Jung's Shadow Concept

Jung’s Shadow Concept
The Hidden Light and Darkness within Ourselves
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements – Permission Credits
A Note on the Paperback Cover Image
	References
Introduction
	What is the Shadow?
	Shadow Definitions and Processes
	The Personal Shadow
	The Shadow’s Hidden Potential
	The Collective Shadow
	Shame
	Section 1: The Personal Shadow
	Section 2: The Collective Shadow
	Section 3: Challenges to Society
	Section 4: Ways of Integrating the Shadow
	References
The Descent into the Hell of Self-knowledge
	Encountering the Shadow: A Descent into One’s Own Darkness
	The Descent as an Initiation
	The History of an Idea
	A New Understanding of Individuation
	References
	First Meeting – Shadow Spider
	Second Meeting – The Shadow and Trauma
	Session 3 – Early Experiences
	Session 5 – Lioness
	Session 6 – Dream
	Session 7 – Crisis
	Falling through the gap
	Session 8 – Looking After Mummy
	Session 9 – Persecution
	Session 10 – Numb
	Session 11 – Shifting Roles
	Session 12 – Cut Off
	Session 13 – Protection
	Session 14 – In the End
	References
	Introduction
	Gender Dysphoria
	Psychoanalysis
	An Encounter with the Unconscious
	The Girl in the Mirror
	Individuation
	Some Remarks on Being Trans
	A Word on Composite Cases
	Alex and the Shadow
	Discussion
	Viv
	Are Gender Dysphoric Children and Young People Being Rushed into Medical Treatment?
	What Has Prompted So Many Young People’s Wish to Medically Transition?
	What Is the Best Attitude for Teachers, Parents and Therapists to Adopt?
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
	What Do We Mean by Disease as Shadow?
	How Does the Shadow Develop in the Body?
	The Psychoid Psyche
	Clinical Sketch 1: Anita’s Anorexia Helps Her Claim Herself
	Clinical Sketch 2: Elizabeth and Raging Eczema
	Clinical Sketch 3: Christine, Cancer and the Crows
	Clinical Sketch 4: Richard Finds His Heart Rhythm
	Covid-19: The Global Shadow
	Conclusion
	References
	The Body
	Eldership
	Dying to Live
	Melancholia
	Second Childhood
	Ending Reflections
	Notes
	References
	Overview
	The Shadow in Literature
	The Story of “The Scapegoat”
	Part One The Shadow Encounter and Confrontation with the Uncanny
	The Shadow Encounter at Midlife
	Mirrors, Doubling and the Uncanny
	Part Two The Shadow Ordeal and Engagement with Relationship
	Identity, Trauma and the Shadow of Love and Hate
	John’s Shadow
	Jean’s Shadow
	Deepening Shadow Themes: Crisis Leading to Psychological Adaptation and Potential Renewal of Psychic Energy
	Part Three Reparation and Potential Integration of Shadow
	The Shadow of Scapegoating
	The Shadow and Individuation
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
	The Problem of Meeting an “Other”
	Beginnings
	“Mind the Gap!”
	Shadow and Projection
	Couple Fit
	Sarah and John
	Trust and Disillusion
	Narcissus and Echo – Shame
	Narcissus
	Echo
	Self-Reflection and Play
	Transformation or Stagnation
	Notes
	References
	The Maryon Muse Matrix
	The Personal and the Collective
	The Social Dimension of Dreams
	The Shadow of the Holocaust
	Shadows from the Holocaust
	The Shadow of Social Dreaming
	Conclusion
	Epilogue
	Notes
	References
	Introduction
	The Shadow of Whiteness
	The Shadow of Whiteness Today
	The Shadow of the White Liberal
	Learning Whiteness
	The Shadow of Psychoanalysis
	The Shadow of Current Psychoanalytic and Jungian Thinking
	The Shadow of Our Profession
	Note
	References
	The Shadow Resists Consciousness
	Fake News, Post-Truth, etc.
	Keeping It in the Family
	Where Do We Go from Here?
	Notes
	References
	Introduction
	Part One: The Story of King Erysichthon
	Part Two: Shadow and the More-Than-Human World
	Part Three: Facing Our Shadow in the Struggle for Change
	Final Reflections
	Notes
	References
	Notes
	References
	The Problem
	The Individual
	The Group
	The Sexual Divide
	The Internet
	The Middle East
	The Tribe
	The West
	The Leaders
	The Military
	The Intractability
	The Progress
	And Yet … and Yet, We Have Examples of Progress
	References
	Introduction
	Dia-ballein (“To Separate”)
	The Experiment
	Conclusion
	References
	Buddhism
	A Christian Perspective on Evil
	Mother of Shadow, Mother of Light Demons of the Unconscious in Indian Myth
	The Metaphysical Necessity of the Shadow in Islam
	Evil and Judaism
	Notes
	The “Helping Personality” and the “Wounded-Healer”
	The Therapeutic Relationship and Process
	Some of the Dynamics of the Transgressive Process
	Institutional/Societal Responses to Boundary Violation
	Advice to the Public
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
	The Personal Shadow
	The Organisational Shadow
	References
	Notes
Chapter 1 The Development of the Shadow in Childhood and Adolescence: Shadow Work: Maia’s Story
Chapter 2 Gender Dysphoria, Individuation and the Shadow
Chapter 3 Disease as the Shadow of the Body
Chapter 4 On Ageing: Coming Home
Chapter 5 The Shadow in Literature: Daphne du Maurier’s “The Scapegoat”
Chapter 6 Whose Shadow Is It Anyway?: Jung and Opposites
Chapter 7 The Shadow of Darkness, the Shadow of Light
Chapter 8 The Shadow of Whiteness
Chapter 9 The Shadow in Politics
Chapter 10 Shadow and Earth: Eco-Psychology and the Future of the Planet
Chapter 11 “Existential Threat” and Large Group Anxiety
Chapter 12 The Impact of AI and IT in the 21st Century
Chapter 13 Fundamentalism, Terrorism, and Mindlessness: The Shadow of Thinking
Chapter 14 Imago Diaboli
Chapter 15 Five Perspectives on Evil: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism
Chapter 16 Sexual Boundary Violation: Betrayal and the Shadow of Therapy
Chapter 17 Bringing the Shadow Towards Light: Approaches to Assimilating the Shadow
Appendix
Name Index
Subject Index