Anima - A Sleep Token Theory.
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- Welcome to "Anima - A Sleep Token Theory," a comprehensive exploration into the symbiotic relationship between Sleep Token's transcendent music and the profound psycho-spiritual concepts of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
In this deep dive, we'll dissect how Sleep Token's sonic tapestry embodies archetypes and anima possession, guiding listeners on an odyssey through the labyrinth of the unconscious towards individuation.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of the psyche and embark on a journey of self-discovery.
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Finally someone who sees sleep token as I do. I believe it's all about ourselves and our fight within.
100%
I see all art as expressions of the unconscious, often asking us to develop those parts.
Beautifully put. @@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement
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Ever since my integration event, I realized that our creative geniuses shed deep light on the unconscious, and that there is a reason certain stories pull us in.
For me, the way Hans Zimmer writes music, or the themes in Chritopher Nolans movies, games like Dark Souls, character development in The Last Airbender, and a band like Sleep Token have been like Sleep watching and guiding me.
Same thought as a licensed psychologist. Vess is talking about the Dark parts of ourselves
This is totally all about shadow. Concsiously personifying my unconscious has been a helpful exercise.
Vessel definitely has a gift for showing how deep and vulnerable he truly is, but somehow making it so accessable to everyone. This band deserves every accolade they receive and then some.
100% agree. It's amazing what happens when the unconscious is explored courageously & not left by the wayside to manifest a "destiny" for us..
This has brought on a completely different meaning to what I've been singing along with for the last 2 months non stop! Preaching. Worshipping. This is amazing! Thank you
Appreciate your kind words! Glad you enjoyed it.
Right? I made this connection after finishing the red book for the second time and having been obsessed with this band for a very long time. And I searched the internet for 2 minutes and this brilliant gent starts telling the same story I was living. I’m crying watching this.
Last year, my friend and I sat down and discussed how this music touched me and others and the imagery and at one point she looked at me and said wait, this is very Jungian. Have you seen Carl Jungs redbook? I said no.
I have been down a spiritual/ musical rabbit hole and im so happy you have the space to make videos about it.
I think fall for me allowed me to project my need for someone else to be there for me. I desperately needed to feel not alone. I've desperately needed a community and some kind of enjoyment in life.
This has been a strange journey. Im glad others are in it too.
CS Lewis said "I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief."
Shadow work has absolutely changed my life.
It’s amazing how much art can affect us. This whole journey from awakening to this concept, to story boarding, leaving breadcrumbs on TikTok and here, creating and editing the video has been a wild experience for me. So much synchronicity. The cool thing is I know, I can feel that it’s just the beginning of something wonderful!
I think that deep down I really wanted the “meaning” to be about a relationship with another person, not with myself. This interpretation hits WAY harder and makes me really want to do some serious reflection and true work on myself. Thank you so much. Brilliant work!
Thank you so much for your comment & your vulnerability in sharing.
The humility that comes from acceptance right before venturing into the unconscious is a powerful moment of clarity.
It’s like taking a final breath of air as you’ve been treading water in rough seas & accepting your fate that “what you seek the most is where you least want to look” and that place will always be in the shadow, the unconscious.
You’ve got this but remember you don’t have to do it alone. What resources do you need to be successful in ALL you strive towards?
I agree. But at is subjective it can mean whatever you want it to. I still think about relationships with others when I listen to this, but clearly it's all about Vessel's resolve within himself, right?
When I heard "DYWTYLM" I knew it was really about loving ourselves
It is about another person. And it's about oneself. And it's about a god. It's art so it's about whatever you feel it is about.
I am so glad I found this video. Thank you for putting words to my thoughts. I have never been swept away by a band more than Sleep Token has done to me. I just vibe with them on a deeper level and higher frequency. 🖤
I wasn't sure if others saw the connections to Jungian shadow work. I am so happy that this community is here.
Saw them for the first time the other night and found myself multiple times with my hands raised in the air singing and my eyes closed. It made me feel like I was a kid in sunday school again and felt like I was really worshiping the music. Their music invokes so much emotion from inside me it made me fall in love with the band. So talented and so beautiful.
Worship!
I had the same experience when I saw them in Brisbane a few weeks ago. I’m still processing what actually went on.
Ok cause at sick new world, I kept finding my hands raised and crying. It just felt good. Healing .
We (humans) are spiritual beings having a physical experience. We evolved in small communities where our times around the fire, telling mystical (metaphorical) stories applied meaning and a self orienting north start for our mode of being.
Without that, we live in a dead society & dying world.
We need places to connect to ourselves and something divine.
It’s sorely missed in this “modern” world.
I’m sooo glad you say this because I have spent many of these songs blasting and realizing after my eyes open, tears rolling down, and I see arms raised… worshiping 🖤🖤🖤🖤
As someone who found Sleep Token through TikTok, all of the different opinions and ideas of what Vessel is saying in his lyrics were taken into consideration. Sex, pain, love, trust, distrust, hurt, rage, fear, so many emotions and unknowns that collided in a mystery known as Sleep Token.
The discovery of self, the focus on that inner darkness, to connect with the unknowns of the universe, blends so seamlessly to show another view of the lyrics.
I love psychology, I love looking inward, I also fear what I find because “why” is sometimes just pain and fear and sadness.
