Re: How Many 'Alters' Per 'Organism'?
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:45 pm
I'm told there are about 40 trillion cells ( 'islands' of 'luminosities') in my body.AshvinP wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:11 pmI don't believe that is an assumption BK makes. Specifically, in reference to Chapter 2 of his new book on Jung, who was very much in the Nietzschean metaphysical tradition, BK outlines how the human 'organism' could be thought of as an ego-consciousness surrounded by 'islands' of 'luminosities' i.e. volitional sub-personalities who are not directly accessible to the ego but 'impinge' on it and can be inferred through their effects, i.e. dreams, visions, neuroses, etc. And, in a recent interview, BK stated that he does not disagree with Jung about anything.Justin wrote:BK, as far as I can see, assumes there is one alter per organism (in contrast to someone like Nietzsche for whom the body 'is a social structure composed of many souls')