07-02-2009, 11:57 AM
I once saw crowds of people in a Supermarket behave really aggressively because it was a bank holiday weekend. Other shoppers were pushed out the way, items were grabbed off shelves. It was startling.
But I think differently to the author of the very interesting article above. I would argue that simmering below the threshold of Collective consciousness is a dark beast that lives in a state of perpetual stark fear.
That beast when in Collective stress situations will kill without hesitation.
Just to begin with.
But I think differently to the author of the very interesting article above. I would argue that simmering below the threshold of Collective consciousness is a dark beast that lives in a state of perpetual stark fear.
That beast when in Collective stress situations will kill without hesitation.
Just to begin with.
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