October 25, 2023

Our Shadow, Ourselves

The shadow is often viewed as everything about us we would rather hide away from ourselves and the view of others and society. It can also represent aspects of ourselves we are unaware of in part or unconscious to completely, our blind spots. Carl Jung, the psychologist who originated the archetype of the shadow, said it “personifies everything we refuse to acknowledge about ourselves.” Jung also famously said “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”...