“One of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power ... If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That's why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived higher possibilities.” IfsReasonUseTurnsEnergyForceCreativityPowerCreativePsychologyTalentPossibilityHigherDiseasePoisonWickedDestructiveLazinessSheerGiftedPsychicsInactionDiagnosisNeurosisPsychoticCreative PowerCreativenessInactivityGiftedness Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“Holman's world is a worst case scenario but it's healthy to examine extreme possibilities. If the technology that is used for genetic enrichment in Genus had been distributed equitably, across society, it could have been nirvana, a great world where people don't fear the diseases that we die from. The problems that arrive are more to do with resource hording than technology itself.” PeopleIfsWorldHas BeensProblemUsedDiesCasesTechnologyWorstPossibilityHealthyDiseaseResourcesExtremesCould Have BeenScenariosEnrichmentWorst Case Scenario Author:Jonathan Trigell
“We've painted ourselves into a corner where the only choice is real nightmare - triage, epidemic disease, famine, fascism, the collapse of human rights - or a leap to an entirely different level. We've taken business-as-usual off the menu. Now only the extreme possibilities loom.” HumansDifferentRealChoicesLevelsTakenRightsPossibilityDiseaseHuman RightsCornersExtremesNightmareLeapUsualFascismCollapseHippieFamineEpidemicsMenusDifferent LevelsTriage Author:Terence McKenna
“Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.” KindPersonsSpiritEvilRacePossibilitySourceDiseaseRacismDrawsHorribleEnlightenedFascinationImmuneInfectionAnti SemitismVapor Book:The humanist in the bathtub Source: The humanist in the bathtub