04-01-2015, 12:10 PM
Yes, stamp on it quickly and brutally before people start thinking: "oh, my gosh, er, whoopsadaisy, I wonder, I mean --- what is going on with our Establishment, what with the Westminster/VIP paedo story...?
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