Obama Yet Again!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi fellow campers,

wrote: It seems to me that fitting Obama into a cosmic

framework is one thing,

but it's another thing to do so without being aware of how projective

identification works. In other words, to do so without allowing for

certain contents of this 'fitting' to be aspects of the personal

" wish. "

ung understood such wishes often reflected collective ideas, and, that

great men and great women provided the charismatic stickiness that is the

glue to the 'fly' of the wish. Moth and candle work here to.

JOSEFA: Exactly. and I often disagree (although not usually about

Obama, and I believe that we both volunteered on his campaign). I was

particularly struck with ’s words above. Obama is a charismatic

character and as such would probably be a convenient hook for projections

wherever his path had led him, but as President of the US – well, I guess the Onion

said it best “Once again the black guy gets the worst job”!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously, folks. I am aware of my own personal projections onto

Obama, and am sure that every single person with whom I worked on the campaign

has their own. BUT – there was also a real sense of something bigger. The

whole world is in crisis, economically, politically and environmentally, and

out of such a collective crisis, leaders emerge (as Jung was aware). The

emergence of Adolf Hitler was a disaster, but that crisis also produced

Churchill and FDR.

The aftermath of the war also gave us the only (IMO) female politician

who was not animus-possessed, Golda Meir.

Obama has a tough task and everything to prove. It is good that many

intelligent people are skeptical, if it results in them not expecting too much

of one human being and actually giving the guy a fair go. For those who believe

in the power of prayer or energy, please send it in the direction of Obama.

In passing, I would like to say that, although this is a Jung list and

not a political one, I am disappointed at the lack of concern shown on this

list for the recent attacks in Mumbai. But then – oh, what the hell, it

didn’t happen in the US,

did it?

fa

" Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. " CG Jung