The shadow is Jung's name for the constellation of qualities, impulses, and aspects of self that have been rejected, denied, or disowned — everything that cannot be admitted into the conscious self-image. Shadow work is not the discovery of hidden evil but the retrieval of energy and wholeness: what has been denied does not disappear but operates autonomously, often with greater force. Integration returns these qualities to conscious relationship, where they become available rather than dangerous.
Patan