Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyCarl Jung on the Importance of PsychologyIf psychology did not exist, but only concrete objects, the one would actually have been destroyed and replaced by the other. But in…5d ago5d ago
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyHermann Hesse on Ego DeathWas it not his ego, his small, proud, anxious ego with which he had fought for so many years, which had always defeated him, always…Aug 18Aug 18
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyRalph Waldo Emerson on Subconscious Power“Power keeps quite another road than the turnpikes of choice and will, namely, the subterranean and invisible tunnels and channels of…Aug 11Aug 11
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyThomas Mann on Curiosity/NuminosityThe mania he then developed of thinking out musical problems, which he solved like chess problems, might make one fear lest he thought this…Aug 4Aug 4
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyCarl Jung on Hermitude[A] certain solitude and isolation are inescapable conditions of life for the well-being of oneself and of the other, otherwise one cannot…Jul 28Jul 28
Lary WallaceinWizard’s KeyRalph Waldo Emerson on TransformabilityThe philosophy we want is one of fluxions and mobility. The Spartan and Stoic schemes are too stark and stiff for our occasion. A theory of…Jul 21Jul 21
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsHe Got Civilized: ‘Rocky III’ (1982)Although the members of Queen couldn’t save a movie about their own band — that one with Rami Malek lip-synching Freddie Mercury — at…Nov 23, 2022Nov 23, 2022
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsDjango Chained: ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ (1999)You didn’t yet have to explain yourself, in 1999, for liking Woody Allen, but you were already having to explain yourself for liking his…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
Lary WallaceinFever DreamsHe Needs Help: ‘127 Hours’ (2010)Some of the most extraordinary stories are also the hardest to tell. You’d think it might be different: with a story strong enough, you…Apr 16, 2022Apr 16, 2022