History according to Wolf..

[Gany]

Sorry, I'll leave the poor guy alone shortly. Just re read his account
of history according to the Hegelian formulas. The whole notion that
we are divorced from mythic consciousness because we 6 billion
earthlings have all developed a postmodern philosophical mind skills
has divorced itself from mythic immersion and mythic symbiosis. Pull
the other one Wolf! Yes there are a few dozen, perhaps even a few
thousand hard thinkers for whom the mind has divorced itself from
mythic consciousness. But the rest of the people? I can't believe this
is the same man who demolished Neuman's Ontogeny/Phylogeny fantasy.

The other thing Wolf says primitive man had no guilt. Lol. How he
figured out that one is anyone's guess! I understand his hypothesis,
but its wholly unconvincing. How does one explain all those sacrifices
if they are not reparative gestures arising from guilt and concern?
Ancient animal sacrifices were not merely a barbecue lunch. Winnicott
throws light on the doubtfulness of Wolf's claim.... he shows how
toddlers and babies (who are in a symbiotic, shall we say mythic
state) do experience innate guilt, and that they make repairative
gestures such as smiling, offering a rattle, or whatever they have at
their limited disposal. Winnicott says that this is a psychological
guilt that has nothing to do with implanted social guilt.

That did it for me. WG is trying to fit the phenomena into the
formula, and it is not adding up.

Gany