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, and…
Image: Splendor Solis Emblem 8 Carl Jung on Self-Acceptance From Modern Man in Search of a Soul “The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. That I feed the hungry, that I forgive an insult, that I love my…
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. Aion (1951). CW…
In my opinion, the most important and useful concept in Jungian psychology is that of the “Shadow”, — the unrecognized, un-integrated darker aspects of one’s personality, and the consequent projection of the shadow onto others. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the classic example of a split off shadow “evil” personality from the “good” personality….
One of the Nigredo images from alchemy is the “Caput Corvi.” Somehow the phrase Caput Corvi makes me laugh. (Literally, it means “Decapitation of the Crow.” That doesn’t sound so funny, actually. Let’s stick with the Latin.) Out of all these serious works on the stages alchemy, I have yet to come across the the…
(Continuing on the theme that “The way out is through“, that depression after a trauma is not something that can be easily denied or medicated away…) Ravens from Heart Attack and Soul On the mythological level, nigredo signifies the difficulties man has to overcome on his journey through the underworld. Nigredo is sometimes called…
The Red Book was part of the plot of Law and Order on June 9, 2010: Excerpt from the plot line of Children of the Lost Blood: A Goth-looking college student, Sarah Price, is found dead in her bed after a night of partying with a guy. Later, with Detectives Zach Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) and…
The shadow may appear in dreams and visions in various forms. It typically has the same apparent gender as one’s persona. It is possible that it might appear with dark features to a person of any race, since it represents a distant and indiscriminate aspect of the mind. The shadow’s appearance and role…
We know that the wildest and most moving dramas are played not in the theatre but in the hearts of ordinary men and women who pass by without exciting attention, and who betray to the world nothing of the conflicts that rage within them except possibly by a nervous breakdown. What is so difficult for…