The Allegory of the Cave

A detailed Summary of The Allegory of the Cave

Putting the Allegory of the Cave into my own words seems comparable to

the Christian idea of using the lord's name in vain. First, I'd like to

introduce a phenomenon I have observed throughout my life time. I call it soul

resonance. Bear with me here. When two objects emit sympathetic vibrations,

the sound or force multiplies. Example: Two tuning forks of the same frequency

are struck upon each other and held a few feet apart. The vibration is much

stronger. Something basic about each object recognizes a similar quality in the

other, and amplifies it. As with so many other laws of science, this law

applies to many other phenomena. I believe this is what people feel when they

first hear the Allegory of the Cave . . . soul resonance. Somehow, something

deep inside tells them that here we have found a singular truth.

The Allegory, taken as the story of one man, narrates his life from

ignorance to enlightenment. He sits within a cave, facing away from a blazing

fire. He stares at the wall opposite him, watching pretty shadow puppets. He

listens to the exotic, wonderful, and large words whispered in his ears by the

puppeteers. He would naturally turn around, or perhaps even stand, but chains

physical power over him, if he does not allow it. He turns round and sees the

society's transformation to perfection. A tale of a society's realization of

sun with our archetypal eyes can we conceive of the highest world.

climbs, and he does feel pain in the aimless wandering, but the tunnel is a very

fire blinds him. The puppeteers, seeing they have lost another to knowledge,

the chains from the ground. He turns around for the first time since he was

to the lowest World. Up one level is the World of Objects. If I give you some

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