04-11-2008, 02:57 PM
One genuine fear that factors into the last two posts by Jan and Peter is that if confidence in the dollar evaporates -- and it easily could -- then there is nothing in the armoury to stop a catastrophic slide of the dollar off the edge of the cliff.
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