Retiring the “Dark Wizard” Archetype
By: Dane Tomas
Tags: Archetypes, Learning, Life, Transformation, Magic

So.. I’m tapping out from this ‘bad guy’ thing that I get stuck in sometimes.

I was cheeky and naughty as a kid, got in some serious trouble as a teen and after being chewed up and spat out by the court system, I took on this idea of:

“You want me to be bad!? I’ll be real bad!”

Before all that I was a straight A nerd.

(well I sucked at sport and manual arts but everything else).

So.. I applied myself to “being a badass” with my straight A nerd brain and unusual level of commitment.

Well done son.

Now you’re in constant conflicts and dramas and trouble.

I got into a rap career in my 20's and being a drunk (but smart) larrikin was basically my marketing strategy.

It got me attention and got me laid.

Somehow it translated to my social media brand in 2013.

I learned pretty quickly that polarisation drives the algorithm so I brought shock tactics and my natural gift for triggering people into play and it worked great.

We literally built a half a million a year business with no advertising, no website even.. just me acting like a jerk on the socials.

But here’s the thing..

As habitual as it is for me to play “bad” or “dark” or “devil’s advocate” it’s blocking me from expressing my true self.

You know my favourite things?

Taking baths.

Doing freaking heart meditation.

(literally my favourite spiritual practice)

Plotting and scheming on.. well.. basically on how to help more people.

Spending time with people I love and trust like Mia Mor or Zapheria Bell or Amber Ra or Tyran Mowbray (or the rest of my deeply loving friends).

Going to the gym.

Reading spiritual books, business books and personal development books.

Bro.. I’m light masc AF.

Probably the worst things about me are I eat bacon and I’m kinda messy.

So this mega-villain thing I do in my head is kinda delusional if I’m honest.

Yes.

I can stand for myself.

I’m not afraid to be outspoken.

I dive into some challenging scenarios regularly,

And..

I can hold (and even get off on) a whole lot of projection but..

These are just a combination of the fact that:

A) I learned to play tough as a defense mechanism growing up.

B) I believe in myself and my purpose.. to put it in mainstream terms I trust the universe/GOD/life is unfolding.

“The dark wizard” is kind of a cute archetypal nickname Janine Ma-Ree gave me and it works well inside ISTA containers.

I basically take it as a badge of honour that I’m not afraid to dive into shadows and integrate whatever shows up.

But somehow I’ve realised I play this character out online, in business, in my creativity in my health and..

It’s really been blocking me of late from just expressing..

LOVE.

Like.. honestly I just want to be loved, to love and to be love.

I just play out this persona because it’s an easy default.

I know a lot of people get this anyways.

Constantly I’ll meet people in the real world and they’ll be like:

“Oh you’re really sweet and gentle in person.”

This year my single biggest focus is going to be on service.

How can reach further?

How can I be a better person?

How can I have a bigger impact?

I’m going to bring more energy to maturing the Spiral institute from behind the scenes whilst Zapheria Bell and our kick-ass team lead from the front.

My own offerings have been all over the shop, I know I’m drawn to wealth & money stuff and magical stuff and creativity but I don’t yet know how its all gonna look.

I trust something will move as I drop this character.

And that’s the thing.

Archetypes are not us.

They are energies or blueprints we can step into.

But it gets limiting and messy if you start to think you are that archetype.

So am I never gonna write a provocative post or not wear t-shirts with skulls?

I doubt that.

But.. I choose to no longer be limited to that.

I would like to take something I’ve created mainstream at some point.

I’d like to drop a layer or two of cynicism that can lead to me stripping the joy out of life sometimes..

And.. I’d like to show up as.. myself.

Truth is, I don’t even know how that would look on a public platform but.. I’m going to try..

Thank you for witnessing me in this.

Love & Dark,

Dane “retired dark wizard” Tomas

photo: Michael Matthew