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

[Mark Kohut]

Although I've drifted, I too was reading/learning about Jung 'cause of TRP.
But I will return to it; I was older then but I'm Jung(er) than that now......



--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
> Subject: Re: P-related. Jung's "mandala envy" and Tibetan images
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 12:56 PM
> Yes
> 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.
> > 
> > And, of course, the Tibetan theme ending is very
> interesting for we p readers, I would think.
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/arts/design/12jung.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=edward%20rothstein&st=cse
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