14-08-2015, 01:51 PM
A very interesting article, I thought. We all knew how things really worked - that why we call it "deep politics" - but it's nice sometimes to see others reach the same conclusions.
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