"Alcatraz, Spanish for pelican, was named Isla de los Alcatraces after the birds that were the island's only inhabitants." —Bay City Guide
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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