We asked Dave Heumann to ponder our signature philosophical segment. We figure anyone hip to Jung is gonna be swell at our silly little musings!
- What’s the first thing that springs to mind when you see the word “God”?
- That old parable of the blind men and the elephant .
- Which has the better cosmology, Star Wars or Star Trek? Why?
- Star Wars. The badassery of the Jedi cannot be denied, and many times I have thought of Obi-Wan Kenobi as a positive role model for my future aged self. I may walk around the neighborhood in a robe, even. I’ll have absolutely nothing to lose by then.
- Name one album that has spiritual resonance for you.
- Oriason Mystique by Ostad Elahi. Elahi was a devoted mystic and a master of the Tanbur, a Persian lute-like instrument. He never made any professional recordings, but recordings were made of him, such as this one. It’s very hypnotic, very profound.
- Woody Allen once said, “I don’t know the question but sex is definitely the answer.” So, what’s the question?
- Why, Woody, why?
- You can have a dinner party with any three people throughout human history. Who do you invite, what’s on the menu and what intoxicant do you share for dessert?
- Carl Jung, Francis Bacon, and Jerry Garcia. We’ll eat some pot cookies. Jung and Bacon can go back and forth about science and philosophy, and Jerry and I will sit and listen, minds blown, then go down to the basement to jam.