Complex
A favorite of Ra’s, this word makes an appearance in 607 of their replies. It is more or less used as a noun in the same fashion as Merriam-Webster defines it: “A whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts.”
Ra speaks of it this way in the context of the archetypes:
A concept complex is a complex of concepts just as a molecule is a complex structure made up of more than one type of energy nexus or atom. Each atom within a molecule is its unique identity and, by some means, can be removed from the molecule. The molecule of water can, by chemical means, be caused to separate into hydrogen and oxygen. Separately they cannot be construed to equal water. When formed in the molecular structure which exemplifies water the two are irrefragably water. – 89.20
Some examples include: mind/body/spirit complex, mind complex, body complex, spirit complex, social memory complex, sound vibrational complex or vibratory sound complex, society complex, vibratory complex, distortion complex, time/space ratio complex, individual memory complex, polarity complex, space/time present memory complex, planetary consciousness complex, thought-form complex, societal-memory complex, mental complex, life-experience complex, military complex, security of national division complex, understanding complexes, chemical complexes, life/illusion complex, totality/beingness complex. Also a complex of something, e.g.: “a complex of thought, ideas, and actions.”
Sidenote: The mind/body/spirit became a mind/body/spirit complex due to the veil of forgetting. See the entry for “Veil of Forgetting” for more about what it means to be a mind/body/spirit complex.
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For further exploration, see also:
- In this guide: The Veil: Becoming Complex.