Lesson 5 - Analyzing Archetypes

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Psychoanalysis of Myth

Freuds and Jungs theories on myth and its origin.

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Carl Jung and Archetypes

This is part of the Psychoanalytic Approach

The clues to self-realization in myths, andin many other cultural phenomena, are

according to Carl G. Jung the archetypes, symbolic elements containing aspects of the

workings of human life and mind.

The term is not one of his invention, but he

used it in an elaborate way in his theoriesof psychology and culture, giving it his ownspecific meaning.


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From the Greek word arkhetupon

first mould or model

It is made up of Arkhos

chief or ruler (used also in e.g. archbishop

and monarch),

and tupos

mould, model or type.

It has been used to describe original or

ideal model phenomena and characters


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They are not at all characters, essentially,but symbolic keys to truths about humancondition and to the path of personalenlightenment.

They can reveal the workings of the world,as to how it affects the human psyche, andwhat man should do to accomplishsomething or for that matter wardsomething off.

They are learning tools, lessons fromprimordial time, answers included.


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Archetypes create

myths, religions,

and philosophical

ideas that influence

and set their stamp

on whole nations

and epochs.


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It might be best compared to mathematicalcomponents, such as pi or the x of anequation.

An archetype is like pi in the sense that it

has a fixed value, but its applications arejust about endless.

It is like the x of an equation in the way thatit is the solution to a given problemif that

problem is significant enough. Archetypes carry meanings for the human

mind to decipher and utilize


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The archetype is a symbolic

formula which always begins

to function when there areno conscious ideas present,

or when conscious ideas are

inhibited for internal orexternal reasons


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Since the archetypes are symboliccomponents rather than objects or persons,they are discovered by their function instead

of their attire.A symbolic element that reappears in many

a myth from separate cultures or time-periods, and seems to contain some kind of

significance in those stories, is in theJungian perspective most certainly anarchetype


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Not only that, but in Jung's world, an archetypecontains such potency that it is its archetype,wherever it appears.

Its symbolic archetypal function emerges, evenwhen that was not intended by its user in thatspecific case.

It is also this primordial potency of thearchetypes that makes them attractive andexciting, wherever they appear. People aredrawn to archetypes, often obsessed by them,whether they know of their Jungian function ornot. They feel a resonance from theirunconscious, recognizing and being stimulatedby the archetype.


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Psyche Ego (Self)

The new center of personality; can include both theconscious and the unsconscious

The Personal Unconcsious Anything which is not presently conscious, but can be.

Includes memories that are easily brought in mind, and those

which have been suppressed for some reason. Uncivilized desires and emotions are incompatible with

social standards and ideal personality.

Collective Unconsciousness The theoretical pool of memories or knowledge that

everyone shares.

Reservoir of experiences as species, a kind of knowledge weare born with, yet we can never be directly conscious of it.

Influences all of our experiences and behaviors, mostespecially the emotional ones, but we know about itindirectly, by looking at those influences.


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THE SELF

The personality striving towards its own

complete realization.

It is the most important archetype

because it is the ultimate unity of thepersonality

Symbolized by the circle, the cross, and

the Mandala


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THE PERSONA

Represents your publicimage

The mask you put on

before you show yourselfto the world

Begins as an archetype,but is actually a part of a

person most distant fromthe collectiveunconsciousness


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THE HERO

Pursues a great quest

to realize his destiny

The man personality

and the defeater of evil

He basically represents

the ego


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THE MAIDEN

Represents purity,innocence, and in all

likelihood, naivete


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THE SHADOW

Derives from theprehuman animal past,

when our concerns were

limited to survival andreproduction, and when

we werent self-conscious

The dark side of the ego;

it is actually neither good

or bad (amoral)


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THE ARCHETYPE FAMILY

Represents the idea of blood

relationship and ties that run deeper that

those based in conscious reasons.


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THE FATHER

Symbolized by aguide or authority

Primarily an

authority figureinducing fear


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THE MOTHER

The built in ability torecognize certainrelationship, that ofmothering

May not be a realmother; could be apersonification of the

archetype Primarily in the sense

of our need for her


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THE CHILD

Represented inMythology and art bychildren, infants mostespecially small

creatures Often blends with other

archetypes to form the

child-god or child-hero Our innocent beginning

with all our potential infront of us


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THE ANIMA AND THE ANIMUS

Anima

The female aspect present in the collective

unconscious of men

May be personified as young girl, or as a with, oras earth mother

Animus

The male aspect in the collective unconscious ofwomen

May be personified as wise old man, a sorcerer, or

often a number of males, and tends to be logical,

often rationalistic, and even argumentative


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THE GOD

Representing our need to comprehend

the universe, to give meaning to all that

happens, to see it all as having purpose

and direction The perfect image of the self


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THE MANA

More of spiritual demands

The spiritual power


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THE WISE OLD MAN

A form of theanimus and

reveals to the hero

the nature of thecollective

unconsciousness

The one who has

profound

knowledge


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THE WIZARD

Knowledgeable of

the hidden and of

transformation

needed


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THE TRICKSTER

Often represented bya clown or magician

Its role is to hamper

the progress of thehero and to generally

make trouble

The rascal agentpushing us towards

change


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THE HERMAPHRODITE

The joineror

opposites

Both maleand female

representin

g the union

of

opposites


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THE BEAST

Representingthe primitive

side of man


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THE SCAPEGOAT

One whosuffers the

shortcomings

of others

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