07-04-2013, 02:31 PM
As you have said elsewhere, Adele, we should all be perpetual students, never the master. As soon as we begin thinking we know it, we've lost that edge.
One of the peculiarities of Conan Doyle, given his creatively rationale mind, was his later interest in spiritualism and faeries. It seems almost out of tune with what we know of him, don't you think? On the other hand, I suppose, an enquiring mind - and he was certainly that - never closes the door fully to other possibilities.
One of the peculiarities of Conan Doyle, given his creatively rationale mind, was his later interest in spiritualism and faeries. It seems almost out of tune with what we know of him, don't you think? On the other hand, I suppose, an enquiring mind - and he was certainly that - never closes the door fully to other possibilities.
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