30-01-2009, 11:28 AM
I have noticed the piecemeal erosion of lawful process both in the US and here in the UK. Habeas Corpus was trashed in the Bush years and has been trashed in the UK "terror" laws. The presumption of innocence is also a casualty. Especially in tax laws where one must prove they are innocent.
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