In this episode:
I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the will of the ego and the will of fate and discuss the hard work involved in becoming conscious.
Sources for quotes and more:
- 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout)
- S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
- 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV)
- 'A Pregnant Allegory,' Review of Moby-Dick by George Ripley (Norton Edition)
- 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
- 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
- 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung (CW9ii)
- S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, part 1
- 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
- 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)
Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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