Notebook · Shadow work
The shadow notebook
A guided notebook for shadow work — looking at what you'd rather not see of yourself, through writing, without judgment. Five exercises, twelve Yi Jing figures with their prompts, and the guardrails missing everywhere else. Free, as a PDF, no esotericism.
What's inside
Three pages to set the practice: the shadow plainly (where the concept comes from, what it names), the method (ten minutes, write fast, reread slowly), and the guardrails — neither therapy nor divination.
Then five proven writing exercises — the irritated portrait, the outsized reaction, the impossible compliment, the dialogue with the figure, the “I am not” inventory — each with room to write.
And twelve shadow figures of the I Ching — Darkening of the Light, the Abysmal, Encounter… — each with a dedicated prompt that opens sideways what a frontal question corners.
A sober voice, in a field that rarely is
Shadow work content usually swings between the clinical and the esoteric. This notebook holds a third voice: calm, concrete, grounded in a real symbolic system — in the lineage of Jung, who coined the shadow concept and introduced the I Ching to the West.
Nothing to believe, nothing predicted, nothing to heal: an image to look at yourself, and room to write.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is the notebook really free?
- Yes, entirely. You leave your email and the PDF downloads right away.
- What format?
- A 22-page A5 PDF, ready to print — or to keep on your screen.
- Do I need to know Jung or the I Ching?
- No. The notebook opens on three pages that set everything out — the concept, the method, the guardrails — in plain language.
- Is it a therapeutic tool?
- No, and it says so clearly: it's a writing notebook. If what you meet overflows it, it honestly points you toward human support.