20-02-2009, 06:24 PM
Quote:Nonetheless, the proceedings have shed an intriguing light on the murky world of Russia's secret security services. In theory, the FSB – headed by Vladimir Putin before he became president in 2000 – is Russia's pre-eminent anti-terrorism agency. In court, however, it appeared to be little more than a vast quasi-criminal organisation in which agents, informers and hired killers work together.
Much like their western counterparts in other words.
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