I have discussed Robert Moore's work in numerous OEN articles. See, for example, my OEN article "Robert Moore on Optimal Human Psychological Development" (dated September 17, 2024). In it, I criticize the Roman Catholic Church's individual personal moral vision, which I see as expressing what Robert Moore refers to as the Impotent Lover "shadow" form of the masculine Lover archetype in the human psyche and as expressing what Robert Moore refer to as the Impotent Lover "shadow" form of the feminine Lover archetype in the human psyche.
Now, in my estimate, President Trump is mainlining four "shadow" forms of the four masculine archetypes of maturity:
(1) The Tyrant King "shadow" form of the King archetype of maturity;
(2) The Sadist "shadow" form of the masculine Warrior/Knight archetype of maturity;
(3) The Detached Manipulator "shadow" form of the masculine Magician/Shaman archetype of maturity;
(4) The Addicted Lover "shadow" form of the masculine Lover archetype of maturity.
Harvard's Shakespeare specialist Stephen Greenblatt has explored Shakespeare's view of the Tyran King "shadow" form of the King archetype in the male psyche is his short book Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics (2018).
Now, Trump's many American supporters, both male and female, are also mainlining these four "shadow" forms of the four masculine archetypes of maturity in their psyches.
(But it does not necessarily follow that Trump's many American critics are NOT also mainlining these same four "shadow" forms of the four masculine archetypes of maturity in their psyches. They may be. Then again, they may not be. Some of Trump's American critics may be drawing on the optimal and positive forms of the eight archetypes of maturity in their psyches.)
Yes, to be sure, Trump has many American supporters. His many American supporters may include some of our friends and neighbors - and scripture says that we are supposed to love our neighbors, even if they are Trump supporters.
Scripture references advocating love include the following (enumerated here is no particular order): (1) Leviticus 19:18; (2) Matthew 22:34-39; (3) Mark 12:28-31; (4) Luke 10:25-37; (5) John 13:34; (6) Galatians 5:14; (7) 1John 4:21; (8) Romans 15:1-2; (9) 1Corinthians 10:25; and (10) James 2:8.
Now, Shakespeare famously wrote love sonnets, some of which hint at a male lover. Oddly enough, a version of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116" is the topic of the news story by Amelia Nierenberg in The New York Times titled "Not Time's Fool: A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered: An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare's most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different" (dated March 4, 2025).
The gist of Amelia Nierenberg's NYT news article is that the variation of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 116," which according to her report, "has a different opening, ending and seven additional lines, reads more like a celebration of political loyalty than romantic love." Yes, above and beyond, and besides romantic love, there is also political loyalty that involves a certain kind of love.
My point about love here is not to try to list all the different kinds of human love - but to acknowledge here the sheer spectrum of human love and loyalty to a certain other person and even love and loyalty to a certain cause that one favors.
For example, in the present essay, I am once again manifesting my love of and loyalty to the work of my former teacher at Saint Louis University, Walter J. Ong.
Now, I have explored how the form of love known as infatuation also influenced me and my life from late August 2024 into September 2024 when I watched the DVD version of the 1970s Wonder Woman television series, starring the beautiful young Lynda Carter (born in 1951), on the large-screen television in the living room of my home in Duluth, Minnesota. I was infatuated with her beautiful body. My infatuation with her beautiful body was accompanied by my feeling mildly euphoric for about ten weeks in the fall of 2024 - until shortly before the presidential election on November 5, 2024.
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