In September we camped on the lake “Königsee” enjoying a few beautiful Indian Summer days. The Königsee is only a few miles away from Obersalzberg, once Hitlers mountainside retreat. There is now a luxury hotel “Intercontinental” in this area situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany, located about 120 kilometres southeast of Munich. After 1935 Obersalzberg became very fashionable under the National Socialists … Continue reading
This US presidential election is a (no-) choice between two similar masks for the future of America: One for mirage of an European pipe dream state run by the Great Mother Archetype (like cruel Kali). But Obama actually backed off March 2009 when he had some power over the banks and did not touch Wall Street ever … Continue reading
There has been a bit of noise about a dubious a “business card size” piece of papyrus which purportedly provides evidence that Jesus had a wife. That Jesus was married, many hope, is somehow undermining the core doctrines of Christianity. Apart from the fact that it the tiny scrap is currently dated a few hundred years after Jesus life and … Continue reading
The two great philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper – who both had a rap of abusive discussion style met only once: on the 25th October 1946. The meeting in a crowded classroom in Cambridge went bad. Legends formed rapidly to their loud and aggressive confrontation, Wittgenstein supposedly used a red-hot fireplace poker to emphasize his … Continue reading
This essay is a highly subjective and indirect way to connect Wittgenstein and C.G. Jung. I stumbled recently over the connection between Sigmund Freud and the very innovative Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born philosopher and contemporary of Freud. Wittgenstein’s ( and C. G. Jung’s) contributions while not in everybody’s mind like Freud’s, are more significant and much more widely … Continue reading
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