Archetypes
Explained - A Practical Example
Magnetic
Attraction -
Here's an old and classic example that's often been used
when describing the archetypes... think
of archetypes as being like magnets with an invisible
energy field...
Remember back to science class? And
a little experiment done with:
First:
You placed the magnet on a table.
Second:
You placed the cardboard over the magnet and then sprinkled the
metal filings onto the cardboard.
Third:
You gently shook the cardboard or blew on it lightly...
Remember what
happened then?
Outcome:
The metal filings arranged themselves into a coherent pattern (usually
a series of swirls) that reflected the magnet's invisible energy
field.
Archetypes
are like that!
The archetype's invisible power (energy field) is
revealed by what (or who) gets caught in their energy field -i.e.
the archetypal images and behaviors.
Strictly
speaking...
Getting a wee bit technical on you for a second... no
one ever directly sees or experiences
the
raw form and/or energy of an archetype... Archetypes
(inherent predispositions) reside within the deepest, depths
of
the psyche's unconscious...
Got
it? The archetypes, themselves, in raw form are not innate images,
as is often supposed, but dynamic forms that shape perception
and behavior.
However,
what we can (and do) see are "archetypal images..." These "images" help
to "explain" and "put
clothes on" the raw energy of an archetype. Then
- in turn - we end up experiencing these archetypal
images as archetypal
behaviors.
Again...
the
archetype's invisible power (energy
field) is revealed by what (or who) gets caught in their
energy
field -i.e. the archetypal images and behaviors.
Sorta with
me so far...?
-
Archetypes
(stuff we're born with)
-
Seen
as Archetypal Images (dressing up our stuff)
-
Experienced
as Archetypal Behaviors (our stuff in daily life)
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