25-10-2014, 11:27 AM
Magda Hassan Wrote:How terribly feudal!
Hey love that cartoon David ::
Back in the day I used to be a member of a Ward Club which was the entry level for City of London secret handshakes types and joining a Livery Company. For me it was a big piss-up and dinner out in places you just couldn't otherwise get to see - and fun. But I found the group mind-think to be appallingly rigid and conservative and most members were out to line their pockets, progress their careers and prestige get and after a year I resigned - unable to stomach that level of hypocrisy.
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