I was just watching a youtube on Jungian personas and masks. The problem, Jung said, is that people put on masks to gain love and acceptance but hide their true authentic selves. Over time, they forget who they really are and become their mask.
The video was about how to remove the mask and discover your true self, but all I kept thinking was “love and acceptance? just for putting on a mask? how can I learn this skill?”
Nice! Thank you! I’m swearing off the slop! I have volume 12 of Jung’s work on alchemy and dream interpretation on my reader. Back to the source!
Have you had run-ins with Alan Watts slop, too?
Yeah, can’t go wrong with published old books. Yes it did cross my feed. I miss occasionally hearing some bites of Alan Watts or Terrence McKenna talks in music mixes. Funnily enough those seem to have disappeared from youtube from what I’ve heard. I already was taking everything with a grain of salt back then. These days with voice deep fakes, I may need a handfull of salt. I just don’t waste time with it anymore.
I’m sure archive.org has a bunch of old recordings though. So definitely go there.