29-03-2014, 08:27 AM
Lauren, maybe this link will help?
The so called "left hand path" of Hindu tantra yoga can easily be debased, which is what I think Kubrick is pointing at in the film, and rather than being used by a wise teacher to help to achieve greater consciousness, can be used for darker purposes - as seen in the film.
The so called "left hand path" of Hindu tantra yoga can easily be debased, which is what I think Kubrick is pointing at in the film, and rather than being used by a wise teacher to help to achieve greater consciousness, can be used for darker purposes - as seen in the film.
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