[extensive snippage]
...Of course, I have no idea if this is what he intended, but he's talking about the psychological concept of "thrownness," and he describes it better than many articles that purport to be /about/ thrownness.
There's a term that's new to me...sounds like the state one is in after being unceremoniously dumped by a sneaky equine... ;)
I think it originated with Martin Heidegger in his _Being and Time_. As I remind myself about it further (thank you, Google), I remember that it is as much philosophical as it is psychological -- it is in the area of personality theory. It's described in some detail in a paper at http://www.focusing.org/apm_papers/fox.html.
As for your observation, horses are too smart for me. They know that they can kill me without hardly trying, and have attempted to do so once or twice.
Dave
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