I’ve heard people call Sleep Token a cult. Maybe it is, maybe it is a cult of self discovery and self actualization and understanding through music. Art is its own language with many interpretations. I’ll sign up for this cult if it means I can shine a light on the darkest parts of myself and welcome them into existence.
Thank you for this
I'm currently struggling deeply with a lot of things for the Nth year in a row, and I've gotta tell you, this is one of the very few videos that I've decided to make a "Life Changing Videos" playlist out of. I've watched this video twice now, and honestly? I don't think this is just a theory. A SLEEP TOKEN THEORY. Nah mate. I think you've cracked it; you've cracked Sleep Token. I don't know, it's that inner knowing part of my spirit that tells me this is at least mostly correct, aside from the minor details you've missed - like the cockroach - or oversimplified, generalized. And it's like I always knew, in the back of my mind, even though I never had any elaborate understanding of any of Carl Jung's work.
Genuinely, amazing work man. This video is a banger that I know will leave a huge impact on a lot of people, which a lot of people miss at first, because like me, they gloss over the thing they've a deep soulful interest in at first - due to changing tides, whatever it may be - until someone guides them to a better/different/more correct perception of it.
Thank you so much for this.
I don't have words to reply with but a complete and humble gratitude. Thank you.
Also, your final speech in this video was very genuine. I could feel that. There is something special about you. Keep spreading your knowledge and light. Thanks 🙏
i’ve been sitting here trying to figure out how to construct the thoughts in my head into words, and i’m struggling. this breakdown was everything i needed to clear up this frustration and sadness that i’ve been feeling about not being able to understand why im so intensely drawn to ST and their lyrics. i cried through parts of this video finally knowing why i connected so deeply with specific songs and vessels struggles. i always thought the dialogues in their songs referenced two separate beings, but having this perspective of both sides of the dialogue coming from one Self makes me feel something i can’t quite explain. i know i have so much work to do within myself now, and my journey starts now. i found sleep token a couple years ago, but within the last couple months i have become completely enthralled and consumed by their music after seeing them live. it was an otherworldly experience, completely magical. it’s all i’ve been able to think about since. this brought me so much peace and has made me LOVE sleep token even more. i have a much deeper appreciation for vessels storytelling and lyricism after this video. thank you so much for this, truly. i have been stuck in a cycle of distraction and i believe im finally breaking the habit. i want to reach wholeness and unity within myself, i think its what i’ve been searching for all this time. again, thank you for this. i know now that i have so much work to do 🖤
Thank you for your vulnerabilitiy & sharing these powerful words. I hope you continue to integrate the lessons and become ALL you could become!
Hi 👋 As an English major and educator, I can say your thesis is spectacular. It is very convincing, which is a tell tale sign of an excellent thesis. Thank you for the research and passion you put into this video. I’ve been a Sleep Token fan for about a year now and I have also analyzed their lyrics so it was very enjoyable to watch a like-minded individual’s take on this deeply profound band.
Appreciate the work you put into this, thank you. I will be listening to it more than once. ❤ I'm 60, still delving into the meaning of my life. Great work!
Appreciate your kind words.
It’s amazing how music knows no bounds, isn’t it?
dang... such a great high IQ video explanation with clear terminology for everyone to understand. Just hoping that most of people will wanna dive deep without having their quick attention shifted, as the Society trend to become more and more, nowadays. Good job mate, keep up
Amazingly articulated. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Well done 🎉
Can't help but come back to this half a year later. I suspect additional viewings as I continue to heal. Thank you, David.
OMFG MY WORLDS HAVE COLLIDED!!!!! I was recommended to ST by friends who know how obsessed I am with dream analysis! Not knowing I’d become DEEPLY invested, psychologically, bc of Jungian theory!!! This is wonderful; thank you!!!!!!
Thank you so much. "It was no accident" *ugly cries in synchronicity*
I'm 29 minutes 55 seconds in, and you're blowing my mind so hard that I'm at a complete loss for words. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this!
Thank you so much. I hope it helps you connect to a deeper part of yourself that guides you to become all you could possibly become!
I am soooo excited to watch this and have been waiting for you to do this!! Sleep Token music has had a weird, unexpected, transformative impact on me and over the last year I’ve become the real me and had the courage to express who I am inside. It’s actually been a really rocky ride but coming out of it has been amazing.
I am well versed in this rocky ride. If you need support, reach out. You're never alone.
It's crazy that I'm Audhd and a sleep token and psychology fan. I love the video and am glad to find someone like me.
Great to have you here along on this amazing journey we call life. What an absolute gift we have bestowed upon us to live, play, explore and experience this all!
You Sir have opened a whole new chapter to this beautiful ride and transformation. Incredible work..thank-you, and I believe She is happy and grateful as well
Thank you so much Steven. Adding another powerful lens to why this art moves us so much makes me appreciate them so much more.
The time they put into their craft, musicianship, lyrics, aesthetics from my perspective is 100% intentional for a much higher purpose.
But that is how I choose to look at life. I believe there is a divine coherence that everyone can connect to that provides meaning, purpose and interconnection between all things.
I am halfway through and I just had to pause to tell you, this is incredible and I’m so glad someone else is so insanely obsessed with them.
Thank you so much! This band and their art has given me so much so i wanted to give something meaningful back ❤️
@@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement this band truly has saved me in a way I’m not sure I could ever express and everyday I have a moment where I’m truly just so grateful to be alive because, of this band.
