17-06-2013, 10:19 AM
I remember reading The Feather Men and found it to be pretty compelling. Certainly I came away convinced the underlying story was true. If memory serves, the leader of the Feather Men was David Stirling, the founder of the SAS, who was also involved in the planned coup d'etat of Prime Minister Harold Wilson (LOBSTER has much on this, I think).
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