> But your reasoning in defense of the existence of the collective > unconscious is the same kind of reasoning that validates astronomy, err ... you *did* mean astrology, right? (: > numerology, and Freudian psychoanalysis. The "evidence" you offered can > be explained a number of different ways--the question you should be > asking is, "Why should I believe it's an expression of a collective > unconscious rather than something else?" > > The problem I have with the idea is that it's essentially a religious > concept being passed off as a scientific one. It's only something we > could attain through some kind of revelation, and I just don't have that > kind of faith in Jung. I can certainly see your point here. There was once a massive argument in my drama class about this very topic, and surprisingly, I was on the side that said that humans are basically locked in hotel rooms and communication is like calling room service. But that goes further to explain my position. I don't necessarily believe that humans are, at least on a conscious level, like a group of those English houses which are essentially separate but whose attics join together. But I *do* think that there is something which connects us all and makes us all respond to one another, something that goes beyond science (and in many ways I think psychoanalysis is far more a religious than scientific discipline anyway) and into the realms of things far beyond our understanding. It's not something I could explain or justify but just a suspicion, or an inkling maybe, I don't know. But when I read Jung's theories it really struck something in me. Camille verona_beach@geocities.com @ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 @ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest