03-04-2013, 09:14 AM
I would add that we are approaching times when the ugliness of fascists and neo-nazi's is gaining popularity at an alarming rate. The obvious test bed for this is Greece where under 25 year old unemployment is nearly 50% - and where New Dawn has just gone global. Hitler and his ilk rose from the depression of the 1930's when unemployment was also extremely high.
For me there can't be enough dire warnings made.
For me there can't be enough dire warnings made.
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