14-04-2010, 09:31 PM
Paul Rigby Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:A shaved Borzoi you say...
Now stuffed and mounted, and in pride of place at the entrance to Gamp's
facility for distressed urban youth, "Camp Gamp." As much a state of mind as a self-description, according to Gamp in The Universe.
Did I mention he'd taken holy orders?
Holy Orders? I dread to think. Btw, are you sure he's a Gamp and not their kin relatives, the Gimp's? After all St. Peter's Palace has more than its fair share of Holy members strangulated by tight collars and other curious adornments. I'm not saying that dog collars are a bad thing per se, you understand, but wearing a tiara, with frilly lace vestments and a too tight cincture more often than not results in a strangulated manipie.
Which I hear is very painful.
Which reminds me of a story I once heard of a High Court Judge and his unruly silky terrier.
But that's for another day and stronger stomachs.
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