Tuesday, January 17, 2017

"New Primal Scream" leftovers

I'm still coming to terms with how enamored i've been with dr. janov's book:
http://nakedmeadow.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-new-primal-scream.html
The parallels between primal and scientology alone (repressed memories = engrams, a homosexuality "cure") are enough to make one shudder. But perhaps that knee-jerk reflex is reflective of how hard it can be to be 100% objective about anything...we often rush headlong to throw the babies out with the bathwater, but what if scientology (for example) is actually right about certain points? And conversely, is it too easy for me to want to reject the entire establishment psychiatric paradigm just because they're cripplingly, criminally off-target over the "naturalness" of monogamy? Perhaps the greatest challenge of objectivity is understanding that almost nothing is all right...or all wrong.
I think a fair take on primal therapy would allow that janov is perhaps absolutely correct in at least some of his premises, while certain conclusions and methodologies may be overreaching or flawed.
Or not.
And not that it means anything, but Tears for Fears have MUCH better songs than "Shout".

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