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Deciphering the cosmic number: the strange friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung

2010; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 47; Issue: 05 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.47-2535

1943-5975

Arthur I. Miller,

Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

In 1932, groundbreaking physicist Wolfgang Pauli met famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Pauli was fascinated by inner reaches of his own psyche and not afraid to dabble in occult, while Jung looked to science for answers to psychological questions that tormented him. Their rich friendship led them, in Jung's words, into the no-man's land between physics and psychology of unconscious ...the most fascinating yet darkest hunting ground of our times. Both were obsessed with far-reaching significance of number 137-a primal number that seemed to hint at origins of universe itself. Their quest to solve its enigma led them on a lifelong journey into ancient secrets of alchemy, work of Johannes Kepler, and Chinese Book of Changes. This is captivating story of an extraordinary and fruitful collaboration between two of greatest thinkers of twentieth century.