Pdfslide.net the Realization of the Shadow by Marie Louise Von Franz

When aman is alone, for instance, he feels relatively allright; but as soon as “the others” do dark, primi-tive things he begins to fear that if he doesn’t joinin, he will be considered a fool. Thus he gives way to impulses that do not really belong to him at all.It is particularly in contacts with people of thesame sex that one stumbles over both ... See more

The shadow does no consist only of omis-sions. It shows up just as often in an impulsive orinadvertent act. Before one has time to think, theevil remarks pop out, the plot is hatched, the wrong decision is made, and one is confronted with results that were never intended or con-sciously wanted.