In this episode:
I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation.
Sources for quotes and more:
- 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony)
- S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye
- 'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
- Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
- 'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 9i
- 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 17
- 'Individuation in Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
- 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
- 'Tao Te Ching' (Translated by Red Pine)
- 'The Dhammapada' (Translated by Gil Fronsdal)
- 'Mysterium Coniunctionis' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 14
- 'The King and the Corpse' by Heinrich Zimmer
- 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 117: The Whale Watch)
Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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