alt.history.ancient-egypt

Den 2007-08-24 11:23:24 skrev JTEM :

> "M Winther" wrote:
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>> The Freudians always use ancient myths in a metaphorical
>> way. They think the Narcissus myth exemplifies
>> narcissistic pathology. Truth is that the Narcissus myth
>> isn't even remotely connected with narcissism. The
>> difference is that the Freudians don't understand that it's
>> merely metaphorical. They actually think that mythology
>> is an ancient diagnostics manual.
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> I started to respond to your first post, but then changed my
> mind and hit "Discard." I didn't think it was worth it. But,
> seeing how you're going to continue this exchange even if
> it's one sided...
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> Current thought is that these "ancients" were fully formed
> modern humans -- and not some archaic form or evolutionary
> inferior species. It's not like we're made out of DNA now but
> back then people were made out of wood.
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> Anyhow, what applies to us pretty much applies to the
> ancients as well. Sure, their view of reality was a lot
> different, but no different than your own would be if you had
> been raised during those ancient times. As far as their
> minds go, they operated no differently than our own do
> today.
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It's not the question of genetical differences. Current thought in
Jungian psychology is that the average level of consciousness was
lower in ancient times. One of the Jungians who discuss this is
Erich Neumann in "The Origins and History of Consciousness" (1954).
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Mats Winther