EP 19: Archetypes Jung, Freud
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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How to Get Rid of Juvenile Delinquents
The boys undergo certain very specific ritual mutilations but not only that they experience and really experience the mitts. The first nights the boys are behind a brush barrier and are commanded not to look at what's going on. A man will come in with a big bag or cluster of reeds and begin banging the kid on the belly with this. Then suddenly someone comes in and picks him up on a shield. This is one way to get rid of juvenile delinquents and it's also one way toget rid of social variants. Those who cannot tolerate the culture lose by this is something of imagination and initiative," he says.
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