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

[Lycidas at worldnet.att.net]

s~Z wrote:
> 
> In Jungian psychology, the Shadow consists of all aspects of the individual
> personality which are unacceptable to the individual and which are disowned
> by the conscious mind. While if you ask a person about such traits they will
> deny having them, it is obvious to all who know him or her that they are
> right there. The Shadow is an aspect of the personal unconscious, not the
> collective unconscious, but it must be assimilated for an individual to be
> strong enough to encounter the archetypal psyche. For about $125/hour you
> can find a Jungian analyst who will help you believe all of this means
> something. They are able to do this because they have assimilated the greed
> which was in their Shadow.


If $125/hour can assimilate the greed in the shadow of a
Jungian at dawn strolling to his office or the shadow of a
Freudian at dusk dragging herself home, image the fees
required to assimilate the shadow cast at high noon by the
pharmaceutical giant paring his fingernails with the
Washington monument.