030 - On Evil

C.G. Jung Helpdesk

“You see to what a huge extent the East honors consciousness as the light benevolently supporting man in the terrible darkness surrounding epitome of evil. All evil comes from ignorance. All evil, the entire sum of life, comes from not knowing. You will find this doctrine in the original words of the Buddha. For whoever is in the the state of consciousness behaves like an automaton. He has no ethic.” C.G. Jung When we talk about the shadow, very often the topic of evil comes up. This lead to a very lively discussion during the even “Shadow & Projection”. I want to follow up, what evil is for Jung. Where it comes from and what purpose it does serve.