#shadowself

[purplefablevampirevixen]

My love, what I show you about me is my most harmless and tender side but inside me there is a big spot of darkness

[theegosfeverishdream]

Same, Same

There is richness in simplicity

There is abundance in letting go

There is growth in stillness

May I remember to return to these truths again and again

-Carmc

[luminous-darkness]

Embracing the Darkness Within: The Archetype of the Shadow Self

The Shadow is not a specter to fear, but a sacred guardian of the parts of ourselves that have been exiled — those hidden desires, fears, and wounds that the light cannot touch. She lives in the folds of silence and darkness, weaving lessons from pain and truth. To engage with the shadow is to embark on a ritual of reclaiming lost fragments of the soul, a rite of courage that challenges the ego’s fragile illusions. When you confront the Shadow, you do not fight her — you listen, honor, and transform.

Tonight, as black candles flicker and mugwort smoke curls through the air, offer an invitation to the Shadow. Whisper softly: “I call to the parts of me hidden in dusk and silence. Come forth, be known, and be healed.” Let her presence be felt as a weight and a gift — an opening to your deeper self. What shadow parts lie dormant in your being, aching for recognition?

[goetiiavacuum]

Illustration~Gustave Doré, Purgatorio, Canto 9 : Dante and Virgil at the portals of Purgatory, illustration from "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, 1885

[whitewolfmagick22]

the darkness

the darkness is so peaceful it’s like quietness the world is asleep. Why is everyone so afraid of darkness? In the darkness is where we heal it’s where we learn to love ourselves. In my own deepest darkest times I’ve found Hecate guiding me and if she’s taught me anything it’s that those darkness that is within ourselves is valid and loveable. It’s not scary. It’s the parts of ourself that we’ve told or have been told that is shameful and that it needs hidden. Our dark side needs loved too. Our dark side has been abused it’s been neglected it’s been told to hide. I’m tired of hiding my darkness. My darkness needs me. It needs acceptance. That’s something a lot of people don’t do is accept their own darkness. Hecate with the torch guiding me to the light unlocking the doors to myself. She has taught me how to love myself whole. Raw. Every aspect of me. Don’t be afraid to love yourself. The darkness is where I’ve found myself. You are worthy of love. Even the parts you try to hide in your own darkness.

[listening2images]

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[becomingbuffypodcast]

Giles, Ripper, & Ethan Rayne: A New Man Analysis

[ladymacabrebeth]

Every time I look in the mirror, she stares back and looks just like me. Sometimes I wish for her to take my place because she's more assertive—a better me. I wouldn't mind her killing me off so she can burn those who have made me swallow my words in soil. I need her to take over so she may reclaim her power—my better half.

Lady Macabre Beth