[Buddha-l] Voegelin and Nansen's cat

[Curt Steinmetz]

I apologize for my sloppiness - I was quoting from Vincente's post, but 
I mistakenly used a post in which Joanna was quoting from the same post 
by Vincente - rather than the original one!
Curt

jkirk wrote:
>  Curt says:
> jkirk wrote:
>   
>>  
>> Truly I never imagined that the rescue of this thread can awake
>>     
> all 
>   
>> these passions. I wonder if the USA psychotherapy is an
>>     
> equivalent of 
>   
>> European soccer, and in that case, the European decadence is
>>     
> complete.
>
> I didn't write that--it was part of a message from Vicente.
> Joanna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com
> [mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Curt
> Steinmetz
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 10:02 AM
>
>
> jkirk wrote:
>   
>>  
>> Truly I never imagined that the rescue of this thread can awake
>>     
> all 
>   
>> these passions. I wonder if the USA psychotherapy is an
>>     
> equivalent of 
>   
>> European soccer, and in that case, the European decadence is
>>     
> complete.
>   
>>   
>>     
>
> The problem is that Nazism is part of the collective karma of the
> western psyche, and some choose to attempt to exorcise this part
> of our shadow through the ancient practice of "scapegoating".
> Instead of facing up to just how un-anomalous Nazism is in the
> history of "the west" over the last 1500 years, an attempt is
> made to single out individuals and/or "movements" and to brand
> them as "pro-Nazi" aberrations, while neatly and conveniently
> exonerating the rest of us.
>
> Whatever gets your through the (long dark) night (of the soul), I
> guess.
>
> Curt Steinmetz
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