16-04-2013, 09:35 AM
It is not uncommon for notorious spooks to fake their deaths, so they can live in peace - rather than rest in peace.
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