This will be a re watch for sure. It’s really cool how on my journey and where I’m at now coordinates to the songs & albums, showing me what I went through and where I’m at
This was so good!!! Thank you tik tok for bringing me here. I thought about it too, that all the songs are about a relationship between a man and a woman, but your explanations sit so much more with me. I LOVE THIS!!! Leaving me aware, that there is so much inner work to still be done, and probably will never really be finished. Scared me at first to think about it that way, but now, it gives me more and more power, to do the work daily, and to be a better person, for myself and my family, even tho they may never change themselves, I will die at peace knowing I did my best on my part.
You'll continue to grow in future lives. You'll get there. That's what I believe. We'll all get there. In love.
Thank you so much. The greatest relationship we will ever have, is the one with ourselves.
From that comes every other relationship.
I love that the inner work will never be done. It reminds me of a passage from Tao Te Ching, “In pursuit of knowledge,
every day something is added.
In the practice of the Tao,
every day something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things,
until finally you arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done,
nothing is left undone.
True mastery can be gained
by letting things go their own way.
It can’t be gained by interfering.”
I believe it is about finding “the way” or “the tao” in everything as to leave nothing undone. It IS the way.
Yes, thank you! This shadow work makes so much sense and makes my pagan heart so full. Sleep Token is amazing!
Incredible video!!! From someone who has studied alchemy and Jung for years and Loves Sleep Token, this blew my mind!! I can totally see it now!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
Appreciate you and your kind words. What a time to be alive where we have art to articulate our psycho-spiritual alchemical works!
I’m so grateful to be alive in this time and this place. As polarised and painful this world is, there are glimmers of divinity everywhere.
Thank you for this! I’ve literally been going through this video for days as I stop and listen to the songs you speak about and I pull out a dream dictionary. Getting so much out of each song it’s brilliant.
This is great! I knew they were telling a story of becoming one or whole and portraying it for all to see, but could never put it into words like you did. I knew every lyric and symbol meant something. When I tell you I cried through this whole video…. Vore is my favorite. I think its placement is there because, even though we’ve accepted it, we have to return to do shadow work and sometimes it’s inconvenient and can be maddening. I feel something huge coming from Sleep Token. I really appreciate the time you’ve put into this!
Thank you so much. This was a labour of love & almost 50 hours went into it.
It’s amazing at the unconscious signs, symbols and metaphors that are going on inside their art.
It’s gorgeous.
Madness how this hasn’t got more views! This just helps put sleep tokens message into perspective and how it helps us bring out the best in ourselves in you surrender and accept your inner self and truths.
I don’t know much about Carl jung but I’m going to know, thank you R.Y.S.E.
Appreciate your kind words. This was very much something that (& I hate this damn term lol) birthed through me. Majority of it I just had to step aside and let what came through, come.
@ you’re welcome! Had to be said! I’m still baffled as to how this isn’t a mainstream video everyone is watching and sharing! You have a easy and welcoming way of explaining things and putting it into a perspective that really hits home in profound realisation which I had no idea that anyone else thought they way I do so I have to thank you for that as I’m now diving deep into Carl Jung now and getting the answers I need.
Thank you
I'm understanding so much more here, this really makes me wanna go down the rabbithole of jungs work.
By the time you started analyzing the lyrics it felt like something big is dawning on me. The moment the music kicked in (roughly 31:10) gave me goosbumps
This is crazy; I discovered and started listening to ST right around the same time I bought and worked through a Shadow Journal that was based on Jung’s ideas while seeking professional help through therapy. I made such progress in working on my trauma and depression while ST slowly but surely became my favorite band to listen to. I went to see ST live last week in Asheville and the experience was other worldly and very emotional; almost like it unlocked emotional responses to music and just in general I never had before. Having these interests and experiences connect together in this way makes SO MUCH SENSE and definitely makes me love their music even more. It also makes me realize why my creativity has been stuck; I still have more inner work to do. Thank you for this amazing breakdown and connection 🖤
Love that last sentence for you! There is always more inner work to be done. Even when you think you're done with a hero's journey cycle ending; it's time to integrate it into who you are intentionally BEcoming.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for putting it into words! I've been telling people about this, though in a more spiritual/gnostic perspective. And I think I was missing some grounding elements, which Jung provides beautifully! I'm obsessed!
I can't put all I've been through in my own journey into words. Talking about it seems to be asking people to have faith in things that I wouldn't have believed before I experienced it. So I held back in many, many occasions, because "how would I explain?"
But, yeah, we're all talking about the same thing, and I found the language that I was missing. Thank you
Appreciate you for your comment and your words. It's so hard to language things with such a limited vocabulary inside the English framework. The art is pointing to a much more mystical/ intangible experience. How do you frame the unframeable? It is, what it is.... godly.. divine.. monumental.. and even those words feel hollow compared to what it truly is.
I came back to this video today, Sleeptoken aside, you did an outstanding job communicating this in a way that makes total sense. Thanks.
It would be so cool to see you do a reaction video to each song listening to it and explaining what you felt in each song in individual videos.
Thank you so much! Looking forward to breaking down the emotions & concepts in Sleep Token & other bands. Would love some some recommendations.
i'm on a therapeutic journey heavily based on Jung's work, and a huge fan of Sleep Token. Your video helped a lot. keep up the good work, you're going to help a lot of people.
