“In general, we might conclude that if the fairy tale tells us of a simple man becoming king, it describes a process of renewal of collective consciousness which comes from the unexpected and officially despised part of the psyche, and from the simple people, for a population, in a confused way, the simple suffer more than the learned people from the undercurrents of the archetypal development… One could say, therefore, that the moods, secret longings, and needs of the simple people within the population express in a clear form the needs of our time.” (von Franz, 1995, p.30) “The consideration of the shadow in fairy tales, then, must not focus on the personal but on the collective and group shadow.” (von Franz, 1995, p.14) “You can see the same pattern in the family black sheep who is forced to carry the shadow of the others.” (von Franz, 1995, p.10) If you want to see genuine remnants of such things in Switzerland, go to the Basel Fastnacht there you can see the way in which a group brings out it’s group shadow in a genuine and beautiful way.” (von Franz, 1995, p.9) “(C)ounterreligious festivals have died out and tend to be forgotten, but they were an attempt to show the crowd its shadow. It is unhealthy not to see it, but just as unhealthy to take too much of it.” (von Franz, 1995, p.8) “(T)here is a secret inner norm of how much of the shadow a human being can stand. But this is no achievement, for then comes the much more difficult problem where most people have great trouble: they know what their shadow is, but they cannot express it much or integrate it into their lives.” (von Franz, 1995, p.5) “With a certain amount of insight, and with the help of dreams, it is relatively easy for people to recognize these elements, and that is what we call making the shadow conscious–and with that analysis usually comes to a stop. ![]() That kind of focused action takes a toll on my body and can lead to unhealthy patterns that spiral out from physical to emotional and spiritual imbalances. When I’m creating it feels like a trance state and other needs, like sleep, are pushed aside or forgotten. It takes conscious effort to keeping a balance with my creative energies. When I think about these ideas and apply them to my own creative experiences I get what she is saying. “In the archetypal experience of evil, evil powers are seen as crippled human, or as a distorted thing… evil entails being swept away by one-sidedness, by one single pattern of behavior.” (Franz, 1995) She goes on to make the connection with evil being associated with mother nature and the dangers of disasters like landslides that also fall into the general idea of being overcome by too much of one thing. The danger for the individual is in the possible fixation that leads to stuck-ness. It’s the archetypal energies emerging in dreams and creative acts that facilitate the individuation process – a persons journey toward fulfillment and life purpose. The unconscious holds both good and bad qualities despite the term, shadow, which implies darkness and is mostly associated with evil. Our creative impulse or inspiration comes from the unconscious or shadow. Shadow is a mythical term for the unconscious. ![]() – HMC 140Īccording to Marie-Louis von Franz, Jung said that everything in the unconscious is the shadow (Franz, 1995). ![]() ![]() Discuss the association between the shadow, evil, and creative inspiration.
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