Tag: Archetypal Theory

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Beyond individual personality lie the universal patterns of the collective unconscious. This perspective explores the theoretical foundations of archetypes—the “primordial images” that structure human experience. By understanding these mythic blueprints, we can better behold the recurring themes that shape our dreams, cultures, and personal destinies.

  • Happiness

    Happiness

    There’s research on happiness. Researchers have made a case for identifiable happiness markers. The more of these happiness-making qualities we possess or cultivate, the happier we feel.

  • The Karma of Leaving

    The Karma of Leaving

    Show me the way in which the child was left, and I will show you the way in which that child grows up and later leaves others and ultimately leaves himself.

  • Great Mother

    Great Mother

    I’ve written about what can happen when a child’s need for balanced containment and nurturance are not met in the family of origin, and they grow up uncontained, unprotected, and without adequate nurture.

  • On Technology

    On Technology

    We seem no different from our most primitive ancestors who believed in demonic possession. We who are so sophisticated can’t understand the lure of social media or other technologies we use as substances that dull the anxiety of being alive.

  • The Divine Couple

    The Divine Couple

    The problems with becoming whole are the obstacles in the way, not the least of which can be oneself.

  • Animuse

    Animuse

    The masculine archetype hunts and kills, whereas the feminine gives life and nurtures; therefore a man dealing with his anima confronts and becomes entangled in life, whereas a woman dealing with her animus encounters situations involving aim and direction.

  • The Animus

    The Animus

    Today, few psychoanalysts think and write about anima and animus in strictly gendered terms. As archetypes, they are representational, thus non-binary and non-gendered. Our theories, understanding, and language continue to develop.

  • The Anima

    The Anima

    The Anima is a psychic structure that transcends gender. Being archetypal, it operates unconsciously to express the Feminine qualities of a person. It also informs and resides with the collective unconscious, exerting a powerful influence on culture.

  • Archetypes: What are They?

    Archetypes: What are They?

    Jungian archetypes are a concept of Analytical Psychology referring to a universal, inherited idea, pattern, or image present in the collective unconscious of all humans.

  • My Animus and I Go to Drawing Class

    My Animus and I Go to Drawing Class

    Taking an art class is one of many attempts over the past year or so to do activities that may assist me along the path of individuation, and may encourage my more unconscious, repressed, or shy aspects to show themselves.