This is beautifully done. I’m so glad you were able to put into words what I see Sleep Token as. 🖤
This was absolutely amazing and beautifully done. I'm also autistic and I've been very suicidal as of late because I've lost my faith and purpose in life. I just started shadow work and asked you on TikTok where I could do a deep dive regarding Jung's work. Thank you for that. I can't wait to see what else you create.
Thank you for being so candid. My psychiatrist told me directly, “self awareness is one of the most important things ND people need to build upon.”
Remember you don’t have to do it yourself too! I’ve fallen into so many periods of negative mental health by trying to do it myself, thanks to being so fucking stubborn haha.
Reach out if you need some pointers!
I will email you. Thanks.
Wow! Explains so much about why I've clicked with sleep token so much lately!! This whole video opened my eyes to things I've already thought I've had figured out , but only just beginning!
It was no accident. You know my desire.😉
I think this was a somewhat conscious but mainly unconscious motive to creating this film. To help show the complexity from the band & Jungs concepts showing that everyone connecting to their art needs to dive in deeper and start integrating towards wholeness and unification.
I haven’t yet finished watching this, but I just wanted to take a moment and thank you or making this.
So intelligent, thoughtful, and well organized. I feel like you are speaking so directly to me. Everything so far has aligned so precisely with my own personal journey toward self actualization. These ideas and concepts feel so powerful. Thank you for sharing them. I hope more people find this helpful.
Thank you so much. I really put my heart and soul into it as it helped me align to my soul on a much deeper level. This was the culmination of months of Shadow Work for my that initially I refused the call to adventure for weeks as it was knocking in my consciousness.
@@TheR.Y.S.E.MovementJust finished the video. So much thanks and gratitude to you for making this work and sharing it. So powerful and helpful. I felt Sleep Token’s music strike me powerfully, but for a good while I couldn’t pinpoint why, other than this vague sense that the art was calling and reaching for something beyond, something abstract, esoteric, and beautiful.
I had a psychedelic experience that caused DYWTYLM to bring me to tears and have a revelation that helped provide another powerful spark in my journey toward self actualization.
I encountered Jungian ideas in music first through Tool, but I was too young at the time to understand, the ideas were attractive but ultimately opaque to me. So I’m happy to meet Jung’s ideas again through music at a time in my life that I feel I can take action.
Thank you again. Keep on inspiring! 🙏🏼❤️🔥
Wonderfull work! Good luck with your journey 💖
I've been wrapping my head and body around the story of Sleep Token (vessel sleep 2,3 and 4) and it's all been a bit consuming of my thoughts and patterns in my day-to-day, But this video explanation of Sleep Token has cleared my mind and body of the overwhelming weight of not truly being able to understand there story. I wanna thank you so much for making this video and the amazing quality it is. Thank you.
Thank you & keep going with your journey! Remembering, it's not a sprint.
After stumbling upon your tiktok on ST I had to check this out and mate, absolutely well put together. I definitely want to look into shadow work since I struggle with a handful of things that i could never shake and some new, one being possible austistic traits (I've always been the weird/overthinking/hyper focused type) but thank you so much for putting this out. Its shined a different light on the band and myself.
- From a brother across the ditch
Shining the light of consciousness towards introspection and self awareness is one of the greatest things we can do.
Illuminate the darkness and start transforming who we are at a fundamental & unconscious level.
Thanks mate 🙏🏼
Top tier video! I have also noticed many of these connections between Sleep Token and Jung. I think you are spot on! I will definitely be referring back to this video as a reference point in the future. Thank you for the effort you put into this labor of love!
Amazing, thank you so much. Their art speaks to us from the collective unconscious, sparking ideas and concepts for us to play out in our own psycho-spiritual alchemy.
One of the reasons I love Sleep Token is the lore. How the mind of someone elaborate and make a concept out of something. How the mind of the artist is so vast, powerful and complex and how they can create something so amazing is just astonishing for me I admire the work of anyone that can create something out of one or many concepts and in this case Sleep Token has it all. The lore, the concept behind the lore. The sounds, the lyrics and the concept behind the lyrics. How thankful the seems to be with their fans is just simply amazing
The way they are just letting the fans run with the Lore & theories is wild. It's truly taken on a life of it's own!
This is a fantastic analysis. As I was introduced to and became mildly obsessed with Sleep Token, I was constantly reminded of Libre Novus and Philemon..
Wiping tears from my eyes writing this.... only discovered this incredible band this week! Your breakdown of their work had me laying my hands on my chest to soothe my soul as it was being seen and heard. I have PTSD from being a police officer and working in the child abuse unit, interviewing the children and historical abuse of adults. As this work was very traumatising I kept it a secret for 20 years. Not telling anyone about the traumas I experienced. They turned into my shadow self, coming out in self loathing behaviours. It’s only now after seeing a therapist that the shadow has shown ‘himself’. I always thought he was sabotaging my happiness by creeping in intrusive thoughts, terrifying images. But after doing some Journalling exploring who this shadow was and what they wanted from me was life changing. As the song Ascension describes, he is there as my friend...all along...helping me find the path to my mental freedom. I resonate with Vessel and the torture of the shadow. It’s tormenting ways. Silent and loud together! This is a long post, but I truly hope those that hold trauma ‘inside’ will only destroy you....slowly. May Sleep Token be therapy for you all. Thank you for reading and know you are not alone and there is light.....so much light xxx
* will seek help as it will only destroy you (typo - missed words) should make sense now 😣
Love this, much happiness to you my friend. I've PTSD from childhood and recently discovered sleep token, listening to this bands songs instantly brings up emotion and imagery within me, yet it's comforting and soothing to feel and express.
