19-09-2013, 08:27 AM
R.K. Locke Wrote:I really enjoyed this episode of The Corbett Report, focussing on the 1940 movie Gaslight:
http://www.corbettreport.com/gaslight-flnwo-08/
Jung's archetype of the shadow features as a prominent theme in a very interesting discussion.
I'm old enough to say that I remember watching the Ingrid Bergman film when I was, ahem, a bit younger. Even so, I was not aware of the term "gas lighting" and had to Google it.
Oh well...
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