Eros and Soul-based People
The Soul’s Truth in a Logos-Dominated World
In a society dominated by Logos, the realm of structure, intellect, and control; Eros people exist as a reminder of what has been forgotten: the deep emotional truth of the soul. They are those who live from the depths of the psyche, more connected to the unconscious, the Anima and Animus, and also the Self as described in Jungian psychology. In the previous article we covered the difference between Logos and Eros people, and this one we dive deeper into this topic.
Where Logos is concerned with external achievements, hierarchy, and detachment, Eros navigates life through feeling, intimacy, and the integration of the whole being. But in a world that fears its own unconscious depths, Eros people often become the targets of projection, scapegoated by those who cannot face their own inner wounds. As I had said in the article, The World Upside Down, those who are truly in touch with the soul, the Dionysian, intuitive, and emotionally integrated, are treated as outsiders, while the fragmented, rigidly controlled, and spiritually numb dominate the social order. Civilisation wants the true, feeling, instinctual self buried. So those who do not fragment and wound themselves, and stay in touch with the soul, become targets of exclusion, scapegoating, bullying and other such behaviours.
Sadly the medical model (psychiatry and pathology) is complicit in this, by labelling human experience, and reactions to real oppression, trauma and hurt, as a personal disorder. As if it the thing wrong is in the person, and not the situation that hurt them. Where they want to inflict the same civilizational wounding upon the person. Which they deem sanity, reality and health. To teach them to repress and control themselves and become like the ego-based abusers, that hurt them. It is the denial of emotional reality, emotions, the true lived reality of the marginalised. Which is also why trauma informed care, should consider the lived experience of the person. Otherwise they perpetuate the abuse and scapegoating that lead to the trauma the person suffered. As the abuse itself, is also tied to the civilizational wounding present within the society, and thus systemic in nature. Even if the trauma is a more specific variant of it.
Eros and the Self: Living Beyond the Ego
Carl Jung described the process of individuation as the path toward integrating the Self. Which is the totality of one’s being, both conscious and unconscious. In this way, Eros people, by their very nature, are more attuned to this process. They do not build their identity around rigid ego structures, but rather, they are in constant dialogue with the unconscious. This is what makes them Self-aware. This connection manifests in several ways:
Deep emotional authenticity – Eros people do not suppress their emotions to fit into societal expectations. They embody raw honesty, unafraid to feel deeply.
Fluid identity – Rather than being fixed within rigid roles, they flow with life, embracing change and transformation.
Innate connection to the unconscious – Through dreams, intuition, and symbolic thinking, Eros people naturally tap into deeper layers of reality beyond surface-level logic.
In Jungian terms, they are more integrated with their Anima (inner feminine) or Animus (inner masculine), meaning they possess a natural wholeness that many Logos-based individuals have not yet achieved. Despite the trauma they might still carry, they are more in touch with their emotional reality, and this is what when they find true Eros type connection, can lead to healing. As the cold Logos bound clinical model does not lead to healing, as it is relationally often sterile. Out of the idea of professionalism, and ego-boundaries. Yet we can only heal relationally.
The Logos Projection: The True Wounded Ones
Logos-based individuals, those who live through intellect, control, and external validation, operate largely from the ego, a structure built to defend against the unpredictable depths of the unconscious. Which is projected onto the world as chaos, and associated with the qualities of the soul. Such as emotions, instinct, authenticity and honesty. Their world is constructed around rationality, denial and repression, maintaining a fragile order that denies their own emotional chaos. But what is repressed does not disappear. It is projected. Eros people, by their very nature, become the recipients of these projections.
They are labeled as "broken" – Logos society sees deep emotion and inner truth as dangerous. Because Eros people embody what Logos suppresses, they are often seen as dysfunctional rather than simply different.
They are burdened with the "victim-child" archetype – Logos-based people project their own wounded inner child onto Eros people, treating them as naïve, helpless, or weak. This archetype of the victim-child is also connected to why people scapegoat, and turn Eros people into scapegoats. Yet also often put them into caregiving or redeemer roles, when they need them.
They are scapegoated for their wholeness – Rather than confront their own fears of emotional depth, Logos people frame Eros individuals as irrational, unstable, or even self-destructive. Framing it through the lens of their own inner chaos and self-deception.
Yet it is not Eros people who are truly broken, but actually those who fear their own unconscious. Logos-based individuals live within civilizational trauma, shaped by generations of repression, conditioning, and the denial of the soul’s truth. They defend against their inner chaos by externalizing it, casting their shadows onto those who embody what they cannot accept within themselves.
The Fear of Inner Chaos
At the root of this dynamic is a fundamental fear: the fear of one’s own emotional depths. Logos-based individuals, having structured their lives around the suppression of feeling, cannot face the potential unraveling of their controlled existence.
They fear the emotional chaos they have buried.
They fear the unresolved trauma that lingers beneath their cold-logic.
They fear the raw, unfiltered reality that Eros people navigate with ease.
Rather than confront these fears, they reject them. And in doing so, they reject Eros people. Those who serve as living reminders of what they have lost.
Attachment Theory and the Cassandra Complex
This divide between Eros and Logos also manifests in attachment styles. Eros people, when wounded, often develop anxious attachment. They long for deep connection but have been conditioned to believe that their emotional needs are ‘too much’ or ‘burdensome.’ This is not because of any inherent flaw in them, but rather because Logos-oriented individuals, who are often avoidantly attached, struggle to engage emotionally. Avoidant individuals suppress their own feelings and dismiss emotional needs in others, leading to a relational dynamic where Eros people feel unseen and unheard. This is due to the cultural emotional suppression, present within modern society itself. Which encourages this avoidant type behaviour, and self-denial.
This mirrors the myth of Cassandra and Apollo. Cassandra, gifted with prophetic insight (symbolic of deep emotional and unconscious knowing), was cursed to never be believed. Eros people, like Cassandra, see and feel deeply, but in a society that is Logos-dominated, their perceptions are invalidated. Over time, they may internalize the belief that their feelings are unreliable, leading them to overthink their emotions, seek constant validation, or doubt their own inner truth. Yet what is really key for Eros people to do, is to validate their own emotions. To re-parent the inner child that never got the love, care and deep connection it needed, in this logos, intellectualisation, and trauma-based society. Which represses emotions as problems to be fixed, instead of truths to be felt, acknowledged and honoured. Eros people also being placed in the ghost mommy role within their family or social circle as well.
Eros People as Carriers of Wholeness
Despite the burdens placed upon them, Eros people hold the key to true integration. Their way of being is not a flaw but a path to healing. Where Logos separates, Eros unites. Where Logos represses, Eros expresses. Where Logos fears, Eros embraces.
The challenge for Eros people is to recognize the projections for what they are. So not a reflection of their own inadequacy, but of the unresolved wounds that the Logos-dominated people carry. To stand firm in their authenticity, to refuse the various false narratives placed upon them, and to continue embodying the deep, soul-driven truth that the world so desperately needs. Eros in a mythological lens, is tied to the ancient deity Phanes. The child of Nyx. Which in the Jungian sense is the Self archetype.
In that way, in the end, it is not Eros that is broken. It is modern society that has forgotten how to feel. How to truly be alive and human. To be connected to the soul.
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