John Lindsey
13th November 2007, 05:32
Interesting quote from the book War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress By Edward Tick
Throughout history, there have been presidents, premiers,
kings, and dictators who have fostered blind patriotism or
allegiance. They have demonstrated hunger for military victory,
political or economic power, or territorial expansion disguised
as a pursuit of moral and spiritual principles. This kind of
leadership is an expression of what Jungians call the shadow
warrior. It is a twisted version of warriorhood that comes from
an immature psyche still trying to prove itself in a world it
fears. It is characterized, as Robert Moore summarizes, by lack
of control of aggression, insensitivity to relatedness, desire
for vengeance, enjoyment of carnage and cruelty, scorn toward
the vulnerable, hostility toward the feminine and everything
soft, and compulsive and workaholic tendencies." No matter what
the public image or "spin," any leader manifesting these
qualities or pursuing policies that encourage them is, in fact,
not a true warrior but the shadow of one."
Anyone read this book? Any comments in regards to this quote and Budo?
Throughout history, there have been presidents, premiers,
kings, and dictators who have fostered blind patriotism or
allegiance. They have demonstrated hunger for military victory,
political or economic power, or territorial expansion disguised
as a pursuit of moral and spiritual principles. This kind of
leadership is an expression of what Jungians call the shadow
warrior. It is a twisted version of warriorhood that comes from
an immature psyche still trying to prove itself in a world it
fears. It is characterized, as Robert Moore summarizes, by lack
of control of aggression, insensitivity to relatedness, desire
for vengeance, enjoyment of carnage and cruelty, scorn toward
the vulnerable, hostility toward the feminine and everything
soft, and compulsive and workaholic tendencies." No matter what
the public image or "spin," any leader manifesting these
qualities or pursuing policies that encourage them is, in fact,
not a true warrior but the shadow of one."
Anyone read this book? Any comments in regards to this quote and Budo?