Collective Psychology of Money

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1 Collective Psychology of Money prof. Bernardas Lietaeras 2011 m. rugsėjo d. Integralinės erdvės konferencija XXI amžiaus renesansas: inovatyvios mokymosi ir bendradarbiavimo formos. Bendruomeninės valiutos projektai Daugiau informacijos: tel.: ,

2 Common Sense Frameworks Western (Aristotle) Linear Causality Cause => Effect Eastern (Taoism) Primordial Cause (God, Monad, Logos, Big Bang, etc.) Living Systems emerge from Yin-Yang interaction

3 Preliminary Concepts Yang Coherence Competition Efficacy Having, Doing Peak Experience Technology dominates Bigger is better, Expansion Hierarchy works best Central Authority Transcendent God Yin Coherence Cooperation Resilience Being Endurance-sustainability Interpersonal Skills Dominate Small is Beautiful, Conservation Egalitarian Works Best Mutual Trust Immanent Divinity

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5 Preliminary Concepts Money = an agreement (usually unconscious) within a community to use something as a medium of exchange. Yang Currencies Issued by central authority Monopoly, hierarchical control Scarcity-based promotes competition Incentive to accumulate and concentrate (interest) Yin Currencies issued by users themselves Open, Democratic control Sufficiency-based Promotes cooperation Incentive to circulate (no interest, or demurrage) (= parking charge for hoarding money, i.e. the inverse of interest)

6 The last beings to comprehend the nature of water, are fish So are humans about money

7 The Monetary Blind Spot We all consider the monopoly of one type of currency as obvious => Blind Spot Monetary blind spot is due to Historical Habit? Ideological Brainwash? Academic Taboo? Lobbying Power? Accumulation of all the above

8 Historical Habit Patriarchal vs. Matrifocal Monetary Systems Patriarchal Societies Monopoly of Yang Currency, with interest => Great for Industrial Revolution But Promotes: Booms & Bust cycles Concentration of wealth Destroys community (incompatible with gift economy) Matrifocal Societies Dual Currency Systems Yang for long-distance with strangers Yin for community exchanges Promotes: Economic stability for centuries General well-being for the little people Builds and sustains community

9 Ideological Polarization Marx-Engels Marxist- Leninists Communism Public Ownership Governmental Initiatives Central Planning Classical (Smith, Mills ) Austrians (Hayek, von Mises) Capitalism Private Ownership Private Initiatives Market Trotskyists Maoists Keynes Keynesians Neo-liberal (Friedman, Chicago )

10 Ideological Blind Spot Marx-Engels Marxist- Leninists Classical (Smith, Mills ) Austrians (Hayek, von Mises) Trotskyists Maoists Keynes Keynesians Neo-liberal (Friedman, Chicago )

11 Ideological Blind Spot Communism Public Ownership Governmental Initiatives Central Planning Capitalism Private Ownership Private Initiatives Market. Monopoly of national currency in form of bank debt Common Bias becomes blind spot

12 Blind Spot Academic Taboo Difference between Nobel Price for Economics & other five Nobel prices? Never touch the money system

13 Three Questions Why are money questions taboo? Why has every Modern society - independently of cultural or political background - accepted the conventional national money system as self-evident? Why is this changing now?

14 Plan Archetypes and Money Key Concepts The Great Mother Archetype The Archetypal Human The Archetypal Human and Money Synthesis Conclusion

15 Key Psychological Concepts Each society tends to accept its money unconsciously, as self-evident. => Money lives in Collective Psychology Archetypal Psychology = Best Tool available to explore Collective Psychology, group emotions Archetype = Pattern of Emotions and Actions which can be observed across time and culture (ex: Warrior Archetype) Shadow = manifestation of the Archetype when it is repressed

16 Key Psychological Concepts (2) Archetype # 1: The Sovereign Archetype The Sovereign (King/Queen) (when healthy) mobilizes, accepts, and integrates the forces of all the other archetypes. It is the integrating force at the core of the psyche. It is androgynous (both male and female, integrating the energies of both the King and the Queen).

17 Key Psychological Concepts (3) The Sovereign Archetype Sovereign integrating the Yin & Yang Sun and Moon Sword and Tree of Life

18 Key Concepts (4) Yin, Yang and Jung Sovereign (King/ Queen) Tyrant (Yang shadow) Ego fear Abdicator (Yin shadow)

19 Key Concepts (5) Integration Sovereign (King/ Queen) Ego Tyrant (Yang shadow) fear Abdicator (Yin shadow)

20 Archetype #5: The Great Mother Archetype Great Mother Archetype associated with material abundance, sexuality, fertility, money. All earliest money systems were associated with the Great Mother archetype Oldest known currency = Sumerian Shekel (3200 BC) Juno Moneta = Goddess temple where first Roman mint was placed (=> money )

21 Repression of Great Mother Archetype

22 The Great Mother Archetype and Her Shadows Greed Yang shadow fear Scarcity Yin shadow Great Mother Our official money system embodies these two emotions via interest and scarcity Adam Smith s economics = allocation of scarce resources by the exercise of individual greed Materialism = Great Mother shadow (mater = mother) NB: Great Mother was archetype for sexuality, life-death, and money => 3 Western tabus!

