12-06-2014, 05:42 PM
Yes, and the problem as I see it is that Cathy O'Brien type stories that appear from time to time actually damages the credibility of genuine cases.
Maybe that is what they're designed to do?
Maybe that is what they're designed to do?
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