Psychedelic Jesters 🎭

[Xonas Pitfall]

🎭 What do jesters really mean or represent? It seems like they’re such a common experience... Are they laughing at the ego, mocking it, and revealing how silly it is to take ourselves so seriously? There’s something about their degrading, mocking laughter that feels so humbling, even cartoonish, like they’re making fun of all the seriousness we let our egos impose on life. 

Or maybe it’s their exaggerated, cartoonish faces, with the bright colors and silly hats. It feels like they bring us back to a simpler way of processing reality, like when colors were brighter, and faces were easier to understand. The jester’s face—often a painted smile or comically twisted expression—might be tied to that early recognition of faces and emotions, especially since the “jester face” or “joker” is such a common symbol. Could this be why some people fear clowns, too?

They snicker at our cherished norms, taunt authority, and prance around in chaotic hats that jingle to the tune of their own absurdity. Each stumble, each tiny embarrassment, they morph into a spectacle, a dizzying dance that deflates our seriousness. A path not to solemn wisdom but back to raw, untamed joy. Maybe the jester exists as a cosmic nudge, a prankish whisper: all our heavy, important things are just part of a cosmic gag, an endlessly looping joke. And here we are, spinning in its kaleidoscopic punchline, swept up in a mad tangle of absurdity and awe! 💖🧡💛💚💙💜💟

There’s also something wonderfully goofy and oddly “real” about certain art that captures psychedelic experiences. Often, these pieces feel cartoonish, almost 2D, yet the bold shadows and vivid colors give them a surreal, three-dimensional depth. It’s like they evoke a sense of “hyperspace nostalgia,” reminding me of old video games or quirky 2D cartoons with their exaggerated animation and bizarre perspectives. What are your thoughts?

Edited October 26, 2024 by Xonas Pitfall

[Xonas Pitfall]

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[Yimpa]

  On 10/26/2024 at 9:40 PM, Xonas Pitfall said:

Looks like ♾️ boobies 

 

 

[Beans]

  On 10/26/2024 at 10:26 PM, Yimpa said:

Looks like ♾️ boobies 

 

 

Whatever the boobies got going on w the swinging 

tell em to keep it over there :3 xoxoxo

disrespectfully beans <3

[Hojo]

It probably is the symbol for the ego. The ego is the negative voice. When that's gone you literally explode with joy. The negative voice is weighing the soul down with identity, identity being 'I don't like that.'

Edited October 27, 2024 by Hojo

[Davino]

I do believe jesters are the conscious enactment of ego in the playful tragicomedy of life

Such conscious entities, don't deny their persona but actually embrace and manifest through it for their own enjoyment

They show us the clown we actually are, masters of deceptions, now they have become a superlative obvious example of them, a mirror for instropection, a hammer to crack the shadow and a laugh

 

[Schizophonia]

  On 10/27/2024 at 0:20 PM, Davino said:

I do believe jesters are the conscious enactment of ego in the playful tragicomedy of life

Such conscious entities, don't deny their persona but actually embrace and manifest through it for their own enjoyment

They show us the clown we actually are, masters of deceptions, now they have become a superlative obvious example of them, a mirror for instropection, a hammer to crack the shadow and a laugh

 

spot on

[Schizophonia]

@Xonas Pitfall You're the more yang version of @Keryo Koffa

Edited October 27, 2024 by Schizophonia

[Keryo Koffa]

  On 10/27/2024 at 0:20 PM, Davino said:

I do believe jesters are the conscious enactment of ego in the playful tragicomedy of life

Such conscious entities, don't deny their persona but actually embrace and manifest through it for their own enjoyment

They show us the clown we actually are, masters of deceptions, now they have become a superlative obvious example of them, a mirror for instropection, a hammer to crack the shadow and a laugh

 

[LoneWonderer]

Jesters and all other entities are manifestations of ego. You must let go in the experience, accept in order to transcend them to go to non duality (however much easier said than done). During the trip do your best to recognize entities and realms as manifestations of ego and this will help to push through to higher levels of god.

[Keryo Koffa]

 

[Xonas Pitfall]

Hello, world! Mime Your Manners, please! 😊🎈✨🔅

[Pudgey]

I think defining entities as just 'ego' is the wrong perspective and can be viewed as limited in a sense of understanding of what's happening. Although, i do agree that it can be a manifestation of ego, but it's being used too broadly. 

Entities, such as jesters are not just a manifestation of ego but apart of your consciousness, like any physical form, such as your friends and family. Of course, we are not telling our ourselves to let go of any of the latter. Non-duality is like any other form of spiritual consciousness and not the highest level of god, in my opinion. Entity consciousness. such as a jester, can encapsulate all forms of spiritual consciousness or its own unique version of god-consciousness, directly experienced. We have a habit of separating entities as these playful 'games' that ego leverages but not knowing that these can lead to higher god consciousness as well. Ultimately, Jester is another way to experience God manifestation, like any other forms of spirituality and shouldn't be thrown as just ego manifestations and lead to believe that other forms of spirituality is better. 

[Alex_R]

Second time i high dose LSD i found one jester and he was pointing at me with his big white glove and i feel the message was something like " its YOU " " all of this is nothing but yourself"

[ZenSwift]

I look forward to meeting Jesters

[Human Mint]

Never had a meaningful experience while meeting the jester-like figure. Just very puzzling and no insights associated.

Edited December 22, 2024 by Human Mint

[LoneWonderer]

  On 11/4/2024 at 8:03 PM, Pudgey said:

I think defining entities as just 'ego' is the wrong perspective and can be viewed as limited in a sense of understanding of what's happening. Although, i do agree that it can be a manifestation of ego, but it's being used too broadly. 

Entities, such as jesters are not just a manifestation of ego but apart of your consciousness, like any physical form, such as your friends and family. Of course, we are not telling our ourselves to let go of any of the latter. Non-duality is like any other form of spiritual consciousness and not the highest level of god, in my opinion. Entity consciousness. such as a jester, can encapsulate all forms of spiritual consciousness or its own unique version of god-consciousness, directly experienced. We have a habit of separating entities as these playful 'games' that ego leverages but not knowing that these can lead to higher god consciousness as well. Ultimately, Jester is another way to experience God manifestation, like any other forms of spirituality and shouldn't be thrown as just ego manifestations and lead to believe that other forms of spirituality is better. 

you make a good point@Pudgey

[Exystem]

For me, jesters are like archetypal mirrors, exaggerating certain human features. In Tibetan buddhism for example you see all those " angry/etc gods" and their masks, jesters seem to have quite a history in this sense. They are like raw emotions embodied, like the platonic idea - equivalent.

[Human Mint]

I like to view it this way: they (psychedelic entities) are as real beings as a cat or any human, and I like the mindfuck of it.

Edited January 2 by Human Mint

[Xonas Pitfall]

@Exystem 

  On 1/2/2025 at 10:49 AM, Exystem said:

jesters are like archetypal mirrors, exaggerating certain human features. In Tibetan buddhism for example you see all those " angry/etc gods" and their masks, jesters seem to have quite a history in this sense. They are like raw emotions embodied, like the platonic idea - equivalent.

OMG, yes! This is exactly how I see it, I just never knew how to express it this clearly - thank you so much! 😊✨