16-02-2011, 11:15 AM
"O now, for ever/ Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!/ Farewell the plumed troops and the big wars/ That makes ambition virtue!/ O farewell!/ Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,/ The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife,/ The royal banner, and all quality,/ Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!/ And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats/ Th' immortal Jove's dread clamors counterfeit,/ Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone
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