FETISHES “WHAT THEY INDICATE ABOUT OUR PERSONALITY”

OUR DAILY WISDOM WORD TODAY IS “FETISHES.”  BEFORE GOING INTO WHAT THEY REFLECT IN US, I WILL PROVIDE OUR WEBSTER DEFINITION OF FETISHES AND THE DAILY WISDOM WORD MEANING FOR FETISHES. 

WEBSTER DEFINITION FOR FETISHES-1.  A FORM OF SEXUAL DESIRE IN WHICH GRATIFICATION DEPENDS TO AN ABNORMAL DEGREE OR SOME OBJECT OR ITEM OF CLOTHING, PART OF THE BODY, ETC.  2.  AN EXCESSIVE AND IRRATIONAL DEVOTION OR COMMITMENT TO A PARTICULAR THING. 3.  AN INANIMATE OBJECT WORSHIPPED FOR ITS SUPPOSED MAGICAL POWERS OR BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE INHABITED BY A SPIRIT. 

 DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION, FETISHES-THOSE THINGS NEEDED FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO WORSHIP OR ENJOY THAT ARE EXTERNAL OBJECTS OR AN INVISIBLE FORCE LIKE MAGIC OR A SPIRIT TO BE CONTENT. 

WHAT DO FETISHES TELL US ABOUT OURSELVES?  MANY TIMES, DEPENDING ON THE FETISH, IT CAN BE VERY COMMON FOR US TO LIKE A PARTICULAR  SEXUALLY OR EVEN BE PARTIAL TO A PARTICULAR WAY SOMETHING IS DON PARTICULAR THINGS ARE DONE BECAUSE TO DO IT ANOTHER WAY WOULD BOTHER US. FETISHES ARE NOT ALWAYS SEXUAL IN NATURE, BUT A PART OF WHAT  THE PERSONALITY DESIRES.  FETISHES CAN ALSO BE SUBCONSCIOUS AND WE AREN’T AWARE OF THEM.  PERHAPS WE WITNESSED AS A CHILD FROM OUR ROLE MODELS SOMETHING THAT WAS OUT OF THE NORM. 

IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE TO CARRY THIS WITH US AND TAKE UP FETISHES RELATED OR THE SAME AS WHAT WE WITNESSED AT AN INFLUENTIAL AGE.  REGARDLESS, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL AND DEGREE OF FETISH, IT CAN BE HARMLESS.   IF WE LOOK AT THE THIRD PART OF THE WEBSTER DEFINITION FOR FETISH, WHICH IS AN ABNORMAL ATTACHMENT TO OBJECTS ASSIGNING THEM SPIRITUAL VALUE OR SEEING OBJECTS INVALUABLE SUCH AS A FAVORITE SHIRT, OR PLACING TO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON THESE OBJECTS BY WORSHIPPING THEM, IS WHEN FETISHES BECOME STRANGE. 

I HAVE SEEN THOSE AND HEARD THEIR REASONING BEHIND BELIEVING IN WHITE MAGIC, BLACK MAGIC, OR AN OBJECT THEY SEE AS SPIRITUAL, HOLD DEEP SIGNIFICANCE, AND FEEL THEIR THINKING AND FAITH IS REALITY IT BORDERS ON OBSESSION.   I HAVE ALSO SEEN FETISHES THAT ARE PARTIAL TO ONE INDIVIDUAL IF THEY ARE LEADERS AT HEART, BECOME LEADERS OF CULTS.  I ALWAYS FEEL  WHAT THOSE WORSHIPPED OBJECTS ARE, HAVE ONLY HOLD ANY POWER IF OUR OWN WORSHIPPING AND ENERGY GIVES IT THAT POWER. IF A FETISH HOLDS GREAT POWER AND SIGNIFICANCE AND HAS DEEP PERSONAL MEANING TO THEM, THEY DO DEVOTE MUCH OF THEIR HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT WITH THIS OBJECT OR BELIEF SYSTEM. 

MY THEORY ALWAYS HAS BEEN FETISHES REFLECT A NEED OR WANT IN OURSELVES.  THIS MAKES A FETISHES MORE INDICATIVE ABOUT US ESPECIALLY WHEN A FETISH IS CARRIED TO AN EXTREME.  IT CAN BE THAT A FETISH GOES AS FAR AS TO DOMINATE OUR LIFE.  WHEN A FETISH BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT SHOULD BE, IT IS NO LONGER A FETIS BUT FOCAL POINT OF OUR LIFE, OR OBSESSION.  WE OURSELVES GET CARRIED AWAY TO AN EXTREME WITH THE FETISH.   WE SEE THIS WHEN OUR POWER AND FAITH GET INVOLVED. 

THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING ABOUT FETISHES TODAY!  PLEASE LEAVE YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON FETISHES YOU HAVE BENEATH THIS POST AND BE THE ONE TO START A DISCUSSION BY “JOINING THE DISCUSSION” IN THE AREA BELOW. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH,

SAMANTHA