Ochwiay Biano (Chief Mountain Lake) was an elder of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico. Biano was introduced to C. G. Jung by Professor de Angulo of the University of California at Berkeley.[1] In his book Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Jung recalls a conversation he had with Biano, which Jung reported as follows:

"How cruel the whites are: their lips are thin, their noses sharp, their faces furrowed and distorted by holes. Their eyes have a staring expression. They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something, they are always uneasy and restless. We do not know what they want, we do not understand them, we think that they are mad." I asked him why he thought the whites were all mad. "They say they think with their heads", he replied.

"Why, of course. What do you think with?" I asked him in surprise.

"We think here", he said, indicating his heart.[2]

Later in Jung's 1925 visit, Biano taught Jung that his people, like the Elongyi tribe of Kenya, rose in the morning and spit in their palms, thereby presenting their soul-stuff to the sun to welcome it in an expression of sympathetic magic. Jung marveled that the Puebloans knew why they were there.[2]

Notes

Works cited

  • Crowley, Vivianne (1999). Jung: A Journey of Transformation: Exploring His Life and Experiencing His Ideas. Quest Books. ISBN 978-0835607827.
  • Hollis, James (2002). The Archetypal Imagination. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1585442683.

Further reading

  • Gish, R. (1996). Beautiful Swift Fox: Erna Fergusson and the Modern Southwest. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0890967195.
  • Smoley, R. (2008). Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity. Wiley. ISBN 978-0787988708.
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