When you have completed the Green Man exercise, you have allowed your unconscious mind to come forth and project itself onto the trees. What did the image you saw tell you about your unconscious motivations? How might this knowledge help you to integrate your Shadow and your Persona? Remember that the Shadow is the unconscious part of the mind where those impulses we’ve been told not to own dwell. So integrating Shadow and Persona means accepting those “darker” impulses as a means to channel their energy creatively and with purpose. When that balance between chaos and order occurs, Apotheosis is achieved.
Apotheosis simply means remembering you are a divine child of the universe. When you are able to integrate Shadow and Persona, you are able to accept yourself “warts and all.” This means accepting that all parts of your psyche are perfect just as they are, even those that have been suppressed in the unconscious world of the Shadow. Acknowledging them gives you the ability to control how you react to them. When you can control your responses to your darker impulses you will have mastered the integration of Shadow and Persona and achieved Apotheosis.
