A SPECULATIVE REACH

JUNGIAN DEPTH PSYCHOLOGY

APPLIED TO DONALD TRUMP

It is not a foolish question to wonder if Donald Trump could have become a manifest incarnation of some substantial portion of the Collective Shadow, a portion shaped by the unconscious minds of millions of people of this nation.

There is a long and recognized world wide history of psychic elements becoming so empowered they take on material form. That strange process was not required here. The incarnate human was here.

Trump was a preexisting material form waiting to be possessed by an element of the Collective Shadow. This is a much simpler process than that of Golem and Tulpa creation.

This sounds unbelievably far out. It is not. The Golem of Jewish tradition and the Tibetan thought forms known as Tulpas are the two best known examples of thought forms becoming materially manifest. These are manifest, incarnate creatures produced by the psychic powers of holy men. They can gain sufficient energy to become independent and cause trouble and must be dissolved by their creators.

In Trumps case, no new material manifestation is required. Possession of a willing human who’s mind and psyche were previously prepared to cooperate with the invading spirit is fairly common throughout history. Possession of an unwilling victim is much more rare and psychologically complicated.

If this might be Trump’s story, it could explain the almost mystical power Trump holds over millions of…