WRT 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter On The Fear of Death, The allegory of the cave, Our Place in the Universe Face to Face with the Infinite: Hubble Space Telescope, Jean Richer, Goddard Space Flight Center
11 Oct 2017
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Wrt 102- reading notes-on the fear of death, the allegory of the cave, our place in the. In our unconscious death is never possible in regard to ourselves. In our unconscious mind we cannot distinguish between a wish and a deed: death is seen as a temporary thing to children- they cannot fathom the idea of it. This grief, shame and guilt are not very far removed from feelings of anger and rage. The dead person then turns into something the child loves and wants very much but also hates with equal intensity for this severe deprivation. : tombstone tradition comes from wish to keep bad spirits in the ground. If not the child will have unresolved grief and trauma, no way to properly cope: the more advanced we become in science the more we fear and deny death.
