Imbloc and Groundhog day Scream SHADOW WORK

Here locally, our Groundhog did not see it's Shadow, at my place of employment a co-worker failed to see their Shadow and fled in retreat when others shined lights upon it.

Many of you know my deep interest in the psychology of what is termed SHADOW WORK.
Carl Gustav Jung, more than anyone else, has brought the idea of the shadow into the forefront of psychology and psychiatric work. The SHADOW self is the mysterious and alot of the time repressed side of the psyche that lays close to the conscious but is Unconscious to the person because of a layering effect that builds the shadow up so to speak. A top veneer holds personal experience that is tragically made unconscious to hide parts of the Self that one feels are ''not me''. Those parts are the "That is not ME" aspects we deny but are subjectively self evident to those who can see through illusionary props that the Shadow creates to hide itself in unconscious camoflage.
Beneath that top layer lay the Archetypes which forms the psychic content of those unconcious buried parts of the self, and even deeper are the Collective Unconsciousness components which we all as humans share as part of our sadly conflicted humanity. Shadow Work aims to bring those parts which we are able too, to the surface of consciousness were they can become allys instead of rogue parts of ourselves which may work against us unconsciously. It is grueling work and fraught with transformations which push one to the limits. I personally love Shadow work and have made many of my magickal practise goals having the ultimate aim of unveiling my own Shadows. KNOW THYSELF is a motto I have taken very seriously for the majority of my life, and I find new things with each Shadow Encounter.
Recently my Shadow Work has spilled over into my mundane world at work and I had to make some very difficult choices in regards to how to handle someone else's very angry SHADOW. Being I do not divide my life into mundane and magickal worlds,, I take both as the same and act according to need as to how I act. This time I did something I normally do not do..
Frankly and unashmedly I must admit I magickally removed this Shadow from my sphere of influence.
First, I tried speaking to the Conscious person. This failed miserably and then I tried again, and again. I felt very disappointed when I realized that I was not going to get anywhere talking to this person with the intention of helping them face something that was becoming detrimental to themself and others. I had a very hard choice to make, remove myself from the extreme Negativity or remove the Negative. My choice was the latter. So I did a banishing, plus surrounded my spiritual environment with Transformative energy to either TRANSFORM or REMOVE the Negative energy from my workplace. One week ago.
Today the banishing and transformative working took effect in an extreme outburst at work. The Shadow was not going to come forward and be seen by this person, so it did the only thing it could as I was shining LIGHT upon it. It ran back into the Darkness of Self. My co-worker Quit. She lashed out at a boss who bent over backwards to be lenient and compassionate, her anger sapped, bemused, and wore out everyone present. It was one of the most difficult days I have experienced in a long time. When I told this person about our needing someone to fill an opening last year, I Never would have thought the following months would be what they were, but they were Growth School Days and weeks for us all. A very rough learning curve it was too!! The Whole building has been affected by this Shadow. (A Cleansing is now Past DUE)
I am very sad right now, as I really want to feel that something good has to happen because of this recent turn of events, but a sinking feeling says otherwise, and I remember what I have said to myself over and over again, You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
When someone wishes to remain Unconscious of Shadows that are rulers of their psyche, they can become very vicious and lash out in huge amounts of anger at ALL around them.
This happens even to Nations as we see in the world Right now.

All we can do is to cultivate compassion,,, even when I don't want to do so, as I feel tapped and worn out by this experience. But I know I must summon Compassion and Love and continue to send this to someone who doesn't even admit they are wrestling with self created Demons of Anger. Also, I realize that Compassion and Love from me is the last thing they want, but I am going to summon this somehow because it is the only action I can do which can neutralize the trauma that has taken place.
Sometimes people do not want to be helped, no matter how much they might need it, this is the lesson I have learned.