22-06-2013, 06:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-06-2013, 08:14 PM by David Guyatt.)
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:I saw the movie Killer Eilte, with De Niro and Statham, last night. It claims to be based on the "true story" depicted in Ranulph Fiennes' book The Feather Men.
So, is it fact or fiction?
The SAS is adamant that it's fiction.
I was at a party recently having drinks with friends. During the course of the evening one of my friends was regaling me with some quite hilarious stories of his days in the military. Without any prompting, or even thought on my part, he asked if I had ever heard of the Feather Men. I told him I had read the book years ago. He confirmed it was true. He was in a position to know.
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