Every advance in culture is, psychologically, an extension of consciousness that can take place only through discrimination. Therefore an advance always begins with individuation, that is to say with the individual, conscious of her isolation, cutting a new path through hither to untrodden territory. To do this she must first return to the fundamental facts of her own being, irrespective of authority and tradition, and allow herself to become conscious of her distinctiveness. If she succeeds in giving collective validity to her widened consciousness, she creates a tension of opposites that provides the stimulation which culture needs for its further purpose.Carl Jung
Face to Face by Edmund Dulac
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