04-12-2015, 09:09 AM
Thanks Carsten, I appreciate you taking the time.
I have seen this already but my sense is that the translation is not exactly right; these lyrics don't make a lot of sense in English, and also do not appear to reflect the emotion of the song. It could just be me, of course.
I have seen this already but my sense is that the translation is not exactly right; these lyrics don't make a lot of sense in English, and also do not appear to reflect the emotion of the song. It could just be me, of course.
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