02-08-2016, 08:00 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:It has it parallels in the late Roman period, when the Emperors were more and more corrupt and less and less popular as the Empire crumbled. Same in the US now.
Ah, the collapse of Rome. Much needed in Washington and London - albeit that in London things have been shaken up badly thanks to Brexit already and the smell of real change is in the air.
It does seem to be a time of very big change.
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