2 Archetype, Master Narrative, Tarot Bibliography By Mike Sosteric If you’re interested in learning more about archetypes, master narratives, and the tarot, here is a short list of recommended resources. I’ll add to this list as time passes. Arendt, H. (1969). On Violence. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Provides some theoretical statements on power, authority, violence, and how the elite’s use these to maintain the Regime of Accumulation. The master narrative constructed by elites constitutes power and authority and reduces elite reliance on violence, which is a good thing, for elites, since, as Arendt points out, over reliance on violence ultimately undermines elite power. Blaut, J. M. (1993). The colonizer’s model of the world: Geographical diffusionism and eurocentric history. Guilford Press. An analysis of Eurocentric Diffusionism which is an ideological system that privileges white, male, European actors. Contains remnants and reformulations of the ancient Zoroastrian archetypes. Boyce, M. (2001). Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Routledge. Boyce describes the elite co-optation of Zoroastrian mysticism and its reconstruction in the Sassanian “Symbol Factory,” the high court of the high priest Tanser Decker, R., Depaulis, T., & Dummett, M. (1996). A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot. St Martin’s Press. https://amzn.to/2IZWeX4 3 A classic and authoritative study on the masonic/elite origins of the western tarot Decker, R., & Dummett, M. (2002). A history of the occult tarot, 1870-1970. Duckworth. https://amzn.to/2I2EIAb Another classic and authoritative study on the masonic/elite origins of the western tarot Ellens, J. H. (2001). Introduction: The Destructive Power of Religion. In J. H. Ellens (Ed.), The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (pp. 1–9). Praegar. Ellens identifies what he calls the “Master Story,” which is just his name for the elite master narrative Halverson, J. R., Goodall, H. L., & Corman, S. R. (2011). Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism. Palgrave Macmillan. A discussion of master narratives, narratives, and stories in the context of Islamic extremism. Demonstrates how archetypes in the master narrative, like good versus evil, “only the chosen,” get used by extremist elites to weaponize the people and defend against western imperialism McHoul, A., & Grace, W. (1993). A Foucault Primer: Discourse, Power and the Subject. Routledge. The Masonic Tarot and the Master Narrative it derives from can be seen as contributing to discourses in the Foucaudian sense, so why not learn some Foucault. Sosteric, Michael. (2021a). Allegory of the Blindfold. Literally Literary. https://www.academia.edu/35424685/Allegory_of_the_Blindfold Sosteric, Michael. (2021b). The Triumph of Spirit Archetype System. https://www.academia.edu/45822163/The_Triumph_of_Spirit_Archetype_System Provides an introduction to master narratives, narratives, stories, symbol factories, ideological institutions, and archetypes. Identifies the Triumph of Spirit Archetype system as an alternative 4 the elite created Master Narrative Sosteric, Mike. (2014). A Sociology of Tarot. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 39(3). https://www.academia.edu/25055505/ Identifies the Masonic (Rider-Waite) tarot as a narrative derived from the ancient Zoroastrian master narrative created by Tanser, and created to lubricate the transfer of power from feudal to industrial elites. Sosteric, Mike. (2018). Star Wars is a religion that primes us for war and violence. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/star-wars-is-a-religion-that-primes-us-for-war-and-violence-89443 An article that points out how Star Wars implements the elite master narrative, in a way that can help prime a population to aggress against others. Sosteric, Mike. (2020). A Short Sociology of Archetypes. https://www.academia.edu/44254363/ Sosteric, Mike. (2021). Rethinking the Origins and Purpose of Religion: Jesus, Constantine, and the Containment of Global Revolution. Athens Journal of Social Sciences. https://www.academia.edu/34970150/ Makes the argument that the Catholic religion was organized by elite actors to suppress the revolutionary potential of Christianity. Sosteric, Mike. (Unpublished). From Zoroaster to Star Wars, Jesus to Marx: The Art, Science, and Technology of Human Manipulation. https://www.academia.edu/34504691 Identifies an important source of the common archetypes (good versus evil, justice/punishment/ reward) used by elites to construct their master narrative.