PilgrimHarperFlamingo Canada, 1999 - 485 pages On April 17, 1912 -- ironically, only two days after the sinking of the "Titanic" -- a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins to beat again. Pilgrim, it seems, can never die. Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Symbol Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzu Psychiatrist Clinic In Zurichm, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious Slowly, Jung coaxes Pilgrim to tell his astonishing story -- one that seemingly spans 4,000 years and includes such historical figures as Leonardo da Vinci and Henry James. But is Pilgrim delusional? Are these his memories merely dreams...or is his immortal existence truly a miracle. |
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... Jung's fingertips . Throwing it into a corner , he struck another and struggled to his feet . The light switch was ... Jung's mind . Half a grapefruit eaten with a serrated spoon . With his left hand , Pilgrim grasped Jung's lapels and ...
... Jung's mind contracted with numbing apprehension . He was forced to turn away . " You have a problem , Doctor Jung ? " Pilgrim said , after a moment . Jung closed his eyes . Tiresias had been sentenced by the gods to live forever . And ...
... Jung's lover until her death in 1953. Jung's letters to Freud outline his conviction that marriage must make room for such polygamous affairs . ) Sigmund Freud ( Austrian psychiatrist and Jung's early mentor ) William James ( American ...