Normal – the non-existent patriarchal standard 2 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments When exploring feelings of unconscious shame and disgrace, it’s important to remember that these feelings always exist in response to judgment. Judgment, in its turn, is always against a standard. In our patriarchal society that standard […]
The god of patriarchy is an effigy of the Bronze Age nomadic warrior 1 September 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Patriarchy , No Comments The Book of Genesis tells us that “God created man in his own image” (1:27). The historical and psychological reality is diametrically opposite: man created God in […]
Our ‘inner child’ is the product of arrested development 11 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments The ‘inner child’ is a popular concept in pop-psychology to describe a wounded aspect of us, trapped like the child above in the fishbowl of adult life with no way to navigate that […]
Clearing the unconscious – a framework for healing 19 April 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Mother wound , Patriarchy , No Comments There are many different healing modalities to choose from. Regardless of how they work, the aim of all healing modalities—stated or otherwise—is clearing our unconscious. That’s because all […]
The unconscious – realm of subjective truth 11 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , No Comments The human unconscious cannot be understood through objective truth and empirical evidence. This fluid domain is a world ruled by subjective truth. The realm of the unconscious In Debugging the Universe, Laura Knight-Jadczyk […]
Tentacle Manga – Japan’s victim/victimizer dynamic in comics 3 November 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , Pornography , No Comments In May 2019 I published a blog titled The Alien inside us – the lower masculine victimizer. In it, I used Ridley Scott’s mandible and tentacle armed creature as a […]
In patriarchy, everything is toxic 2 September 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , No Comments The word ‘patriarchy’ is mostly understood in simplistic terms. Patriarchies are societies where men rule, and women get bashed down. The problem with this view is that it clouds the extent to which such societies […]
Patriarchy arose from a systemic fight-or-flight malfunction 26 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments In Generational trauma is a frozen fight-or-flight response, I describe how a malfunction of the fight-or-flight mechanism causes trauma, which can then be inherited. I’ll now extend that understanding to show how this fight-or-flight malfunction, […]
Patriarchy is an unhealthy form of homeostasis 24 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments If an alien were to visit our planet at the present time, and read any of the mainstream news outlets, they would have to conclude that humanity is an insane species. We so clearly need […]
Puberty shames teens into emotional stagnation 10 April 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , Shame , 2 Comments In Patriarchy demands that our relationships are stagnant, I describe how our current human paradigm only survives by locking us into relationships that promise satisfaction but are in fact emotionally and sexually sterile. To […]