P-related. Jung's "mandala envy" and Tibetan images

[Joseph Tracy]

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On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> I found the fact that the Jung persona [a Jungian neologism] in The  
> Red Book splits into other characters, uh, interesting.
Yes Jung was clearly energized by a rare combination of creative/ 
artistic energy  and analytic/syncretistic/ theoretic passion. The  
characters you talk about are given a kind of interactive narrative  
force which is reminiscent of fiction writers.   And behind it all is  
a very human urge to heal himself and to offer practical tools for  
healing to a global community.
   Most of what I knew about Jung and his ideas was second-hand, so I  
am reading some Jung rather slowly and it is obvious that he is  
constrained by patriarchal prejudice and other cultural bia. But what  
comes through is the overwhelming originality of thought  and the  
difficulty and resolve needed to integrate the internal mythos,  
patholgies and energies  of the subconscious which he was exploring   
with the world of science and conscious rationality and social   
behavior which were his community and livelihood.
  I see a profound integration of Jung's ideas about human  
consciousness in Pynchon's writing.
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> And, of course, the Tibetan theme ending is very interesting for we  
> p readers, I would think.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/arts/design/12jung.html? 
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