the shadow, n.Definitions

The Shadow (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the good soul's inseparable twin: the more the good soul disowns it, the more it becomes it.

The Shadow (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the dark, repressed side of one's nature, which must be accepted and assimilated — and the countergame reveals that wholeness as an inescapable fact.

The Shadow (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Jung's 1902 phrase for the dim region beside waking awareness, describable as a sleep- or dream-state according to whether passivity or activity dominates.