16-03-2010, 06:41 PM
Yes, I can see that it could prove to be very difficult for Uncle’s trained scientists to perform well in these circumstaces. One of the problems they would face is their own scientific discipline and training, for the prevailing laws of that other Realm are completely different to the governing laws of here and now. Trying to apply one set of laws to an entirely different “other” would be fairly futile I think.
What I had in my mind in the previous posts above can best inadequately demonstrated by linking a number of disparate issues and inviting you gentlemen to join the dots.
Firstly post nos 17 and 18 HERE, HERE and HERE
I once read a factual book (yes!) on soccer hooliganism, circa 1990 (ish?). Subsequent films have elaborated on the theme of the book which focused on rival gangs of football supporters arranging right royal punch ups after selected games. But what was more interesting still was an occasion when the various team gangs joined forces to travel overseas - I think it was Italy - to support England. It was known in advance that it would "kick off" between the two rival groups of supporters, but the English team had a small posse of young boys, 10, 11 and 12 who acted as a most curious group of stage managers. By this I mean that they sensed the build up of the atmosphere and kept the England mob back from rushing headlong into the Italian supporters until the tension had built up to an agonizing almost unendurable level - where people were literally twitching like unearthed lightening. At the right point the young boys gave the nod for the punch up to begin, thus releasing the hordes against each other. Young children are, of course, usually far more sensitive to atmospheres than most adults.
Interesting phenomena eh.
What I had in my mind in the previous posts above can best inadequately demonstrated by linking a number of disparate issues and inviting you gentlemen to join the dots.
Firstly post nos 17 and 18 HERE, HERE and HERE
I once read a factual book (yes!) on soccer hooliganism, circa 1990 (ish?). Subsequent films have elaborated on the theme of the book which focused on rival gangs of football supporters arranging right royal punch ups after selected games. But what was more interesting still was an occasion when the various team gangs joined forces to travel overseas - I think it was Italy - to support England. It was known in advance that it would "kick off" between the two rival groups of supporters, but the English team had a small posse of young boys, 10, 11 and 12 who acted as a most curious group of stage managers. By this I mean that they sensed the build up of the atmosphere and kept the England mob back from rushing headlong into the Italian supporters until the tension had built up to an agonizing almost unendurable level - where people were literally twitching like unearthed lightening. At the right point the young boys gave the nod for the punch up to begin, thus releasing the hordes against each other. Young children are, of course, usually far more sensitive to atmospheres than most adults.
Interesting phenomena eh.
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