Alters

Alters AKA Alts

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Suppressed elements of the psyche that emerge during schizophrenic episodes, relating to bicameralism. In Freudian psychology, alters are depicted as core psycho-spiritual elements that are unsuccessfully either 1) shed or 2) synthesized in imago. Confused often enough with the term "altar" [precise locus point for religious or spiritual ritual] as to have taken on conjoined meaning.

"And then, he emerges, the Hollywood Villain. A voice too deep, suggesting great cunning. It is clear he is evil and means to do harm to those around me."