Seeking Light in the Darkness of the Unconscious

In retrospect, most of us would be prepared to confess that in our childhood we suffered much from the fear of darkness. Ah, that blessed incandescent bulb that at the turn of a switch dispelled the demons of darkness! No guardian angel ever took so reliable an incarnate form. In the child’s mind, what a simple metamorphosis from fear to trust! Nor does the man or woman ever altogether outgrow the child in this awesome and mythic response. Is it the unconscious memory of the darkness of the...