23 Archetypal Human Sovereign (King/ Queen) Warrior Lover Magician (Priest, Scientist) Great Mother (Provider)

24 Archetypal Human Integration Sovereign (King/ Queen) Warrior Lover Magician (Priest, Scientist) Great Mother (Provider)

25 Archetypal Human Integration Sovereign (King/ Queen) Warrior Relating to Others Lover Magician (Priest, Scientist) Great Mother (Provider) Relating to Universe / Material World

26 The Universal Human and its Shadows yang shadow Yin shadow Tyrant Abdicator Sovereign (King/ Queen) Sadist Warrior Lover Addicted Masochist Impotent Hyper-rational (Apollonian) Chaotic (Dyonisian) Magician (Priest, Scientist) Great Mother (Provider) Scarcity Greed

27 Plan Archetypes and Money Synthesis Why Now? Conclusions

28 System View Living with a Single Yang Currency National Currency Created as Bank-debt (competitive, scarce) Taxes Subsidies Competitive/Global Economy (Financial Capital) Cooperative/Regional Economy (Social Capital) Commercial Transactions Tax- Deductions Non-Profits Community Transactions

29 Role of Complementary Currencies National currencies (competitive, scarce) Complementary Currencies (cooperative, sufficient) Competitive Economy (Yang) Cooperative Economy (Yin) Commercial Exchanges Community Exchanges

30 Archetypal Human and Money Yin-Yang Complementary Economies/Currencies National currencies (competitive, scarce) Warrior Sovereign Lover Community Currencies (cooperative, sufficient) Yang Economy Yin Economy Magician (Religion, Science) Great Mother

31 The Problem is NOT our yang money The Problem is the MONOPOLY of yang money

32 Plan Preliminary Concepts Archetypes and Money Why Now? Conclusions

33 The Rise of the Integrative Subculture Major survey of changes of values through scientific sample of 100,000 people over more than 30 years focus groups. See Ray & Anderson The Cultural Creatives => 3 Subcultures Traditionalists (religious conservatives) 20% Modernists (dominant culture, media) 46% Integrative Culture 34%

34 Evolution over Time of the Three Subcultures (millions of adults, US, ) Cultural Creatives Modernists Traditionalists By 2010, there are 75 Million Americans + 95 Million Western Europeans +??? Million Others who abandoned Modernist worldview and embraced Integral one

35 The Rise of the Integrative Subculture Integrative culture ( Cultural Creatives ) is only growing subculture in past 30 years rose from negligible to over one third men/women most educated subculture: most college graduates 2 subgroups - spiritual integration - greens Numbers underestimated even by their members - because no leaders or gathering place

36 Rise of Yin Values Yin emergence very broad, for instance: Rise of Quantum, Chaos and Complexity theories vs. Newtonian worldview. Holistic medicine (body-mind-soul integration) vs. traditional Western medicine Internet: first Yin space (self-organizing, uncontrollable) Environmentalism Women s issues Spiritual creativity

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38 The Long View 1950 (50 years) Cold War

39 The Long View 1750 Industrial Age (250 years) 1950 (50 years) Cold War

40 The Long View Longer waves embrace, direct and feed shorter ones What ties these waves to today s crisis? Answer: Patriarchal Money System 1750 Industrial Age (250 years) 1950 (50 years) Cold War AD Modernist (500 years) 500BC Hyper-Rationalist (2500 years) 3000BC Patriarchal (5000 years)

41 The Long View Planetary Wisdom Civilization 1750 Industrial Age (250 years) 1950 (50 years) Cold War AD Modernist (500 years) 500BC Hyper-Rationalist (2500 years) 3000BC Patriarchal (5000 years)

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43 Conclusions Answering the Three Questions Question #1: Why are money questions tabu? The 3 tabus of sex, death and money are all three attributes of the same Great Mother archetype, therefore appeared together and all three will be challenged within one generation Question #2: Why has every Modern society accepted the current national money system as self-evident? common denominator: Patriarchal value system => Strong Yang Currencies become self-evident - Monopoly of Yang currencies replicates and enforces a Yang value system on society Question #3: Why is it changing now? Significance of emergence of Yin complementary Currencies bbbbb Instability of dominant Yang system?

44 Conclusions for Lithuania We are living through an accelerated planetary psychological and spiritual awakening Spiritual creativity, rather than materialistic productivity, has historically been Russia s main export to the world

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