Jung once noted that individuation does not come from on high, from the royal ego managing affairs, but from “the little people,” the split-off energies which are the peasants of the inner kingdom (“A Review of the Complex Theory,” The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche, CW 8, par. 209)
the ego would like to make the universe of the soul monocratic and monotheistic, the psyche is in fact polytheistic and powerfully democratic, with many split-off energies … the enlarged sense of self requires a dialogue with these energies and an ego both open and humble. Most of us have only truly grown when our ego’s haughty power was brought down … doubt overthrows the petty monarch ego whose tyranny enslaves
doubt is essential for democracy … (government) institutions such as legislatures, courts and social agencies are pressured by the anxious few to adhere to constrictive values and to contain the forces of diversity