21-01-2009, 12:42 PM
You get the sense that there is a standing order that a succeeding president will never allow the prosecution of a former president, even if they were a war criminal and crooked beyond the pale.
I guess this is what Obama means by "not looking back"?
I guess this is what Obama means by "not looking back"?
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