Carl Jung - The MagicianI was recently alluded to this and was somewhat blown away by it. I'd elaborate but I wouldn't want to spoil it. Have a read and see how fast you can work out what "magic" is.
A bit of background: This is an exert from The Red Book, written near the start of the 1900's. Jung had a falling out with Signum Freud, and as such the book was never released by Jung, and withheld from the public by his family up until 2007. This is an interesting consideration, if you have any kind of basic idea what Freud was about, or what Jung is generally recognised for.
This is no work of fiction; apparently Jung actually came face to face with the magician. It is purported, by some, that he had a psychotic breakdown.
Jungs words on the Redbook:
Quote:The years… when I pursued the inner images, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this. It began at that time, and the later details hardly matter anymore.
My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me.
That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was merely the outer classification, scientific elaboration, and the integration into life.
But the numinous beginning, which contained everything, was then.
I consider this an absolute essential read for anybody interested in hyperspace.
Hopefully others will find the same.