To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock. ✨ Carl Gustav J…

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To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Foote (1976). The visions seminars: from the complete notes of Mary Foote
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To become acquainted with oneself is a terrible shock. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Foote (1976). The visions seminars: from the complete notes of Mary Foote

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