18-09-2014, 09:05 AM
Is one reason all the English political parties are wetting themselves that Scotland will leave the Union today, possibly that this will result in demands by the rest of the British people to have a clear and direct referendum to leave the European union? I suspect there are real fears that pols have suddenly awoken to as a hitherto unforeseen danger. There is a vast anti-European feeling in the UK and were a referendum to be allowed (which is why it hasn't) a "yes" vote is certain.
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