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The Shadow King Identifies Himself With the Energy of the King
The shadow king identifies himself with the kings energy, fusing it and making himself above all. He is trying to hide the part of himself which is lacking inner structure or wholeness. So he will often position himself by pretending to be the saviour of the people while taking advantage of them. And we see this in the role of macbeth, shakespeare's macbeth who leads him to claim power for himself but also becomes paranoid and an completely mad. The virtuous king still experiences the shadow king. It's not that he is devod of the shadow king,. It's that he can see that part within him. Because the king archetype in his fullest still sees the shadow