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Politics : Polite Political Discussion- is it Possible? An Experiment.
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To: Rambi who wrote (1270)9/1/2006 5:29:14 PM
From: RambiRead Replies (2) of 1695
 
Found a great quote that seems to apply to the question on the power of archetypes:

(There is) a natural psychological law which says that what has once been will always be in the future. And so it will be, unless consciousness puts an end to the naive concretization of primordial images. I do not know whether it is desirable that consciousness should alter the eternal laws; I only know that occasionally it does alter them, and that this measure is a vital necessity for some people-- which, however, does not always prevent these same people from setting themselves up on the father's throne and making the old rule come true. It is indeed hard to see how one can escape the sovereign power of the primordial images.

Actually I do not believe it can be escaped. One can only alter one's attitude and thus save oneself from naively falling into an archetype and being forced to act a part at the expense of one's humanity. Possession by an archetype turns a man into a flat collective figure, a mask behind which he can no longer develop as a human being, but becomes increasingly stunted. One must therefore beware of the danger of falling victim to the dominant of the mana-personality.

(from Two Essays- the Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious- Jung)
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