality and obscure the real
issue.
Sometimes
the symbols take effect by being disproportionately impressive, haunting and
fascinating in their own right.
In commercial propaganda the
principle of the disproportionately fascinating symbol is clearly understood.
Every propagandist
has his Art Department, and attempts are constantly being made to beautify the
billboards with striking posters, the advertising pages of magazines
with lively drawings and photographs. There are no masterpieces; for
masterpieces appeal only to a limited audience, and
the commercial
propagandist is out to captivate the majority. Art is now expected to be like the products with
which it has been associated and for which it symbolically stands." " -
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Revisited
"Do not forget that the original meaning of all
letters and
numbers was a magical one! Hence the perils of the
soul."
Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Pages
528-529
"Large-scale efforts are being
made, often with impressive success, to channel our unthinking habits, our
purchasing decisions, and our
thought
processes by the use of insights gleaned from
psychiatry and the
social sciences.
Typically these
efforts take place beneath our level of awareness; so that the appeals
which move us are often, in a sense, "hidden."
The result is that many
of us are being influenced and manipulated, far more than we realize, in
the patterns of our everyday
lives.
In the imagery of print, film, and airwave
the typical American citizen is commonly
depicted as an uncommonly
shrewd person.
He or she is dramatized as a thoughtful voter,
rugged individualist, and, above all, as a careful, hardheaded consumer of the
products of American enterprise.
He is, in short, the flowering of
twentieth-century progress and
enlightenment.
Most of us like to fit ourselves into this image, and some of us are
justified.
The men and women who hold up these glowing images,
particularly the
professional persuaders, typically do so, however, with tongue in cheek.
The way these persuaders - who often refer to themselves as "symbol
manipulators" - see us in the quiet of their interoffice memos, trade journals,
and shop talk is frequently far less flattering, if more interesting.
Typically they see us as bundles of daydreams, misty hidden yearnings,
guilt complexes, irrational emotional blockages. We are image lovers given to
impulsive and compulsive acts. We annoy them with our seemingly senseless
quirks, but we please them with our growing docility in responding to their
manipulation of symbols that stir us to action. " - Vance
Packard
Nature of Symbols in the Language of
Thought
Thought is the manipulation of
symbols according to a set of rules.
Primitive material symbols are
mental representations not present in the
bicameral mind in the
same way as symbols are physically present.
Primitive material
symbols exist at a cognitive level outside of material representation on a
low level of consciousness in the realm of foundational conceptual
constructs.
Primitive material symbols are engaged by the bicameral mind
and fit together like pieces
in a jigsaw puzzle in low
level neurocomputational states to create elaborate
higher level
neurocomputational states through a series of logical {if, then} and {true,
false} operations.
The
highest level of neurocomputational states is
impossible to achieve if
foundational assumptions are
inaccurate.
Jesus said: "Everyone who comes to Me and hears My
words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man
building a house, who dug deep and
laid a foundation on the
rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and
could not shake it, because it had been well built." Luke 6:46-48
"Regarding language as an apparatus of symbols for the conveyance of
thought, we may say that, as in
a mechanical
apparatus, the more simple and the better arranged its parts, the greater
will be the effect produced.
A reader or listener has at each moment
but a limited amount of mental power available.
To recognize and
interpret the
symbols presented to him, requires part of this power; to arrange and combine
the images suggested requires a further part; and only that part which remains
can be used for realizing the thought conveyed.
Hence, the more time
and attention it takes to receive and understand each sentence, the less time
and attention can be given to the contained idea; and the less vividly will
that idea be conceived." - Herbert Spencer |
|
 |
This web site is not a commercial web site and
is presented for educational purposes only.
This website defines a
new perspective with which to engage reality to which its author adheres. The
author feels that the falsification of reality outside personal experience has
forged a populace unable to discern propaganda from reality and that this has
been done purposefully by an international corporate cartel through their
agents who wish to foist a corrupt version of reality on the human race.
Religious intolerance occurs when any group refuses to tolerate religious
practices, religious beliefs or persons due to their religious ideology. This
web site marks the founding of a system of philosophy named The Truth of the
Way of the Lumière Infinie - a rational gnostic mystery religion based
on reason which requires no leap of faith, accepts no tithes, has no supreme
leader, no church buildings and in which each and every individual is
encouraged to develop a personal relation with the Creator and Sustainer
through the pursuit of the knowledge of reality in the hope of curing the
spiritual corruption that has enveloped the human spirit. The tenets of The
Truth of the Way of the Lumière Infinie are spelled out in detail on
this web site by the author. Violent acts against individuals due to their
religious beliefs in America is considered a "hate crime."
This web site
in no way condones violence. To the contrary the intent here is to reduce the
violence that is already occurring due to the international corporate cartels
desire to control the human race. The international corporate cartel already
controls the world central banking system, corporate media worldwide, the
global industrial military entertainment complex and is responsible for the
collapse of morals, the elevation of self-centered behavior and the destruction
of global ecosystems. Civilization is based on coöperation.
Coöperation does not occur at the point of a gun.
American social
mores and values have declined precipitously over the last century as the
corrupt international cartel has garnered more and more power. This power rests
in the ability to deceive the populace in general through corporate media by
pressing emotional buttons which have been preprogrammed into the population
through prior corporate media psychological operations. The results have been
the destruction of the family and the destruction of social structures that do
not adhere to the corrupt international elites vision of
a perfect world. Through distraction and
coercion the direction of thought of the bulk of the population has been
directed toward solutions proposed by the corrupt international elite that
further consolidates their power and which further their purposes.
All
views and opinions presented on this web site are the views and opinions of
individual human men and women that, through their writings, showed the
capacity for intelligent, reasonable, rational, insightful and unpopular
thought. All factual information presented on this web site is believed to be
true and accurate and is presented as originally presented in print media which
may or may not have originally presented the facts truthfully. Opinion and
thoughts have been adapted, edited, corrected, redacted, combined, added to,
re-edited and re-corrected as nearly all opinion and thought has been
throughout time but has been done so in the spirit of the original writer with
the intent of making his or her thoughts and opinions clearer and relevant to
the reader in the present time.
Fair Use Notice
This site may contain copyrighted material the use of which has
not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making
such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of criminal
justice, human rights, political, economic, democratic, scientific, and social
justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such
copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In
accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is
distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in
receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For
more information see: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to
use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond
'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. |
 Copyright
© Lawrence Turner
All Rights Reserved
|