18-09-2009, 11:43 AM
Oddly enough I thought Stone's ending to Platoon was right on the money with Charlie Sheen saying aloud his thoughts he was penning to his Grandmother that "sometimes I thought we were fighting ourselves".
Viewed through the lense of a Jungian shadow journey this would be an accurate statement.
Sadly, however, Uncle and all those who sailed upon her had not the slightest interest in Shadow journeys.
Stone, as a former LARP in Vietnam undoubtedly had, however.
Viewed through the lense of a Jungian shadow journey this would be an accurate statement.
Sadly, however, Uncle and all those who sailed upon her had not the slightest interest in Shadow journeys.
Stone, as a former LARP in Vietnam undoubtedly had, however.
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