Woebot
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I've always cherished that introduction to Jung's "Man and his Symbols" because it's a layman's, plain-talking exposition of his thoughts. Some people have a problem with that kind of thing, I have absolutely no idea why. I have read thicker stuff by him- including the entire book on Psychology and Alchemy- though I cant remember anything about it.
Anyway Jung takes this example of a 10-year old girls dreams which seemed completely devoid of personal associations and yet which he traces to to the Apokatastasis and cosmogonic myth, archetypes the girl would have no way of knowing about. Apparently, tragically, she died of an infectious disease shotly afterwards.
Anyway it amuses me to hear my two-year old son coming out with some quite strange remarks. Recently we asked him what he was going to give his mummy for Christmas and he replied blankly "an apple". Such a symbolically pregnant idea! I don't suppose I have to rake over it in detail in present company. He's also taken to shouting the number "seven", often followed by "important". Obviously he associates numbers with seriousness and knowledge, but why pick "seven"?
Kind of like an alternative dad's thread really.....
Anyway Jung takes this example of a 10-year old girls dreams which seemed completely devoid of personal associations and yet which he traces to to the Apokatastasis and cosmogonic myth, archetypes the girl would have no way of knowing about. Apparently, tragically, she died of an infectious disease shotly afterwards.
Anyway it amuses me to hear my two-year old son coming out with some quite strange remarks. Recently we asked him what he was going to give his mummy for Christmas and he replied blankly "an apple". Such a symbolically pregnant idea! I don't suppose I have to rake over it in detail in present company. He's also taken to shouting the number "seven", often followed by "important". Obviously he associates numbers with seriousness and knowledge, but why pick "seven"?
Kind of like an alternative dad's thread really.....