Charles Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil (1857) remains a prophetic mirror to modern existential crises. Its relevance unfolds in three dimensions:

1. Shadow Integration: The poem “Nourish your remorse like beggars feeding lice” prefigures Jungian psychology’s emphasis on embracing the “shadow self” to achieve wholeness;
2. Urban Alienation: Baudelaire’s “sickly Paris” parallels today’s social media-induced loneliness, where digital connectivity masks emotional disconnection;
3. Aestheticizing Suffering: The manifesto “Pluck hope from decay” informs trauma-informed art therapy, where pain is transmuted into creative resilience.
   For instance, the rise of “dark academia” aesthetics and the popularity of dystopian literature reflect a collective fascination with Baudelairean duality. His paradox—“Evil is a construct, yet its excavation yields truth”—resonates with post-pandemic mental health discourse, urging individuals to reframe suffering as a catalyst for growth rather than a flaw to erase.