31-01-2011, 12:30 PM
An assault? A fist?
After four weeks that's it?
This stinks.
Where on his body did the trauma occur? His carotid artery? The base of the skull? Another sensitive "killing" spot?
After four weeks that's it?
This stinks.
Where on his body did the trauma occur? His carotid artery? The base of the skull? Another sensitive "killing" spot?
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