The Human Condition: A Fractured Soul



Human nature screened:
Inherent rascality!
So says Dr. Jung.

About this poem

All of us have buried within the innermost depths of our souls elements of a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde. None of us is without flaw. All of us fall short of the glory of the fully individuated man. No man is an island, wholly and apart, entire unto its psyche. Each of us is a part of the continent of the collective unconscious. So says Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, eminent Swiss psychiatrist.

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Written on January 09, 2022

Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s “Dear Mili” Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    I am not a haiku fan, still a novice for sure. Can you write longer poems or are you stuck on 3 lines stuff ! Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder !
    LikeReply2 years ago
  • Soulwriter
    A window into a whole world
    LikeReply2 years ago

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