Shadow Work

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior. – Carl Jung

The shadow and projection

How is the shadow encountered? Almost always in projection onto some other individual/family/group etc. This means that I see in an other something I do not like; this tends to keep happening. I may begin to notice that a lot of other people are rather greedy, for example. And I may begin to feel censorious or judgmental a... See more

The Jungian Shadow - Society of Analytical Psychology

the urge is cast into the shadow- only to show itself when the environment is safe from judgement

Carl Jung and the Shadow: a Guide to the Dark Side of the Mind - Arts of Thought

These shadow aspects are formed, have no chance to be healed, reconciled, or acknowledged.. then they go underground and fester. They manifest in environments of secrecy - an abusive relationship, the dark web, behind closed doors, in hushed voices, or in “judgement free” aka accountability free environments (e.g. Epsteins list, MAGA as a community based on groupthink)

Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual's conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. At all counts, it forms an unconscious snag, thwarting our most well-meant intentions.

Carl Jung

TOP 10 SHADOW WORK QUOTES | A-Z Quotes

whilst it may feel like a cess-pit it can also be a treasure trove.

The Jungian Shadow - Society of Analytical Psychology

What Is Projection?

Unconscious discomfort can lead people to attribute unacceptable feelings or impulses to someone else to avoid confronting them. Projection allows the difficult trait to be addressed without the individual fully recognizing it in themselves.

Projection

Research on social projection supports the existence of a false-consensus effect whereby humans have a broad tendency to believe that others are similar to themselves, and thus "project" their personal traits onto others.[39] This applies to both good and bad traits; it is not a defense mechanism for denying the existence of the trait within the se... See more

Psychological projection

Projection - algorithmic echo chambers, the need for touch points of differing views and opinions - a broader perspective allows for more accurate conclusions

This split within us has been expressed in myths, religions, literature and art. We project it as the battle between Good and Evil, Light and Dark, God and the Devil, on a cosmic scale. Or we try to understand it in terms of Original Sin, an inherent flaw in our nature.