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The problem of evil is one of the most persistent themes in Jung\u2019s writings. In his correspondence with Fr. Victor White, it comes to a head and leads directly to his critique of evil as\u00a0privatio boni<\/em>\u00a0(the absence of good) in his controversial late work,\u00a0Answer to Job<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jung found the Catholic doctrine of evil as\u00a0privatio boni<\/em>\u00a0to be dangerously inadequate and morally offensive because it did not account for the active presence of evil in the psyche and in the world. And yet, Jung\u2019s use of the term \u201cshadow\u201d in reference to evil suggests that evil lies precisely where light is absent. And a shadow is passive, not active.<\/p>\n

What can we say about the shadow of passivity when evil abounds?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problem of evil is one of the most persistent themes in Jung\u2019s writings. In his correspondence with Fr. Victor White, it comes to a head and leads directly to his critique of evil as\u00a0privatio boni\u00a0(the absence of good) in his controversial late work,\u00a0Answer to Job. Jung found the Catholic doctrine of evil as\u00a0privatio boni\u00a0to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":33225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[542],"mec_speaker":[570],"class_list":["post-105557","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-webinar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Shadow as Absence (Privatio boni): Some Further Considerations - JungianDirectory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Shadow as Absence (Privatio boni): Some Further Considerations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The problem of evil is one of the most persistent themes in Jung\u2019s writings. In his correspondence with Fr. 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