GRGR (20) Special Topic: Is It OK to Be a Manichean?

[Michael Perez]

David wrote:
"Another opposite Jung presented was that of the
'Shadow,' the archetype whose function is to 'force'
on the subject a recognition (and thus unification of
personality) of the dark, repressed aspect of his
persona.  With this opposite the very point is to
break down the artificial wall between the light and
dark aspects of the soul."

My understanding of the "Shadow" was a manifestation of the trickster
archetype as a part of a person's character, representing its small
defects.  I don't know in what way you mean it was an "opposite."  I
totally agree with your observations on synthesis leading to unity,
though, with regard to Jung, and Pynchon, for that matter.


Michael

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