14-10-2013, 08:51 AM
Peter Presland Wrote:I agree David's 'Defense of the Realm Boys' attribution but pose the question 'where does that definition end and the Royal Household begin?'
I don't rule out that, say, the Duke (or more likely a senior functionary but not a blue blood) may have had a Thomas Becket moment. It's possible and we'll never know one way or the other of course. But I do sometimes look at the Royal Household and wonder about them, and think of the film the Last Emperor.
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