27-07-2013, 09:02 AM
Albert Rossi Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:I would add, if I may, a slight variation on Twain (who I greatly admire too).
Who is the dreamer and whom made the dream? Any why the dream at all?.
Lewis Carroll is indeed also appropriate here! (Through the Looking Glass, Chpt 12).
Quote: 'Now, Kitty, let's consider who it was that dreamed it all. This is a serious question, my dear, and you should NOT go on licking your paw like thatas if Dinah hadn't washed you this morning! You see, Kitty, it MUST have been either me or the Red King. He was part of my dream, of coursebut then I was part of his dream, too! WAS it the Red King, Kitty? You were his wife, my dear, so you ought to knowOh, Kitty, DO help to settle it! I'm sure your paw can wait!' But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretended it hadn't heard the question.
Which do YOU think it was?
Lewis Carroll knew of what he wrote, methinks, Albert.
Even the title Through the Looking Glass, speaks volumes, especially when we recall that the "glass" was used for "looking" in occult operations dating back to Dr. John Dee - for example. And, of course, The Red King has a White King for balance, and these two colours presented in the form of opposing king's are clear indicators of Carroll's interest, or involvement, in the occult and esotericism and the Rosicrucian movement in particular.
If we were to dig deeper into many of the enduring classics we would find similar connections to esoteric subjects. Ditto with many of the great artists too.
I should add that these days, the need for a dark glass to look - although it remains in use - is by no means essential. Just imagine the dark space i.e., inside your forehead, as the screen upon which images, events and experiences are projected. As in a dream. And other things too.
This is straying into more complex and difficult matters which would take quite a lot of elucidation, so I'll leave it there.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14