August 26, 2006
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"Alcatraz, Spanish for pelican, was named Isla de los Alcatraces after the birds that were the island's only inhabitants." --Bay City Guide
Related material
Thomas Kuhn's "Pelican Brief":
"... the Philosopher’s Stone was a psychic rather than a physical product. It symbolized one’s Self...."
"The formula presents a symbol of the self...."
"... Jung presents a diagram to illustrate the dynamic movements of the self...."
...the movement of
a self in the rock...
-- Wallace Stevens:
The Poems of Our Climate,
by Harold Bloom,
Cornell U. Press, 1977
