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Justin Townsend

Justin Townsend

CEO and Head Facilitator of MycoMeditations, a pioneering legal psilocybin-assisted retreat center in Jamaica.

Sep 18, 2026

0:25
I would say do a quick recap.
0:27
Okay, so you can basically see that you have a conscious mind and unconscious mind, and the shadow is a part of the unconscious mind.
0:35
And in short, you can see that it's all the things about yourself that you don't want to admit to.
0:40
A tiny bit you do know, most of which you don't know, but these influences often formed in childhood through parents and society become repressed aspects of our personality.
0:51
So the shadow can be shame, it can be disgust, it can be fear, it can be terror, but it definitely has a more negative connotation The Golden Shadow are all about strengths and greatness within ourselves that we have repressed from a very early age.
1:09
So we all know people, for example, have to dim their light around others.
1:15
So there are many great creators in the world that came out of severely abusive childhoods and went on to create great artistry, music, art, you name it, right? But just as many that came out of abusive childhoods and survived, there are those that develop self-destructive habits and repress their creativeness and their strengths.
5:06
So go ahead.

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