22-09-2009, 09:34 AM
In the same vein. Decades ago I worked for what used to be a well known Wall Street Investment bank (one of three over the years, in fact). In NY a new head had been appointed to run the international division. His name was "Lazor" and he soon came to be known as the "Razor". London, Paris and many other European offices fell under his authority. In a whistle-stop tour of his new domain, he lined up everyone in the Paris office and sacked them, telling them that, henceforward, their work would be handled by the soon to be beefed up London office. Content with himself he returned to New York, a hero in his own mind. When he arrived in the office a French lawsuit awaited him for a million dollars. It was contrary to French law to sack an employee (let alone all of them) without very good cause. There was no defence and the Paris office survived intact.
The last time I saw him in NY I was in the company of a colleague who told me that on clear days one could see right through the Razor and out the window behind him. He had been given notice of his termination of employment by the Board and was literally fading from sight.
A salutary story, I think.
The last time I saw him in NY I was in the company of a colleague who told me that on clear days one could see right through the Razor and out the window behind him. He had been given notice of his termination of employment by the Board and was literally fading from sight.
A salutary story, I think.
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