Shadow Test (Archetype)

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βཞѧʂʂ ƒʊℵҜy͜ May 23, 2012

The Shadow Test (below) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess the contents of one's shadow.
1. What character trait would you most like to change?
2. When you were a child, who was your worst enemy?
3. When you were a child, who was your best friend?
4. Whom do you admire most?
5. Are there any crimes for which you feel the death penalty would be warranted if you were the executioner?
6. On behalf of what group should the church, corporation, or government direct it's energies?

The common principle for interpreting your responses is, "If you spot it, you've got it." The character traits in you or in other persons, the crimes, or the groups that you listed all have something in common with you: they exist in your shadow.
☭Ʈჩع ཞعժ A͜ཞღγ☭ May 23, 2012

And to think my shadow was just darkness from my huge head....
ㄎңձժø൰ (YW)🔫🔴🌆 May 23, 2012

I'm already a shadow. I don't need to take the test
βཞѧʂʂ ƒʊℵҜy͜ May 23, 2012

ㄎңձժø൰ (YW)🔫🔴🌆 wrote:
I'm already a shadow. I don't need to take the test

Then you need to find your persona 😉😁
🌆💀🔫GTR36🔫💀🌆 May 23, 2012

I have found mine and often run from it. Honestly. I hate being a violent person. It gets me in a ton of trouble.
βཞѧʂʂ ƒʊℵҜy͜ May 23, 2012

"The shadow encompasses those unsocial thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that we potentially possess and other characteristics that we do not accept. It is the opposite side of the persona, in that it refers to those desires and emotions that are incompatible with our social standards and ideal personality. It could be described as the devil within...Dr. Jekyll and his evil counterpart, Mr. Hyde, typifies the persona and the shadow." (Engler)
βཞѧʂʂ ƒʊℵҜy͜ May 23, 2012

"Jung's choice of the word shadow is deliberate and designed to emphasize its necessity. There can be no sun that does not leave a shadow. The shadow cannot be avoided, and one is incomplete without it...the shadow can also be projected onto others...confronting the shadow increases the possibility of widening the boundaries of ego consciousness and of integrating otherness." (Connolly, 2003)