THE IN BETWEEN + TRICKSTER ARCHETYPE

I’m no stranger to the In between space or the Liminal as it has been called in recent years. In the skin I’m in, being bi-racial and a third culture kid, I occupy 2-3 spaces simultaneously just with my identity, which is hard to grasp but just requires some attention, that’s all. Now here we are, between the old world of structured slavery and obedience and a possible bright new world of sovereignty and collective liberation. A no-mans land of where humanity is floating through right now. An often deeply uncomfortable liminal space, where you can not go back to what used to be (as your eyes are now open) yet the new world is not tangible or real enough yet.

In between so much Destruction and Creation, which personally has started to make me feel quite crazy , yo-yoing between deep despair and high hopes for life..

Even this land that I currently live in, of Sinai, is a transient space, between Asia and Africa, days governed by the elements, especially the Winds of change and the dreamy turquoise waters that invite us in to float for awhile.. A beautiful place where absolutely no-one seems to be able to commit to anything, because we are floating in the Liminal..

November too, is this thick, deep, wide In-between time, behind the the veil of illusion and REAL-ity; between death and rebirth that is the heavy blessing of Scorpio Season. The one month of the year when we are forced to feel and grapple with Grief, sadness and what is no longer with us and how to carry on in this life feeling and dealing with so much loss, especially with the backdrop of 2 ge no sides happening, both neighbours of Egypt.

Then when we sleep of course, we are nightly subject to the In-between states of the hypnogogic and hypnopompic; between waking into sleep and back out..

Ultimately what I’ve come to realise with my newfound love of the Liminal is that nothing truly is solidified and concrete, not in these times anyway. The possibility of something new arising from this space, away from the duality of the 2 points of ‘reality’ is infinite…

After all isn’t reality truly just what we give our attention to? In between is actually a magical space of Infinite possibilities, one that I’ve gotten to know very intimately through Nidra practices.

The ideal archetypal energy to navigate these times, is of course the Trickster, or the Joker. Which I have been in the role of, for many years. The one who brings the laughs, the pranks and often the seeds of change, the one who can jump sides at any time. Tricksters are not traitors, or troublemakers, we are a peripheral operating system, one that looks dangerous and chaotic to the obedient ones who live in the illusory structure of ‘safety’.

Thankfully my life has been void of the typical westerners obsession with safety, so I have managed to amplify this energy , initially purely for making people laugh and lightening. Until I saw how powerful it can be to be able to connect with almost anyone through this magnetic, malleable energy of humour that is inherent in the Trickster.

I did learn a lot from my father who was the ultimate Trickster, even though I mostly viewed him as a waste-man until I matured and understood his ways and world. Tricksters have the ability of jumping sides, because they don’t have loyalty to either side because that seriousness of actually picking a side is not something that they do, as ultimately they see through the games of life and can find the silliness in the most serious and somber.

Being in inbetween space just means that we are more apt an open to being able to find a third space,a way of both/ and, instead of either/or. To know that truth often lies between his word and my word, it is both and…

Which I know makes the majority of ‘civilized’ intellectuals heads spin..Here in Egypt, there is plenty of the essential element that every Trciskter embodies - that of Chaos. To be able to live and operate through so much Chaos is a trademark of trickster, which is why they can be way-showers through these challenging time us silly Humans have gotten ourselves into..

So if you’re feeling stuck or lost or fixed onto one side, please find yourself a Trickster friend or team, to help you hold space for your in-between and navigate these wild, weird times that is defining the 2020’s..

2025 Itself is an inbetweener year, halfway through this delirious decade; the other side of which is going to look wildly different from where we are standing now.

Enjoy the ride and inshallah see you on the other side!