the nexus and the phenomenon

Illustration of Tria Prima, from a German alchemical ms., c. 1600, Yale University Library

When I try to look at a star in the night sky, I have to look slightly to one side in order to see clearly the star (or more correctly, its light). "Nexus"--both the word and its manifestation--is similar. When I start trying to zero in on "nexus," it eludes me. I can glance it out of the corner of my inner eye. As soon as I focus on it, it zips away.

This reminds me of the phenomenon. Rather, the Phenomenon. The Phenomenon is the current term applied to anomalous phenomena that we have called UFOs, UAPs, aliens, non-human intelligence, etc.. When I read accounts of experiencers--people who have had direct encounters with the Phenomenon--I often see something like this: "I was looking right at it. As soon as I picked up my camera, it darted away at an unfathomable speed," or "Really. I took this photo of it. It was there before my eyes, but it isn't there in the photo."

The Phenomenon is, I believe, a nexus. It isn't a new nexus, but it's a new way the nexus is presenting itself.

What nexus? The nexus among hard science, "soft" science (e.g., psychology), philosophy, religion, spirituality, and the arts. I might shorten that by saying, the nexus between the humanities and the sciences. It's about time, I might add, tapping my foot.

Some people are fixated on proving that the Phenomenon is real. They want physical proof. The US Government (whatever that is...another topic for another day) is feeding this by taunting us with the promise of revelation of this physical evidence but then reneging. It's like a flirty potential partner. They engage with us just long enough to keep us interested but not long enough actually to create a relationship.

I invite you to contemplate this word, "nexus." Can you nail it down in your own experience? It reminds me also of karma/kamma. You think you have a bead on it until, whoops, it gets so damned complicated that you surrender to the complexity.

I have much, much more to say on the Phenomenon. Perhaps there's more to say on "nexus." For now, I suppose this is a teaser for the reader and a prompt for me. What the hell is going on???

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NOTE: The caption from the Tria Prima illustration above, in Jung's collected Alchemical Studies: "The spiritus mercurialis and his transformations represented as a monstrous dragon. It is a quaternity, in which the fourth is at the same time the unity of the three, the unity being symbolized by the mystagogue Hermes. The three (above) are (left to right): Luna, Sol. and coniunctio Solis et Lunae in Taurus, the House of Venus. Together they form [a symbol] = Mercurius. Illuminated drawing in a German alchemical ms., c. 1600"