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Episode 117: Roderick Main

Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts

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The Prang Mantis, Um, and Its Synchronicity

The Prang Mantis came to symbolize synchronicity for me, not just because it was on the cover of the Kocovsynchronicity. That's one aspect of its personal meaning. But another aspect is that after they've had intercourse with a female Mantis, she promptly beheads the male and devours it along with the rest of the male. And so this all associates well with the sort of faux fermies deity kind of aspect. I don't know. Maybe that's why I haven't explored the personal significance of that too much.

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