Speaking of Carl Jung

[Matthew Cissell]

I see your point and I have to agree about Pynchon's use of all kinds of crazy ideas which we know range from concepts in the history of science (eg quaternions, etc) to the more esoteric, but still very much a part of the history of human cultural production. For me part of his genius is in using concepts that he may think are whacky but work wonderfully for thematic structuring.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jed Kelestron <jedkelestron at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Cc: Matthew Cissell <macissell at yahoo.es>; "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: Speaking of Carl Jung

While I don't find Jung 'useful' I love his hokum. Not much interested
in utility. I love how Pynchon uses hokum, including Jung's, to create
great art. If you subtract all the hokum from Pynchon's writings you
rob it of its soul.

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:02 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Your pronouncement that Jung's ideas are hokum are empty without
> elaboration.  Are we too dumb to follow your reasoning, or is your
> reasoning self-evident except to the deluded?
>
> David Morris
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Matthew Cissell <macissell at yahoo.es> wrote:
>> As a character Jung is very interesting. His writing deserves to be read. However, his ideas are hokum and the problem is that people continue to draw on them because they continue to be granted legitimacy from certain quarters.
>>
>> I'd like to take a gander at the Red Book. Must be bizarre.