30-03-2009, 09:19 AM
Paul Rigby Wrote:It is popular to ascribe the Prime Minister’s Viet Nam policy to the weakness of the pound and the need to believe that this is true. Mr. Wilson on Viet Nam and Mr. Wilson on Malaysia are part and parcel of the real Wilson – a conservative leader who unaccountably finds himself at the head of a Labor Party.
At least we can say of Wilson that he was the last Prime Minister not to bend his knee to US pressure and commit British troops to one of their numerous wars. In saying this I realize that he did send SAS there, but otherwise held his ground.
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