21-11-2009, 11:37 AM
Long term readers of this forum will know why I can no longer retrieve my archive these days (or at least not easily), but I can assure you this is true. But do your own research. This article was freely available on the internet no more than three years ago - which was approx. when I downloaded and read it.
But I have to admit that I did post this fragment a bit tongue in cheek because I had the suspicion that it might unsettle your hero worship just a tad and I see that it has. As always its preferable to shoot the messenger than believe the message, eh.
Now that I understand who you are and what you believe I think the sensible course of action for me henceforward is to leave it here.
But I have to admit that I did post this fragment a bit tongue in cheek because I had the suspicion that it might unsettle your hero worship just a tad and I see that it has. As always its preferable to shoot the messenger than believe the message, eh.
Now that I understand who you are and what you believe I think the sensible course of action for me henceforward is to leave it here.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14