056 - Is There a Storehouse of Memory? Exploring Plato, Hegel, and Jung
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Is it easier to do Sunday's crossword puzzle on Monday morning?  If so, the Collective Memory may be the reason.   Many believe minds are joined at a very deep level.  Hegel taught that "Substance is Subject."  Not only minds but matter as well.  But Hegel's project is more:  subject is also Spirit, and Spirit is an historical process.  Enter Memory. This episode explores memory from several standpoints in addition to Hegel 's - Plato's reincarnation and anamnesis, Jung's collective unconscious, Theosophy's Akashic records, and Rupert Sheldrake's morphic resonance.  
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