10-04-2010, 10:25 AM
I suppose the rule should be that anything that originates from official sources or the media must be treated with the greatest caution and suspicion. Especially at election times and time of war and crisis.
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