@@D.Conquer thank you so much, and yes I understand exactly what you are saying about how this bands music make us ‘feel’. Healing and release. Cant get enough. Wishing you well on your journey 💫💫
Thank you so much for your courage and vulnerability in sharing this. I appreciate you!
What an amazing video, I think you really started a lot important thoughts in me
Oh lord I have commented enough, but I think you’ve given me some closure on this music. I’ve had a lot of missing pieces and you already collected them all and put them together. Thank you so much ❤
I just really want to add that there is another TH-camr who has connected the Anima with the right brain hemisphere. The silent personality inside of you that gives you inspiration and can only communicate with your conscious self in dreams and visions.
We are all actually and literally two people/personalities. I don’t know if you’ve researched the hemisphere topic but I find it extremely fascinating that this would be vessels anima from where he accesses this creativity.
The same TH-camr called our brains “magic jelly” and I’m using that term forever now.
I believe if there is anything beyond the physical, then the right brain is the only part with access to it.
Is that Uberboyo that you speak of connecting the right hemisphere to the feminine/ anima?
He does brilliant work!
This has been an amazing watch ❤️ I've been working with a mental health coach the past 6 months to get a better understanding of myself. She has brought up a lot to do with Masculine and Feminine energy, so getting my head around this was a lot easier.
And on top of being a fan of sleep token.
Amazing! Thank you for your comment. Good luck exploring your shadow and unconscious successfully.
This was amazing! Thank you! I went through this “dark night” in 2013/2014. I’m blessed to be on the other side. It makes so much more sense why Sleep Token feels like a stab and a hug at the same time. Putting words and music to that time. My god! Just amazing.
I too went through my dark night in 2013/14. Was a horrible, abusive relationship. What was your biggest takeaway from the video?
@@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement Horrible, abusive marriage here. Totally understand. I think the video somehow validated my experience not only as real, but is also somewhat universal. That time I really was drawn to dark and unexplored parts of myself. From the music I was consuming, the books I was reading, the videos I was watching. It opened up something in me that needed healing. While at the time it was soul crushing, I am so grateful of the person I've become because of it. And the parent I am now. I am on the other side. That has to be why ST resonates with me and why your videos give me such "ah ha" moments! Thank you!!
That was awesome. You know it’s good when the video felt like 10 minutes. Saw and felt the same.
Amazing, thank you mate. Hope it unlocked some cool shit for you internally!
Once a friend was asking me about my interpretations on ST songs and I said that when I meditate on them, I do as I do with my dreams I try my hardest to see myself as a speaker and as I listener of their art, "Sleep Token uses dream language" is what I said.. I have been a believer of your theory already, but to hear from someone else with the full breakdown was great for my mind and soul..
Gorgeous words!
Sleep Token speak in poetic symbolism that paints such vivid visuals for me & seemingly A LOT of other people haha
This was truly wonderful, I watched and enjoyed the whole video! I'm obsessed with ST, and I can't completely describe it. This was truly eye opening and I had frisson throughout. Yeah, I'm a weirdo too. THANK YOU.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I stumbled across this video, and the passion and knowledge glued me to the screen. It's beautiful to see time and time again how art can be such a "vessel" (hehhe) for people's growth and understanding of their internal worlds.
I am SO happy to have found this! 🙏
This has been my theory ever since i started listening to them. It seems like no one gets it and thinks its just well written love songs 😅
Seriously, thank you!!
Amazing! Thanks for watching & glad you enjoyed it.
This is an incredible video thank you. I have felt this way about the band TOOL. Can’t wait to see how Sleep Token songs grow into my consciousness in future the way TOOL songs did
100% same thing happened to me when I dove into the Tool rabbit hole. Such musical medicine for the soul and the senses.
Well done Dave, you've really got me thinking deeper about this band and yet again, myself.
Thank you
Thank you! Always more to do for our inner world. As within, so without. As above, so below.
Thank you for this, when I first started listening to Sleep Token, there is something that is familiar in the lyrics, knowing that this is a journey through the unconscious, there is dark and light, there is the grief one experience when they shed that old self and break away from past hurt, the pull to what is familiar while venturing into that unknown. Discovering Self is a hard journey to go through
Encapsulated perfectly. Gorgeous comment.
The journey of self discovery is a winding process of wrong turns, pain, confrontation and ultimately unity, wholeness and deep transformational purpose.
I believe it is one of the many purposes for existing at all.
I’m really connecting with this theory! I’m a huge Jungian fan and also Sleep token.
Thank you for sharing!
I have had a theory for years of Tools discography and the order in which they were released, relating to the journey through the chakras and higher realms.
Thank you!
The Tool theories was one of my first deep dives into Carl Jung back in 2019 when their latest album released. Been hooked on Jung ever since.
Phenomenal video, truly great. When I “leave”, I’ll have “Atlantic” playing to wash me ashore or sink to the bottom.
I apologize for the long comment. But great job man, you killed it. I would like to contribute a few of my interpretations.
I don't know if I agree with the interpretation of the trans experience but it's possible I misinterpreted. To me the transition is the taking off of the mask and integrating despite social reprisal.
