The Momentum of Man: The Cultural Evolution of the Masculine and Feminine — Edward C. Whitmont
There is, I believe, a new consciousness being born in our midst; but before I begin to discuss it, I must present briefly four fundamental ideas which have important implications for this concept. First, evolution can be seen as a goal-oriented mutational unfolding of archetypal form elements. … Second, within this process of evolution, consciousness evolves through both quantitative and qualitative growth and differentiation. … Third, in shaping consciousness, the archetypal form processes constellate cultures and expressions of cultural forms as well as those changes in culture which are the basis of the historical process. … Fourth, past development has moved from an early gynolatric (matriarchal) to an adrolatric (patriarchal) structure of culture and history. …
I shall now consider the implications of these concepts with respect to the new consciousness and to certain of its elements: integrative trends, revaluation of time and destiny, and an approach to sexuality and aggression and, in particular, to ethics. …
American Nekyia, Part Three — Edward F. Edinger
With the crew all committed to the destruction of Moby Dick, we must now turn to the question: What is the meaning of this mighty whale, the central character of the book? The problem is that the whale has too many meanings. Melville has gone to great trouble to provide an almost boundless network of associations to amplify the image of the whale. The whale and its multitude of meanings becomes a Cretan labyrinth wherein one is almost sure to lose himself. The amplification process begins before the narrative itself in the extracts concerning whales that Melville has collected from the literature and mythologies of the world. This collection of general and mythological associations to the whale, together with much other evidence in the book proper, indicates that Melville had discovered on his own the amplification method and used it to gain entrance to the collective unconscious. …
The Art of Remembering Dreams — Henry Reed
To describe the remembering of dreams as an art is partially a confession of the mystery of the process. Yet, in many respects, learning to recall dreams is similar to learning any other skill: it requires motivation, an especially adapted vigilant strategy, an overcoming of possible resistance, and, above all, an attitude of confident patience. It is only when we practice these skills on a high level that the remembering of dreams becomes an art. …
Book Review
The Nuremberg Mind: The Psychology of the Nazi Leaders— Florence R. Miale and Michael Selzer. Quadrangle Books. Reviewed by Robert S. McCully
