Our Philosophy and Theater discussion group has just spent two months studying a series of readings on the work of Jerzy Grotowski, the famous Polish director whose productions first stunned audiences in the 1960s with their distinctive physicality. We wrapped up with our usual recorded Skype call, which featured Carlos Franke, Philip Cherny and myself. Members can download it Continue Reading …
The Jung and the Restless
...I cannot outline the spiritual problems of modern man without giving emphasis to the yearning for rest that arises in a period of unrest... It is from need and distress that new forms of life take their rise, and not from mere wishes or from the requirements of our ideals." When Carl Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul was first published in 1933 he had already treated Continue Reading …
PREVIEW-Episode 81: Jung on the Psyche and Dreams
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Episode 81: Jung on the Psyche and Dreams (Citizens Only)
On Carl Jung's "Approaching the Unconscious" from Man and His Symbols, written in 1961. What's the structure of the mind? Jung followed Freud in positing an unconscious distinct from the conscious ego, but Jung's picture has the unconscious much more stuffed full of all sorts of stuff from who knows where, including instincts (the archetypes) that tend to give rise to Continue Reading …
Precognition of Ep. 81: Jung
An introduction to Carl Jung's Man and His Symbols, read by Wes Alwan. After you listen to this, listen to the full episode. Read more about the topic. Get Wes's transcript. Continue Reading …
Precognition of Ep. 81: Jung
An introduction to Carl Jung's Man and His Symbols, read by Wes Alwan. Read more about the topic. Listen to the full episode. Read a transcript. Continue Reading …
Topic for #81: Carl Jung on the Psyche and Dreams
Listen now to Wes's introductory precognition of this Jung discussion. On 8/7/13, we recorded a discussion of Carl Jung's Man and His Symbols, specifically essay he wrote that kicks off the book (which includes several authors), "Approaching the Unconscious." This reading (written shortly before Jung's death in 1961 and published afterwards) was recommended to us by some Continue Reading …
Alan Watts on Buddhist and Christian Mythographies
http://youtu.be/w0FQoypdDTk Watch on YouTube. I liked the meta-discussion that kicked off the second PEL naturalized Buddhism episode, specifically on what knowledge we gain by assessing the supernatural "rules" contained within "religious" Buddhism. Even after rejecting a supernaturalist stance, there's value in reviewing the form of life revealed within Buddhism's Continue Reading …