Well, my wife and I are kindred spirits, She wanted to turn it off with the attack on the Jews but decided to watch it longer. We actually didn't finish it. We...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 2, 2011 12:59 am
Bruce, I was with you until the reference to Clockwork Orange. My wife got it but looked at me with an amused "oh, I know something you don't whimsical smile"....
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dgallagher@...
david.gallag...
Jan 2, 2011 5:35 pm
I've finally managed to watch the film; twice actually, and will likely view again. Too many subtleties missed on the initial run through. The script is...
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Bruce MacLennan
xmclennanx
Jan 3, 2011 2:31 am
Hi Thomas, Sorry for the obscure allusion. In the movie the protagonist Alex, a futuristic juvenile delinquent, is subjected to aversion therapy in which he is...
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dgallagher@...
david.gallag...
Jan 3, 2011 6:45 pm
Addendum: Maria Dzielska, Hypatia of Alexandria (HUP, Revealing Antiquity, No 8). Text available at ...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 3, 2011 9:51 pm
Thanks Bruce. You made my wife happy. She one-upped me. No need to say sorry at all. Sounds like a movie that gave me the creeps from the 60s starring...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 8, 2011 11:01 pm
List, I am enjoying the Red Book. I think John recommended it. It is tempting me to seek out a business venture. My wife's family were part of the Amana...
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Ted Hand
t3dyhand
Jan 9, 2011 2:58 am
Brilliant plan I hope to see the fruit one day. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Adamson, Peter
peter.adamson@...
Jan 9, 2011 10:37 am
Dear all, Please find below information about a funding opportunity for study in Ancient Philosophy at UCL. Best, Peter UCL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN ANCIENT...
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gregshaw58
Jan 9, 2011 2:40 pm
Thomas, I highly recommend watching James Hillman's 2.5 hour DVD on Jung's Red Book. Hillman is still an incredible mind and provides a fascinating...
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vaeringjar
Jan 9, 2011 6:32 pm
... Thanks, Greg, I am most interested in seeing this, as lately have been meaning to go back and read more of Jung - and less of Freud, still! I notice those...
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vaeringjar
Jan 9, 2011 6:59 pm
... What a graet idea! Good luck with that. Does the Kindle handle beautifully illustrated MSS and books? :) I guess I shouldn't knock it, if it helps more...
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John Smythies
john.smythies@...
Jan 9, 2011 7:21 pm
Greg, As a newcomer to the neoplatonism group please remind me about Jung's Red book. I spent a day with Jung at his home in Zurich in 1952 when we discussed...
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John Uebersax
john.uebersax
Jan 9, 2011 8:55 pm
John Smythies wrote: Welcome to the group, John! ... Although you addressed the question to Greg, maybe it's okay if I also reply. First a bit of context....
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John Smythies
john.smythies@...
Jan 9, 2011 10:21 pm
Dear John, Thank you very much for the information about the Red Book. Very helpful! ... Jung never took any psychedelics himself. I recall that he told me ...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 9, 2011 10:32 pm
What kind of fruit? I have a fantasy of a pop-up inside a book. It grows a grapevine with illuminatory grapes. Only take one! ... From: Ted Hand...
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John Uebersax
john.uebersax
Jan 9, 2011 10:52 pm
Please let me take the opportunity to welcome Prof. John Smythies to the group. Many will no doubt recognize his name, but for the sake of others let me...
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John Uebersax
john.uebersax
Jan 9, 2011 11:22 pm
I should correct what I wrote in my last message to say I first became aware of Prof. Smythies' work on biogenic amines while writing my undergraduate thesis...
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gregshaw58
Jan 10, 2011 12:05 am
That's a fantastic story Dennis, and I am glad you shared it, especially the part about discovering the markings in Lewy's rare book. A fine shaggy dog story....
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gregshaw58
Jan 10, 2011 12:21 am
Dear John, John Uebersax more than ably answered your questions about the Red Book and I find your exchange with Jung to be fascinating, particularly his...
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John Smythies
john.smythies@...
Jan 10, 2011 1:00 am
Dear Greg, I certainly feel that William James and Henri Bergson were on the same wavelength which I, in general, follow. As a material (post- Cartesian)...
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Bruce MacLennan
xmclennanx
Jan 10, 2011 2:47 am
I second Greg's recommendation of the Hillman DVD. There are also two DVDs (AJC #10 and #11, 3 hours each, recorded in Jan and May 2010) of Murray Stein...
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gregshaw58
Jan 10, 2011 4:05 am
Dear John, Thanks for this. I plan to get your book with the intriguing title: "The Walls of Plato's Cave," and see if I might learn something. I would like...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 10, 2011 2:43 pm
Thanks Greg, Â We were going to get hit with a heavy snow storm here in the South (seeing southerners react to snow, a displaced northerner like me can see...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 10, 2011 2:54 pm
Welcome John, Have you ever heard of Stan Grof? Thomas ... From: John Smythies <john.smythies@...> Subject: Re: [neoplatonism] Re: Thanks To:...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 10, 2011 2:54 pm
Dennis, Maybe with Kindle, someone could cross an illuminated manuscript with a stain glass window type of graphic. Thomas ... From: vaeringjar...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 10, 2011 2:57 pm
John, I don't see the "dualism" in Jung. I always pegged him a Hermeticist. Also, have you ever heard of Stanislav Grof? Thanks again, Thomas ... From: John...
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Thomas Mether
t_mether
Jan 10, 2011 3:09 pm
Dennis I have a portion of Marcuse's library. His annotation system is a number beside a paragraph with a footnote annotation at the bottom. Its what I...
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dgallagher@...
david.gallag...
Jan 10, 2011 5:59 pm
Welcome, John. Regarding material dualism, my experience is that phenomenal and physical space are aspatial dimensions of Intellect. As Paul Brunton wrote:...
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John Smythies
john.smythies@...
Jan 10, 2011 6:18 pm
Thank you for welcome kind Thomas. Yes, I know Grof's work well. Google on my paper<The adrenochrome hypothesis of schizophrenia revisited>. Hoffer, Osmond...
