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Etmol Roman Clynegove

Asleep at the Will

The Dormant Soul Complex

Etmol Roman Clynegove

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English
Resonant Path Press, LLC.
23 August 2025
Philosophy; Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Humanist & secular alternatives to religion
A Framework for Moving Beyond Extractive Civilization

This book presents a comprehensive speculative social philosophy examining why contemporary life often feels profoundly unfulfilling despite material abundance. The author argues that since the Bronze Age, human civilizations have developed increasingly sophisticated extractive systems that operate across economic, social, and psychological dimensions-creating what amounts to an ecosystem of extraction that affects individual psyches at the deepest level.

Drawing extensively on Jungian psychology, Marxian analysis, systems theory, and regenerative principles, this work proposes a concrete pathway from extractive to regenerative civilization through individual psychological development and organic community formation.

Core Concepts Explored:

Extractive Systems - The sophisticated interrelationships between primary extractive systems and their subordinate paraextractive and subextractive networks, revealing how extraction operates with variable degrees across all facets of civilization

The Dormant Soul Complex - A psychological condition, based on Jung's theory of complexes, arising from the syntonic relationship between collective and individual shadows, creating internalized predispositions toward extraction and vital energy dormancy

Individuation as Response - How Jung's individuation process enables people to transform their relationship to shadow material and develop resistance to collective shadow influences

Eudaimonic Sovereignty - The emergent capacity for authentic self-determination that allows individuals to identify, evaluate, and strategically disengage from extractive relationships and systems

Koinonic Syntonomy - The natural formation of small, mutually beneficial groups among individuals developing sovereignty, creating localized generative alternatives

Autonomic Synergeia - How conscious communities organically evolve into larger regenerative infrastructure, gradually transitioning societal power away from extractive systems

The framework demonstrates that extraction isn't merely an economic phenomenon but represents a fundamental organizing principle of human civilization that operates through psychological, social, and structural dimensions. Unlike traditional political solutions that often reproduce extractive patterns, this approach suggests that meaningful transformation requires individual psychological work as the foundation for collective change.

Rather than proposing a planned utopia, the book examines how decentralized, emergent transformation might unfold through networks of psychologically developed individuals. It acknowledges the deep complexity of extraction embedded throughout human systems while offering a practical methodology for those seeking to build alternatives to contemporary extractive patterns. The vision presented is intentionally organic and evolutionary rather than revolutionary, emphasizing sustainable transformation over rapid disruption.
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Imprint:   Resonant Path Press, LLC.
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   254g
ISBN:   9798999945549
Pages:   186
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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