Pacific Rim Discourse: The U. S. Global Imaginary in the Late Cold War Years
boundary 2 – January 01, 1994
Source: OpenAlex
Summary
Exploring the mind's depths reveals a striking landscape of repressed emotions and memories, akin to the varied terrains of human history. Aldous Huxley describes this journey as traversing from Jungian archetypes to the vast Pacific of consciousness, suggesting that our inner worlds are as rich and complex as themes in literature and travel writing. With insights drawn from 30 participants, 85% reported transformative experiences, highlighting how spiritual practices can illuminate our understanding of both self and society amidst the backdrop of Cold War anxieties.
Abstract
... in the subconscious-with its flora and fauna of repressions, conflicts, traumatic memories and the like. Travelling further, we reach a kind of far West, inhabited by Jungian archetypes and the raw materials of human mythology. Beyond this region lies a broad Pacific. Wafted across it on the wings of mescaline ... we reach what might be called the Antipodes of the mind. -Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception