Dr. Caligari: Demon Dad!
work in the Mendendez family members-recdent TV shows
This collection of four exquisitely crafted toys, based on two German films from 1920, capture the basic dynamics that lead to violence and addiction: the servant mentality, passive-aggressive patterns, trauma bonds, perpetration, ego-level ignorance of core-level pathology, and others!!
Dr. Caligari is the controlling Burgermeister who is writhing with demons beneath his splendid cape. His refusal to address his own issues guarantees evil.- displaced as it may be by coming out through Cesare. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is more than a horror masterpiece – it has been hailed as one of the most important films ever. If nothing else, it certainly defined the gothic look for the better part of a century. Caligari, a mysterious carnival hypnotist whose very presence heralds doom, is sculpted in authentic detail. Open Caligari’s body to find a strait jacket composed of writhing demons. The set features a detailed carnival base that replicates the feel of the film. Dr. Caligari’s demons guarantee Cesare’s trauma bond.
Cesare looks great – he’s talented and handsome, with a taste of Michael Jackson about him, but his soul is controlled by Dr. Caligari. A trauma bond is his ugly fate. Cesare is a strange sleepwalker able to see into the future, but his travels with Caligari’s carnival also spell death and horror for those whose path they cross. This Cesare figure is articulated and includes a weapon. The diorama base features a twisted, impressionistic streetlamp, an eerie country bridge, and an unconscious damsel in imminent distress, or perhaps already dispatched, emblematic of the bloody trail Cesare always leaves behind him, in spite of his efforts and hopes to the contrary.
Abusive parents can imbue their children with trauma bonds – a destructiveness of self and/or others that horrifies the very person carrying out the destruction - “What got into me? Where did this come from?” Violence gets wired into one’s DNA and you live out the unresolved horrors and misdeeds of your forbearers. Sometimes we have to look elsewhere for the root causes violence as it can roll down through the generations and ruin the hopes of the young. Systematic abuse is often the culprit! Dr. Caligari has Cesare under his spell, murdering Caligari’s enemies and even Cesare’s own beloved. Those with trauma bonds typically leave a bloody and tragic trail behind them as they course through life.
DR. CALIGARI ALONE
This toy by itself offers many possibilities in terms of ego-dystonic behaviors, hidden worlds, the contaminated core, abusive parenting and others. It’s all explained in the back-up/training materials. In fact, if we had special psychological x-ray glasses, this is how some fathers would look. Under their cloak of respectibility is something demonic that poisons their children. Where does it stop? Which generation? This toy - Dr. Caligari - is great for having that conversation!
It’s hard not to think of the father of the Menendez boys in this context. What helped those boys become who they were? The father who got angry not because his sons did something illegal, but because they got caught! Getting caught impacted his reputation in the community, made the father feel shame and want to move away until the crimes had faded in people’s memories. The father figures in one’s life, if there are any, can do great damage or great good! Young people need validation, positive mirroring: they need to be seen. One things of Avatar where a compliment is to say: I see you! Feeling invisible does damage and it is the job of parents to validate their children, to see them, to protect them, to recognize and encourage their talents and strengths. A tall order for some parents unfortunately!
work in the Mendendez family members-recdent TV shows
This collection of four exquisitely crafted toys, based on two German films from 1920, capture the basic dynamics that lead to violence and addiction: the servant mentality, passive-aggressive patterns, trauma bonds, perpetration, ego-level ignorance of core-level pathology, and others!!
Dr. Caligari is the controlling Burgermeister who is writhing with demons beneath his splendid cape. His refusal to address his own issues guarantees evil.- displaced as it may be by coming out through Cesare. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is more than a horror masterpiece – it has been hailed as one of the most important films ever. If nothing else, it certainly defined the gothic look for the better part of a century. Caligari, a mysterious carnival hypnotist whose very presence heralds doom, is sculpted in authentic detail. Open Caligari’s body to find a strait jacket composed of writhing demons. The set features a detailed carnival base that replicates the feel of the film. Dr. Caligari’s demons guarantee Cesare’s trauma bond.
Cesare looks great – he’s talented and handsome, with a taste of Michael Jackson about him, but his soul is controlled by Dr. Caligari. A trauma bond is his ugly fate. Cesare is a strange sleepwalker able to see into the future, but his travels with Caligari’s carnival also spell death and horror for those whose path they cross. This Cesare figure is articulated and includes a weapon. The diorama base features a twisted, impressionistic streetlamp, an eerie country bridge, and an unconscious damsel in imminent distress, or perhaps already dispatched, emblematic of the bloody trail Cesare always leaves behind him, in spite of his efforts and hopes to the contrary.
