The shadow is a term that C.G Jung created. The shadow is an archetype and everybody has a shadow. It is the personality's unknown and underexposed downside. Daily we identify our self with our own self -as nice and decent citizens with our nice facade. But our personality contains more than our own self- it is exactly what the dreams are a symbol of. Our total personality, the SELF- also contains the displaced, the less nice, the indecent and all that which is not accepted in the better company and by our own moral.
H.C. Andersen's fairy tale The Shadow is a good example. The story is about an idealistic poet that travels to the Southern parts of Europe to write about the good, the truth and the beautiful. He lives in a narrow street and opposite there is a house where you at night can hear seductive music, one suspects there is wine and flowers and cup ring and a warm blooded virgin. But the poet does not want to acknowledge his attraction, his lust, his sensuality. This is portrayed by his shadow covering the house. It has no inhibitions; it releases itself, help oneself to the good food at the virgin’s party. Everybody has a shadow; it is not always the sensual side of ourself we displace and deny; it can be anything. All that we are not. But everyone has a shadow. It is only by being displaced, denied that it causes problems; like all displaced psychic material it disturbs and makes the own self behaviour obsessive. But if the shadow becomes integrated it loses its demonic power. The nasty frog in the fairy tale needs to be kissed to turn into a beautiful prince or princess. In dreams the shadow most likely reflects in a shadow of a gloomy person that maybe stalking us. Most likely it is a person by the same sex as ourselves that represents what we definitely are not. All occurring figures, buildings, props are sides of us. If we do not remember this, we misinterprets the dream.
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