White chrysanthemums (if I got that flower correct) can represent mourning and grief, and white roses can mean innocence and purity. My interpretation of it is that he mourns the corruption (cockroach) of a relationship that started innocently and became something toxic or rotten.
There's also symbolism from the Chymical Marriage in the water allegory.
Keep up the great work!
This has truly made me think, I have felt a calling from there music ever since my first time hearing it and I couldn't place it. Not only has this video made me better understand Vessel and his music but it also caused me to retroactively look inward and realize for the last 2 years I've been on my own heros journey and I never realized how much I was starting to subconsciously find my true Self and how fortunate I've been to have my partner because situations in our relationship is what set me on the path and started my journey. I needed this video and my perspective is in a whole new place and I can't wait to continue forward.
Awesome! That's so cool to read. Who have you found that you are?
I've found I'm the writer of my story not the reader so it's time to pick up the pen and start the next chapter
Your breakdown of each songs by the band blew my mind. It's so clear that you really listened to each second of it. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏
I spent upwards of 50 hours putting this together. A complete labour of love and gratitude.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you for being you and thank you for doing this...
Not only is Vessel helping to wake the collective, so are you.
Thank you brother. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you sister for seeing me & my works intentions.
I want humanity to BE all they can be & what we can be is truly untapped and wildly untold. We ALL have the potential to do, be, have and experience ANYTHING we want/ desire if we are willing to do the work.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart... I have been boiling over this theory for over almost a year now since I have discovered ST. You phrased it perfectly and found all the missing pieces (pun intended :P) I struggled so hard to fit in. I didn't have any knowledge about c.g. jungs work to find those pieces myself and thats why I am so thankfull for you making this video. I'll definitely dive into jungs work soon.
Thank you ❤
Thank you for being open to my art, through their art & now into Jung's art. Artception haha.
Keep going, there's always more to uncover and integrate into the whole!
Thank you for this man. So cohesive and in depth and just spot on.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Hope it unlocked some amazing things for you to sit with in your own development, much the way it did for me.
Got that recommended randomly, great video, ST and Jung are a great fit for sure. Would love to hear more Jungian stuff for you as well!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. There will be a lot more Jung in all that I do from now on.
I never really spoke on him because a lot of the Jung community gatekeep because he is so fucking complicated to get right. I’m happy to be wrong as I attempt to navigate through this journey of content creation.
We all start as the fool somewhere.
This is great. I've been having the same thoughts but you did all of the work and put it together in a cohesive understandable and entertaining video. Bravo. Also a fellow late diagnosed autistic here. Appreciate you talking about it and spreading awareness.
Thank you so much! It’s wild to consider what we have available to us mentally/ sprititually being ND. When I talk about how visionary I can become people look at me like I’m nuts. It’s just how much brain & mind works thanks to my neurodivergence.
58:33 My answer to this question is "nothing". Im watching this, cause I dont want to dissociate from anything anymore, to find a path for myself, to reflect on my most inner desires. SleepToken and the interpretations I developed myself and watched/read from other people on their album trilogy is a main part of doing this. Im starting to fo get into the works and concepts of some philosophers to find some answers for my questions on views of the world, but actually I found that Carl Jungs depiction of the human soul separating them into masculine and feminine parts would be a bit outdated. But it seems like you can interpret this concept in a newer way that fits more in todays society and values (just like with many other philosophies). So to get a new point of view on this through Sleep Token and your video was very refreshing and just a new experience in general. So thank you for that, I appreciate it.
(Sorry for potentially bad english)
I don't know how TH-cam algorithm brought me here, never heard of sleep token until now but I'm hooked.
🎶it was no accident🎶
Welcome and thank you for being here.
Thank you for making this video essay! Carl jungs work resonates with me too very much and often since almost 10 years now. I also saw a lot of his metaphors in Sleep token's/ Vessel's art expression. I'm glad you put it so well together.
Also very funny: a few seconds later you got a message and called in synchronicity, I also saw one pop up on my phone laying on my table. Also I see currently 4444 views on your video while its 15:15. :D
Hahahaha brilliant! I love the way synchronicity shows up like this. Thank you for your comment and words.
I really thought I was on to something connecting this and then I found your video. Holy shit. This is synchronous and mind blowing
I'm glad this found you & hopefully it can help deepen your connection! What hit you hardest out of this video?
@@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement the fact that it exists. When you told your story as a neurodivergent person who was always the one that didn’t fit in I really resonated. I was 38 when the anima showed itself. I am 42 now and have been on this dive and Jung spun my head around. In Feb of 2023 I found this band and they were serenading my experiences in ways that no one would believe. When I started connecting it to Jung I thought I was on to something. I found your video and it made me feel really good. Crying. Shaken. Thank you!
Wow. What a lovely and insightful video. Finally got someone to be throughly articulate and explain such concepts and resonate what I felt throughout my journey with Carl jung and sleep token.
