Shadow and Society
Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies April 22, 2023 Juliet Rohde-Brown 1 citation
The archetype of the Child serves as a psychological presence that fosters creativity and relationality for individuals and groups. Integrating the shadow aspect of human nature reduces harmful biases and projections that negatively affect the archetypal Child and actual children. Attentive listening to the divine child within supports personal growth and spiritual transformation, mending wounds from colonization and family or cultural trauma. Forgetting the divine child through abuse or neglect severs access to the Self, which cannot be discovered without its animating presence. Jungian practitioners use arts-based practices to integrate shadow aspects, decolonize marginalized frameworks, and promote multiple ways of knowing.