The Space Between Stars • Delving into Dreams

Delving into Dreams
SEPTEMBER 1975
SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLES ARE AT THE HEART OF LARGE galaxies
such as the Milky Way Galaxy, the one in which the Earth resides.
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is the “spout” of the teapotshaped
constellation Sagittarius. What appears to be steam rising
from the teapot is millions of stars. Behind the stars are dense clouds
of gas and dust that hide the heart of the galaxy: a huge black hole
that is three-million times as massive as the sun. Could it be that at
the heart of the personal galaxy (the personality or personal identity
and sense of self ) of every embodied soul is a black hole?
Sitting quietly on the train now leaving Trenton for New York
City, he continued on his own train of thought; he was reviewing
his life through the lens of the space between stars. He began to
turn the telescope from outer to inner space by drawing upon his
knowledge of depth psychology. He considered how depth psychology
delves into the black holes existing in the space between the surface
and depth of the personality. His head was reeling with the
excitement of spotting the parallels between inner and outer space.
It seemed to Stephen that this description of outer space applied to
inner space. But how did it apply? The answer involved a consideration
of the nature of black holes.

Black holes in outer space exert a strong gravitational pull on
whatever comes near them. The gravitational force exerted by black
holes is so tremendously powerful that . . .