I would love it if you could cover Kendrick Lamar doing his shadow work with his music as well. It could be a good avenue to look at. 🙏❤️
Edit:
Just got done with your video and I gotta say it made me tear up and cry. I attempted suicide on February 7th of this year. Now that I look back at all the love, healing and knowledge I've undergone.... The world is such a tragic yet beautiful place and I wouldn't miss living in it for anything. 😊
I can't express what i want to say becuase I dont have the words to do so. Ive been watching this video for 3 days now and i can only get 15mins each time not due to lack of quality, but its because you will bring up a subject or an idea that I hate hearing because it resonates in a way I don't feel comfortable with. Its too accurate, "Who tf is this guy and what makes him able to 'talk' to me so I understand more than just words?". I'm also on the spectrum (high-functioning Asperger's) I've been dealing with conflicting feelings about what it means to me and how to improve my mental state with this variable at play. You made a mention in Calcutta "... without his love, missing that part of himself, the feminine animating energy for his creativity, his inspiration, his intuition" I met someone who brought that drive for those "feminine energies" and I was happy, I felt whole. I need to learn more about this so I can understand what is going on. I'm grateful that this new idea for me is being presented in my favorite band who I listen to for the "story" . Im sorry for the long rant of a comment but I needed to say the quiet part out loud for my sake. Thank you for this.
I appreciate the long comment because to me, that is you sorting out and making order of unconscious contents.
Often, we require the space to hear (see) our thoughts/ concepts out to see if they build a more united & cohesive worldview.
Once we have a spontaneous “linking” of unconscious contents it returns back to the Self and integrates into who we are.
Fascinating stuff isn’t it?
Awesome viideo dude. ive never listened to Sleep Token until 2 days ago, but i listened to all the songs and i think Sleep is his Anima, also. Im so fucked up right now. i think i opened up my subconsience by accident before i was ready, via a heavy dose of LSD when i was still a teenager. im been plagued every day since. i had panic attacks all day, everyday, for 18 years. i finally put it at bay with tons of meds, but especially benzos are the only reliefs, which i just got on in the past 3 years. now that im not distracted with that, the fog lifted, but now ive been staring into the abyss ever since. im wretched now, and i have to fix this soon. im afraid that i might not make it thru my shadow work, so i havent done it. i think there is no other choice. i have to jump into the abyss. i dont think ill ever get out
Damn, that’s heavy! How are you dealing with it now?
Do you have support networks around you?
What resources do you need to call upon?
@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement im just endlessly searching man. I'm not sure what it is tho. I might try therapy again. I also feel guilty for my wife dealing with this shit. how did you get started digging out?
Never stop searching. That is what your daimon/ unconscious mind is guiding you by. It has a purpose for you to go on your hero’s journey towards individuation.
I started with asking the question, “what the fuck am I here and conscious for?”
That question had never been fully answered but it evolves with every exploration of consciousness I embark upon.
I'm going to have to do this. If I don't, I don't see why the next 20 years will be any different. I hope it works. I'm scared to do it man. I'm afraid I'll get lost and lose my mind
@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement I'm going to have to do this. If I don't, I don't see why the next 20 years will be any different. I hope it works. I'm scared to do it man. I'm afraid I'll get lost and lose my mind
With your theory in mind I've been listening non stop for weeks with this new concept in mind, and by the gods.. it seems impossible for it not to be.
The lyrics of Higher now, I just 😮
"I am granting you more than the debt that I owe"
"I hate the way you look at me when I am not understood "
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RIGHT!? It's hard not to view it through that lens when it's been applied haha
Dave, I loved your video. I have long been a fan of Carl Jung. When I read this paragraph recently by him, this is what Sleep Token is....."Not for a moment dare we succumb to the illusion that an archetype can be finally explained and disposed of. Even the best attempts at explanation are only more or less successful translations into another metaphorical language. .. The most we can do is dream the myth onwards and give it a modern dress." - Carl Jung
Thank you so much for your comment Michael. That quote is bang on the money isn’t it?!
This is literally describing me. My mind is blown rn. Always thought it was a relationship with a girl. I went through a bad break up and found sleep token in the middle of the bad. Now I know why it resonates so much
Hope you’re doing well John🙏🏼❤️ Everything that we experience is generally a journey to the centre of the Self. As above, so below. As with in, so with out.
@ thank you🙏
Great job on the video. As a content creator I know the work it takes. I wish as content creators we did not have to put out so many disclaimers just to prevent being torn apart. I wish humanity was more kind. So I am here to give support.
Appreciate you so much for reaching out. That is the world that we live in though & if I have to come down to that values level 4 or stage blue level thinking to operate briefly at, I'm all for it!
@@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement the sad truth is people fixate on trying to out prove or want to be right they miss out on the message. Those people close their minds. There is so much knowledge that can be gained if only people would truly listen instead of thinking on how they can get one over on someone.
I shared you video in a group of like minded individuals. Thank you for sharing this video. ⚡🍯
You have taken me to a new level
Appreciate the comment and for sharing this video. Thank you, I hope it serves your development well!
My brain is so full from this… I’m going to send you a message on TT. 👏🏼🖤 Thank you for this.
Thank you so much 🙏🏼❤️
Brilliantly done! Thank you for this deep dive into this complex world. I did DM you on TT giving you my insight on the cockroaches and overall thoughts. Thank you again for this brlliant brain candy!!!
Just read your dm! Thank you 🙏🏼
I’ll reply to you over there too.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Imagery of the cockroach. Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Carl Jung started exploring synchronicity when he was doing some dream analysis with a woman in Switzerland who described a golden scarab, when one suddenly appeared on the window. This was a profound experience for Jung who believed it indicated synchronicity. As such I think it probably symbolises synchronicity in the song in some way.
Just gonna chime in my interpretation for Alkaline:
“Acid nor alkaline” So water, true neutral, and again with the water theme in an album about drowning. He’s drowning in her neutrality.
