Deep [EVA] concepts and authors ; warning : ideologicalspoilers and threaths !

[Zhou Tai An]

Hey, no one answered to my post on this! I will have to post more. ^_^

>I am not very *up* on German writers and It will be great if you can
>point out a few so I can check it out at later time.

Herman Hesse? Though it's not that likley; his books were more full of a
personal search for self.

>Now, C. Jung is a entirely different game. Without getting into too much
>gruesome details, I don't see a lot of connections with Jung's writing
>and his teaching that is related to Eva (maybe Gareth as a Psy. major
>can tell us all more about Jung). Jung does has some interesting

I was looking forward to that, actually. ^_^

>theories (note: not laws or principle that is proven) about collective
>consciousness and soul-out-of-the-physical existence ideas. Also, I
>disagree with you that Jung is a scientist--his stuff is not very
>scientific. ;)

Metaphysics? There's definitely a lot of that in EVA. But since I haven't
read Jung (his books are simply murderous) I'll leave this open until a more
reliable source comes along. ^_^

>Note: Jung was very popular during the 60s' hippies era. Currently,
>there are some psycho therapist still practice using Jung's theories.
>Also, Jung still have a very strong cult following in US. Kinda scary
>actually.

About the only thing I actually remember of Jung is his archetype theory,
which frankly I don't see a trace of in EVA.

>Albert Camus? Not directly related to Evangelion, but the existentialist
>theme is very strong in the story. As you might know Albert Camus is one
>of the point person of existentialist. I enjoy reading his essays and
>novels a lot.

So THAT was it! Thanks, George, for reminding me. ^_^ Yes, Camus is a likley
possibility.

>>He's became quite well known, as having won once the Nobel award (was
>that
>>for poetry?) in the 50s if I remember well. He wrote one of his books

I don't think Camus wrote poetry, more books and essays.

>Hum....spiritual enlightenment is dangerous? That is if you find Jung's
>work inspiring. ;)

Enlightenment is a 13-letter word. ^_^

>Just curious, what do you think the angles' mission is? I personally
>have no opinion on that. I tends to think that they are trying to stop
>the third impact by just taking back Lilith.

I think they were trying to test humanity, and the EVA represented
humanity's best against them. More on this theory later. 

>Very true. Agree with you on those points, *but* we're not truly
>complimented on this ML since we still have our different opinions. ;)

Complementation CAN be a sum of different parts, ne? ^_^

Zhou Tai An (kain at pacific.net.sg) "There is no one simple truth." - Rune Walsh

"Who is this? This is I. Who is I? What is I?		   - Rei Ayanami
I am myself. This object is I. The figure that forms me."

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