02-04-2009, 05:57 PM
I think I recognize your red pill/blue pill journey Peter. I suspect we all do. And it reminds me of the pregnant moment in Oliver Stone's film JFK when Garrison (Kevin Costner) arguing with his wife because his eyes had been opened - and once opened he was unable to close them again and it caused him great torment.
It is the price paid by Prometheus for stealing fire from the Gods.
It is the price paid by Prometheus for stealing fire from the Gods.
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