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Originally posted by ussula:
while shadow people are a wide known paranormal entity phenomenon , no one really knows for sure what they are or where they come from. i have never seen any solid evidence of this or even seen any folklore that clearly outlines this info for us. not even a solid concrete reasonable theory. until now.

If we follow this out I would say there has to be a "positive" shadow as well, so to speak. For everything there is a complete opposite. Light-dark. Right-left. Good-Evil. EVERYTHING has an opposite. This is the balance of the Universe.

im not sayin i suddenly had a revelation and know for sure exactly what they are. no. but i did come across an interesting expalination/theory in a book from my collection that i was reading thru the other day. its a model created by carl jung , a famous psychiatrist who once worked with sigmund freud but later seperated from him over some disputes in theories. jung's acknowledgement and expalination of shadow people is interesting from a psychological viewpoint , but also from a spiritual viewpoint when one considers what this could mean when applied to the spirit realm and its laws. i will type up the pages outlining that theory below. also note that the dispelling techniques in this book are all based on traditional folklore and not necessarily validated modern methods or scientific fact.

book-"a field guide to demons , fairies , fallen angels , and other subversive spirits"-

"a personal shadow rests in the depths of the unconscious of every person , ready and waiting to spring. according to carl jung's model , the shadow expresses a person's darker dimension , the inner demon , the part of thier personality one hides from the eyes of the world (and even from oneself). the shadow includes all those aspects of a person's nature that he believes unacceptable. the shadow lies at the threshold of the unknown.

the unconscious shadow is repressed and hidden away like an unopened trunk sonewhere in a corner of a dark and forgotten room. but unlike a closed trunk , it can open by itself. if it does , it may take a form that will make irs human host feel that he has fallen prey to a possession species of invisible demon. it leaps out in this form , and projects itself onto another person: maybe a spouse or neighbor whom the host sees as exhibiting the demonic qualities of his/her own shadow.

the stronger the control 'persona' (the mask worn for society) exerts over the individual , the more his true self hides repressed within his shadow , and the less he wants to encounter its existence. most commonly the shadow remains out of sight of the ego , but not entirely buried. it will spring forth in projections and also in dreams.

in dreams people run down endless hallways , look into twisted mirrors , fight against oppressors (who are often only divided selves or 'polar twins' fighting a battle). often the psyche will present to dreamers archetypal images of shadow vampires , goblins , and hybrid animal-humans creatures. this is the psyche's way of saying that each individual shadow partakes of an essence of what humankind has collectively experienced as evil or demonic or destructive throughout history. the dramatic characters in dreams who appear as archetypal images like the devil often points to the magnitude of a problem as felt by the dreamer. it can also feel so impossible , for example , to deal with certain issues that they are imagined as demonic powers far beyond human control.

in daily life , the shadow manufactures projections onto others. traits such as vindictiveness , jealousy , rudeness , competitiveness , that are seen in others are often mirror reflections of negative feelings so repressed in oneself that they are hidden from sight. to catch a glimpse of this 'powershadow' would be too painful , it would 'kill' the viewer , so he represses it , and placeshis devil 'out there' , just as dorian gray projected his shadow onto his famous , crumbling portrait."....

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Originally posted by jerrytalbert:

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Originally posted by ussula:
while shadow people are a wide known paranormal entity phenomenon , no one really knows for sure what they are or where they come from. i have never seen any solid evidence of this or even seen any folklore that clearly outlines this info for us. not even a solid concrete reasonable theory. until now.

If we follow this out I would say there has to be a "positive" shadow as well, so to speak. For everything there is a complete opposite. Light-dark. Right-left. Good-Evil. EVERYTHING has an opposite. This is the balance of the Universe.

im not sayin i suddenly had a revelation and know for sure exactly what they are. no. but i did come across an interesting expalination/theory in a book from my collection that i was reading thru the other day. its a model created by carl jung , a famous psychiatrist who once worked with sigmund freud but later seperated from him over some disputes in theories. jung's acknowledgement and expalination of shadow people is interesting from a psychological viewpoint , but also from a spiritual viewpoint when one considers what this could mean when applied to the spirit realm and its laws. i will type up the pages outlining that theory below. also note that the dispelling techniques in this book are all based on traditional folklore and not necessarily validated modern methods or scientific fact.

book-"a field guide to demons , fairies , fallen angels , and other subversive spirits"-

"a personal shadow rests in the depths of the unconscious of every person , ready and waiting to spring. according to carl jung's model , the shadow expresses a person's darker dimension , the inner demon , the part of thier personality one hides from the eyes of the world (and even from oneself). the shadow includes all those aspects of a person's nature that he believes unacceptable. the shadow lies at the threshold of the unknown.

the unconscious shadow is repressed and hidden away like an unopened trunk sonewhere in a corner of a dark and forgotten room. but unlike a closed trunk , it can open by itself. if it does , it may take a form that will make irs human host feel that he has fallen prey to a possession species of invisible demon. it leaps out in this form , and projects itself onto another person: maybe a spouse or neighbor whom the host sees as exhibiting the demonic qualities of his/her own shadow.

the stronger the control 'persona' (the mask worn for society) exerts over the individual , the more his true self hides repressed within his shadow , and the less he wants to encounter its existence. most commonly the shadow remains out of sight of the ego , but not entirely buried. it will spring forth in projections and also in dreams.

in dreams people run down endless hallways , look into twisted mirrors , fight against oppressors (who are often only divided selves or 'polar twins' fighting a battle). often the psyche will present to dreamers archetypal images of shadow vampires , goblins , and hybrid animal-humans creatures. this is the psyche's way of saying that each individual shadow partakes of an essence of what humankind has collectively experienced as evil or demonic or destructive throughout history. the dramatic characters in dreams who appear as archetypal images like the devil often points to the magnitude of a problem as felt by the dreamer. it can also feel so impossible , for example , to deal with certain issues that they are imagined as demonic powers far beyond human control.

in daily life , the shadow manufactures projections onto others. traits such as vindictiveness , jealousy , rudeness , competitiveness , that are seen in others are often mirror reflections of negative feelings so repressed in oneself that they are hidden from sight. to catch a glimpse of this 'powershadow' would be too painful , it would 'kill' the viewer , so he represses it , and placeshis devil 'out there' , just as dorian gray projected his shadow onto his famous , crumbling portrait."....