I have the following to add to the following to my notes on Evil.

Mary Midgeley in her book excellent book 'Wickedness' discusses in Chap 6 'Selves and Shadows' the nature and purpose of our negative sides. She includes the following fascinating quotation from Jung;

Painful though it is, this (unwelcome self-knowledge) is in itself a gain - for what is inferior or even worthless belongs to me as my shadow and gives me substance and mass. How can I be substantial if I fail to cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also if I am to be whole; and inasmuch as I become conscious of my shadow I also remember that I am a human being like any other.

We learn oneness through opposites and without a shadow would not exist!

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