I’ve just finished reading Jung: A Brief Insight by Anthony Stevens and found it quite enjoyable since I don’t know much about psychology. Parts of the book that I found helpful are:
“Analytic success in making the shadow conscious and coming to terms with its contents results, after the initial struggle, in a sense of greater vitality, of feeling more vigorous, more creative, and more whole. To own one’s shadow is to become responsible for it, so that one’s morality is less blind and less compulsive, and ethical choices become possible. Shadow consciousness is important not only for personal development, therefore, but as a basis for greater social harmony and international understanding.” (80)
“..divest oneself of ‘the false wrappings of the persona’, abandon one’s ego-defenses, and, rather than projecting one’s shadow on to others, strive to know it and acknowledge it as a part of one’s inner life….” (100)
“The great secret is to embody something essential in our lives.” (48)
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