Forty Six & 2…

I’m sure you all have seen the latest song posted on the LUST fb page… “Forty Six & 2” by Tool from the album Ænima. I’m kind of a nerd when it comes to philosophizing their lyrics and meanings behind their albums. This song is often interpreted with the theory below and it was shared for a reason by Lust so let’s give it a look. This is all speculation no matter how crazy it sounds so here I go down the rabbit hole… Join me and let’s get weird…

This song has been known to have speculation pointing to the evolution of humans. A metaphysicist named Drunvalo Melchizedek expanded on the Jungian Theory, developed by psychiatrist Carl Jung. Jung studied under Freud before he went on his own path towards analytical psychology which focused on oneself’s journey to become whole through personality, dreams and the personal human psyche. If we focus on the human psyche aspect, one of the fundamentals he characterized was archetypes, which he believes make up the collective unconscious to conduct, inform and organize thought and behavior in humans. Some of the main archetypes are the Persona/Self, The Shadow, and the Anima/Animus.

Drunvalo believed that there are three stages or levels of human evolution and each one has it’s own form of consciousness. The 1st level are humans with 44 chromosomes. These people believe everything in the world is connected: the Earth, the water, the animals, the people, etc. They merely see one large consciousness with no difference between species or organisms. Then there’s the second level of humans with 46 chromosomes, which would be us. We believe we are each a separate being from each other and the world around us and also think that we are the sole rulers of the planet. We are a chaotic consciousness that is used as a middle ground between the first and third levels. The third level of humans have 48 chromosomes (Or 46 & 2, with 2 being the sex chromosomes x & y). This is the higher level of consciousness which is what we would be working towards and is considered divine. This means that you are both divine and human at the same time and suggests possibly being able to heal people and control things. This song questions this third level as whether or not it is achievable in this life time.

Now this is where the Jungian theory comes in: it is believed that you can not reach this third level of evolution without first cutting into yourself and cleansing your consciousness (Is this the overall purpose of Lust?). This is where The Shadow plays a part: it is said to be everything that is unseen about you that makes you uncomfortable or that you hate about yourself (is this what we are so openly sharing with our iConfidants or perhaps each other?). This carries into the Anima/Animus which signifies opposite gender conflicts within ourselves. For example, a male may withhold showing empathy in public, as that is a feminine trait and has a stigma of weakness within society.

This quote from the song cohesively dances around this speculation…

“See my shadow changing,
Stretching up and over me
Soften this old armor
Hoping I can clear the way
By stepping through my shadow,
Coming out the other side
Step into the shadow
Forty six and two are just ahead of me ..”

I believe this part of the song is representing a state of enlightenment that is to be achieved through shedding one’s demons by confronting them head on in your conscious state. Enlightenment: sound familiar??

Now to go to the other side of this theory, some believe that the message of this song is reverse evolution: from human (46 chromosomes) back to an ape (48 chromosomes), adopting whatever pro-animalistic, anti-intelligent characteristics the ape would have. Maynard (singer of Tool) strives to do this to relieve himself of “chaotic delusions”, as these are side effects of human thought, whereas to be an animal without self-delusion and rationalization of every little aspect of existence, he could change himself and be free of human suffering…

Perhaps THIS is what is happening with Otis and Tina? Are they being used as experiments to strip away their free-formed thinking and be turned into mere animalistic humans? Maybe Otis and Tina are test subjects of facing their Shadows head on, making way for us to soon be subjected to this. Maybe they are having sleep tests done where they are put into these paralysis states where these insecurities are taking over and consuming them, which will gradually change their decision making and thought process.

I personally think there can be aspects taken from either of these theories to use towards getting what “they” want out of us. Perhaps There’s a reason close to or similar to this theory of why Otis and Tina mentioned not knowing why they have been sleeping so long or why they feel like in a dream state when they are awake (paraphrasing).

Are our iConfidants collecting personal information that showcases our demons and things we utterly hate about ourselves to then be used against us in this fashion? Has the OSDM or the investors figured out a way to tap into our unconsciousness or collective consciousness using the information gathered from each of us to then somehow manipulate and change us into the humans they want us to be?