Abusive parents can imbue their children with trauma bonds – a destructiveness of self and/or others that horrifies the very person carrying out the destruction - “What got into me? Where did this come from?” Violence gets wired into one’s DNA and you live out the unresolved horrors and misdeeds of your forbearers. Sometimes we have to look elsewhere for the root causes violence as it can roll down through the generations and ruin the hopes of the young. Systematic abuse is often the culprit! Dr. Caligari has Cesare under his spell, murdering Caligari’s enemies and even Cesare’s own beloved. Those with trauma bonds typically leave a bloody and tragic trail behind them as they course through life.
DR. CALIGARI ALONE
This toy by itself offers many possibilities in terms of ego-dystonic behaviors, hidden worlds, the contaminated core, abusive parenting and others. It’s all explained in the back-up/training materials. In fact, if we had special psychological x-ray glasses, this is how some fathers would look. Under their cloak of respectibility is something demonic that poisons their children. Where does it stop? Which generation? This toy - Dr. Caligari - is great for having that conversation!
It’s hard not to think of the father of the Menendez boys in this context. What helped those boys become who they were? The father who got angry not because his sons did something illegal, but because they got caught! Getting caught impacted his reputation in the community, made the father feel shame and want to move away until the crimes had faded in people’s memories. The father figures in one’s life, if there are any, can do great damage or great good! Young people need validation, positive mirroring: they need to be seen. One things of Avatar where a compliment is to say: I see you! Feeling invisible does damage and it is the job of parents to validate their children, to see them, to protect them, to recognize and encourage their talents and strengths. A tall order for some parents unfortunately!
work in the Mendendez family members-recdent TV shows
This collection of four exquisitely crafted toys, based on two German films from 1920, capture the basic dynamics that lead to violence and addiction: the servant mentality, passive-aggressive patterns, trauma bonds, perpetration, ego-level ignorance of core-level pathology, and others!!
Dr. Caligari is the controlling Burgermeister who is writhing with demons beneath his splendid cape. His refusal to address his own issues guarantees evil.- displaced as it may be by coming out through Cesare. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is more than a horror masterpiece – it has been hailed as one of the most important films ever. If nothing else, it certainly defined the gothic look for the better part of a century. Caligari, a mysterious carnival hypnotist whose very presence heralds doom, is sculpted in authentic detail. Open Caligari’s body to find a strait jacket composed of writhing demons. The set features a detailed carnival base that replicates the feel of the film. Dr. Caligari’s demons guarantee Cesare’s trauma bond.
Cesare looks great – he’s talented and handsome, with a taste of Michael Jackson about him, but his soul is controlled by Dr. Caligari. A trauma bond is his ugly fate. Cesare is a strange sleepwalker able to see into the future, but his travels with Caligari’s carnival also spell death and horror for those whose path they cross. This Cesare figure is articulated and includes a weapon. The diorama base features a twisted, impressionistic streetlamp, an eerie country bridge, and an unconscious damsel in imminent distress, or perhaps already dispatched, emblematic of the bloody trail Cesare always leaves behind him, in spite of his efforts and hopes to the contrary.
Abusive parents can imbue their children with trauma bonds – a destructiveness of self and/or others that horrifies the very person carrying out the destruction - “What got into me? Where did this come from?” Violence gets wired into one’s DNA and you live out the unresolved horrors and misdeeds of your forbearers. Sometimes we have to look elsewhere for the root causes violence as it can roll down through the generations and ruin the hopes of the young. Systematic abuse is often the culprit! Dr. Caligari has Cesare under his spell, murdering Caligari’s enemies and even Cesare’s own beloved. Those with trauma bonds typically leave a bloody and tragic trail behind them as they course through life.
DR. CALIGARI ALONE
This toy by itself offers many possibilities in terms of ego-dystonic behaviors, hidden worlds, the contaminated core, abusive parenting and others. It’s all explained in the back-up/training materials. In fact, if we had special psychological x-ray glasses, this is how some fathers would look. Under their cloak of respectibility is something demonic that poisons their children. Where does it stop? Which generation? This toy - Dr. Caligari - is great for having that conversation!
It’s hard not to think of the father of the Menendez boys in this context. What helped those boys become who they were? The father who got angry not because his sons did something illegal, but because they got caught! Getting caught impacted his reputation in the community, made the father feel shame and want to move away until the crimes had faded in people’s memories. The father figures in one’s life, if there are any, can do great damage or great good! Young people need validation, positive mirroring: they need to be seen. One things of Avatar where a compliment is to say: I see you! Feeling invisible does damage and it is the job of parents to validate their children, to see them, to protect them, to recognize and encourage their talents and strengths. A tall order for some parents unfortunately!