“Caught between day and night” Twilight. Another middle point that happens twice a day. The transition between union and separation.
“Caught between black and white” Grey, another neutral. Light and dark.
Given the songs name is “Alkaline” (or base in chemistry terms), mixed with the recurring theme of opposites making neutrals, when you add in the first two lines “Every once in a while something changes; and she’s changing me”. The song is about diluting yourself to match your love/obsession while never being able to become exactly like them
I am so pleased that there are people who see Sleep Token's work as a deep, meaningful experience as opposed to those who have done nothing but sexualise the lyrics and the band members themselves.
Sleep Token have done something no other band has ever done, and what they given has been so, so important for me these past 2 years.
Thanks for all your hard work on this video, it is enlightening and so good to hear your perspectives on Sleep Token's incredible art!
29:16 I just wanted to share my thought on the topic of anima/ animus and trans people. The way I see it, everyone has their own version of the archetypes (and there are more archetypes than we can count) and therefore one's anima/animus is simply an unconscious and opposite reflection of the tapestry of masculine and feminine that live in the conscious self.
So, integration of the two would still create a syzygy of masculine and feminine in consciousness, but the way the two are separated into conscious and unconscious before integration is unique to every individual.
I don't think that, just because someone is gender non-conforming, it means they are struggling with anima/animus possession - the duality of opposites between their masculine and feminine might simply have a different boundary, and not all of the masculine and feminine traits fall on opposite sides of the coin. Just my thoughts!
I love this video, it deeply resonates with me!!💯🖤
This was amazing mate! So many goosebumps and epiphanies unlocked for me.
I love this band even more now.
Hopefully Nik Nocturnal & Will Ramos catch wind of this!
Thank you for your comment. This band and their art is unparalleled!
Great video. I too wondered about some of the sporadic fluctuations in song placement within the albums. I think this is indicative of what Jung called feeling-toned-complexes. In some sense, the ambivalent structure of the process of individuation, like the unconscious, is messy and chaotic, particularly with the affective influence which the Anima has on man. In this respect, to try and enforce semblance and order on the material is ultimately futile. As Jung said about the shadow "It cannot be argued out of existence or rationalized into harmlessness".
What's also interesting is that the age of aquarius aligns with the age of the divine feminine, with which we are currently in, or approaching. We only have to look at current events to see the influence of this from the collective unconscious.
Just my thoughts, thanks for sharing
Bravo! Gorgeous text you’ve presented.
It is very human of us to attempt to create order and meaning out of such unconscious chaos isn’t it?
Interesting! I always related it to the 7 hermetic principles. ❤ This is a good ride too! Love me some Jung.
This is the next layer that I will be exploring in another video. I wanted so badly to bring the 7 Hermetic Principles but wanted to keep it through the lens of Jung.
9:45 that's not what the ego is, it's not the conscious captain of the ship, it's the unconscious captain of the ship. or it's the direct accumulation of experience up until that point. or the egoic mind, it's an identification with an energy field which feeds off fear and requires time to exist. the ego can be dissolved by being in the present moment, a timeless reality.
awesome work! Thanks for sharing these in-depth insights ♥
Appreciate you. Glad you enjoyed it!
This is an amazing Deep Dive!
Thank you.
I had to ignore the fact that this
Man's heart was shattered by his lover and band mate,
Only a musician can understand this ultimate betrayal and pain.!!!
He channeled this into a (Vessel) and in turn awakened his deepest emotions and Soul Fire, Then brought it to the massses,
Thank you Gemma without You! there is no Vessel!!!
Just... no.
Thank U soo much for ur labor and bravery.
Thank you for your comment! I hope it unlocked some amazing things with your mind.
This has been such an educational deep dive into the band! I’m going to refer to this time and time again so I can listen to this music in a different light. Also, unrelated lol, where did you get the instrumental versions of the TMBTE songs?! They didn’t officially release those did they??
Thanks heaps! It's an information heavy video, so it will probably require a few watches. It took me like 50 hours to get everything together in a way that I was happy with.
They haven't officially released the instrumentals, thankfully some karioke channel had done a few songs.
I'm a church going person!! Last night I heard sleep token and I feel in love with them!! It brought out who I really am before I went to church!!!
Awesome! Hope it keeps unlocking amazing things for you.
I have avoided this video until I felt I was able to take in the meaning of what was actually being said... Integrating the shadow is much more complicated than most realise and that's where intuition comes in, always it is within the subconscious wherein most answers are found....
I am still finding what it is that I'm avoiding within, but maybe that just means that I am not ready to take it in....
Wow that's an interesting comment. What was it inside you that felt you weren't ready to receive?
@@TheR.Y.S.E.Movement the truth of my shadow and the repressed emotions I hadn't anticipated, now i'm getting ready to integrate 😌
I am surprised you did notvmention the runes and the vikin side of sleeptoken but i loved what you had to say and at times felt moved..stay well 🐺🎶🌑☯️
I wanted to but at the same time, I wanted to keep it very Jung based. Appreciate your comment!
As far as the white flower goes, it could be referencing feminine purity as the two are often tightly interlinked in literature, poetry, and in many religious contexts.
Coming back to say, my husband suggested that the cockroach may represent survival.
Great video love the theory of sleep token
Now I understand what people mean when they comment 'Worship' to all of STs content