The Shadow of the Left

The Reach of the Shadow of the Left

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung was one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. His legacy is a wealth of knowledge and insight into the human psyche (and general human condition), meaning that it relates directly to all humans currently playing the “game of life.”

If school students were taught the most essential elements of Jung’s discoveries and theories in a succinct format comprehensible to them, we might save our society a lot of the pain and suffering (and division) resulting from the self-awareness lacuna fostered by Western culture at large.

Likewise if students were taught how to think, instead of merely being trained in the art of rote learning and regurgitation; how to listen in order to comprehend, rather than merely listening just enough to mount an attack on the other point of view in question and make it “wrong.”

The following excerpt is from the opening chapters of Aion by Jung. It is recommended reading for anyone who has not spent considerable time studying the shadow and doing shadow work — particularly young adults on the leftist politically correct (PC) “social justice warrior” end of the spectrum (and for the far right, for that matter). The former group believes vehemently that anyone with a different point of view to theirs is a…