22-11-2009, 11:29 AM
A very interesting thread. I know Bond is an interest of yours Charlie and more would be welcome. Chris's post was fascinating as I had not seen this essay previously. I have long assumed that Fleming was deeply interested in the esoteric but that was only a guess.
I know I have posted the below image previously but whenever I see the name of Crowley and the Qabalistically significant triple numbers "777" I find the need to post it again. Btw, I had no idea Bond's killer number was changed in the last novel to 777. Very telling I think.
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I know I have posted the below image previously but whenever I see the name of Crowley and the Qabalistically significant triple numbers "777" I find the need to post it again. Btw, I had no idea Bond's killer number was changed in the last novel to 777. Very telling I think.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14