A Man Who Has Not Passed

From Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1962), Chapter 9, in the section recounting Jung's confrontation with his own unconscious during the years 1913–1917 — the period he later called his "creative illness." After his break with Sigmund Freud, Jung deliberately allowed himself to descend into a turbulent inner world, recording the visions and dialogues that became The Red Book. The passage is a direct reflection on that experience: he is arguing that unmastered passions do not cease to act — they merely become compulsions. A man who has not consciously suffered through and integrated his passions remains at their mercy.