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really and he quite intelligently reviews Disney movies in order to decipher or gain

insight to the collective subconscious of society.

Peterson’s journey on the road to psychology started with a trip as a young man to

Auschwitz. During his time in Poland he became plagued by the trauma and echo of

the true evil and destruction that had taken place during the Holocaust. He describes

how he became obsessed with this topic, often suffering nightmares and sleepless

nights. Why?

In Jungian terms, the Shadow is described as being the unconscious aspect of the

personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself. Not only was he being

confronted with the Shadow in respect to his own life, but Auschwitz was evidence of

the Shadow unleashing its destructive power en Masse. Somewhere between 10-20

million people died in concentration camps and anywhere between 70-85 million

people died during World War 2, approximately 3% of the world's population at the

time.

It is hard for us to comprehend that such a large scale atrocity took place on earth less

than 100 years ago and these types of atrocities continue to take place today all over

the world.

How is it that we can end up in such a dilemma? In such a bloodbath of chaos?

Peterson suggests that we land ourselves in these dilemma’s through avoiding our

Shadow. Much like a blind spot in a vehicle when changing lanes, one must always

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