19-05-2013, 09:16 AM
Of the sources who assisted in the research of this piece who I was most taken by was Fred Holroyd, a former Captain in Military Intelligence who was temporarily sectioned in a mental institution by his superiors to destroy his credibility when he refused to toe the line. At that time this was a punishment tactic used predominantly by the great enemy, the Soviet Union - not HMG forces.
After leaving the Army Fred was persecuted by the UK intelligence and security apparatus. Shortly after securing a new job, an unannounced visitor would arrive and meet with the CEO/Managing Director and, thereafter, Fred would be "let go". This nasty vengeance tactic followed him wherever he went and continued for decade after decade - without let up. The last I heard from him he was a nightwatchman on a small building site not far from where I lived and was barely earning enough to subsist with his wife.
Fred was an honourable and courageous man - and relentlessly punished because of that.
After leaving the Army Fred was persecuted by the UK intelligence and security apparatus. Shortly after securing a new job, an unannounced visitor would arrive and meet with the CEO/Managing Director and, thereafter, Fred would be "let go". This nasty vengeance tactic followed him wherever he went and continued for decade after decade - without let up. The last I heard from him he was a nightwatchman on a small building site not far from where I lived and was barely earning enough to subsist with his wife.
Fred was an honourable and courageous man - and relentlessly punished because of that.
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