Freud stated that the human persona is made up of three main elements, the Super Ego, the Ego, and the Id.
The Super Ego is the "I should" part of people, AKA the conscience.
The Ego is where the Super Ego and Id collide, fighting for their place in waking, living reality.
The Id is the "I want" part of us, AKA desires.
Now, let's play with these concepts a little.
Super Ego has similar traits of the Crown Chakra (located just above your head), so, we can say that, in a way, the Super Ego is our connection to the Divine or Spirituality. Heaven, if you will.
The Ego has similar traits of the Heart Chakra (gee, I wonder where this one's found), which can be compared to our waking, living conscious being.
The Id has similar traits of the Root Chakra (base of the spine) which is our basics wants, needs, and, huzzah, desires. Thusly so, in Hell people are punished for their desires. So, the Id can be considered Hell.
So, in a way, Christianity could be considered -
- an Enlightment religion, if followed in this way.
As such, the Heaven and Hell concepts can be switched to the Christian God and the Christian Satan, thusly making Jesus' statement as being "the son of God" into one where he is simply stating he mainly follows his Super Ego.
"… because the kingdom of God is within you…" — Luke 17:21
Excellent. I would make the Heart Chakra the Superego and the Crown Chakra, but that is unimportant. It's a well-thought out question. Still, I don't believe that Christianity can become an "enlighted" religion simply by comparing the Chakras to Bible stories and characters. For the most part, Christians already associate Satan with evil (Id), Christ with morality (Superego), and, say Judas with the the positive and negative qualities of choice and consciousness (Ego). I DO believe, though, that it can be considered this way and I love how you wrote it. The entire definition of Christianity would have to change completely and I believe a new name would be in order.
Good thinking! Now if only people can understand the metaphors and stop believing the fictional aspects we'll have a great universal upheaval on our hands, as opposed to the blood and sacrifice of innocent people. Go, change!