20-09-2018, 09:55 AM
Rolf Zaeschmar Wrote:I can't cite a source, but didn't Hitler believe until almost the end that Britain and the US would make peace with him and then join him in the war against the Russians? Which might explain why he repeatedly refused to pull back German forces from the Baltic Republics until they were surrounded and forced to surrender by early '45.
I think we can add to this and state that a deal was, in fact, reached. To what extent is still fully unknown. I'll leave Pete to respond more fully.
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