15-02-2009, 11:47 AM
Exactly.
Also one can experience such things at pop concerts and at religious revival festivals when euphoria is summoned. And very few are immune to it once it sweeps over them as it goes far deeper than the rational mind can fathom.
Also one can experience such things at pop concerts and at religious revival festivals when euphoria is summoned. And very few are immune to it once it sweeps over them as it goes far deeper than the rational mind can fathom.
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