Jungian Psychology Series: The Shadow
The shadow is the term developed by Carl Jung to describe the rejected and disowned aspects of one’s personality.
The shadow is the term developed by Carl Jung to describe the rejected and disowned aspects of one’s personality.
The first article in this series examined the ego, Carl Jung’s term for the conscious mind. The ego gives us our subjective sense of identity, and is typically symbolized in dreams by the dreamer or by a vehicle that the dreamer is in. In this article we explore a component of the psyche closely associated…
The ego is your conscious mind, or conscious identity. It is symbolized in dreams by the person of the dreamer or the vehicle that the dreamer is in. By analyzing your dreams you learn more about your conscious attitudes towards your deeper self (the unconscious) and outer life.