14-11-2009, 10:04 AM
Agreed Pete. The point is that no confession he made can be trusted in the light of his extensive torture. And the sheer bloody nerve of using the term "without duress" in that situation defies belief.
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