There Is A Curiously Sharp Sense Of

The Daimonic Is Any Natural Function Which Has The Power To Take Over The Whole Person. Sex And Eros, Anger And Rage, And The Craving For Power Are Examples. The Daimonic Can Be Either Creative Or Destructive And Is Normally Both.

Artistic Symbols And Myths Speak Out Of The Primordial, Preconscious Realm Of The Mind Which Is Powerful And Chaotic. Both Symbol And Myth Are Ways Of Bringing Order And Form Into This Chaos.

To Believe Fully And At The Same Moment To Have Doubts Is Not At All A Contradiction: It Presupposes A Greater Respect For Truth, An Awareness That Truth Always Goes Beyond Anything That Can Be Said Or Done At Any Given Moment.

It Is Amazing How Many Hints And Guides And Intuitions For Living Come To The Sensitive Person Who Has Ears To Hear What His Body Is Saying.

Indeed, Compulsive And Rigid Moralism Arises In Given Persons Precisely As The Result Of A Lack Of Sense Of Being. Rigid Moralism Is A Compensatory Mechanism By Which The Individual Persuades Himself To Take Over The External Sanctions Because He Has No Fundamental Assurance That His Own Choices Have Any Sanction Of Their Own