We all embody duality—we all have both light (conscious) and dark (unconscious) dimensions of our being. The dark side of our personality—the “other,” the shadow side, is dark not only because we don't (or won't) see it; it's dark because it's comprised of what we would consider our primitive, primal, or negative impulses—all of which we choose to keep hidden from our consciousness, and denied. And like Persephone, our goal is to become whole.
