11-01-2011, 07:19 PM
I think you're bang on target Jan. Last evening driving home, this was precisely what was being said on the radio news by the defence lawyer.
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