Wednesday, June 12, 2002


"In 1925, at the age of 50, Jung visited the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico... Ochwiay Biano, the chief, shared that his Pueblo people felt whites were 'mad,' uneasy and restless, always wanting something. Jung inquired further about why he thought they were mad. The chief replied that white people say they think with their heads - a sign of illness in his tribe. 'Why of course,' said Jung,'what do you think with?' Ochwiay Biano indicated his heart. Jung reported falling into a 'long meditation,' in which he grasped for the first time how deeply colonialism had effected his character and psyche..." --Individuation, Seeing-through, and Liberation: Depth Psychology and Colonialism

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