Archetypes Flashcards
side of personality that people show to the
world.
Persona
The term is well chosen because it refers to
the mask worn by actors in the early theater.
persona
The archetypes of darkness and repression,
represents those qualities we do not wish to
acknowledge but attempt to hide from ourselves
and others.
SHADOW
For Jung to be whole we must continually strive
to know our shadow, called it ‘___ ___ __ ____’.
first test of courage’
For Jung to be whole we must continually strive
to know our shadow, called it ‘first test of
courage’.
shadow
consists of morally objectionable
tendencies s well as number of constructive and
creative qualities that we, nevertheless we
reluctant to face
shadow
Jung believed that this originated from early men’s
experiences with women-mothers, sisters, and loversthat combined to form a generalized picture of women.
anima
Few men become well acquainted with this, because this task requires great courage
and is even more difficult than becoming acquainted
with their shadow.
anima
The _____, naturally, is originally based on the boy’s image of his mother and this later evolves with his relatedness to more mature romantic relationships. The _____ is generally related to in the singular both in the inner and outer worlds.
anima
A man will generally project his _____ onto
only a single woman at any one time, whereas a woman would frequently have more than one animus projection in her life.
anima
Archetypal examples of the Anima in various stages of development:
Brooke Shields
● Marilyn Monroe
● Jackie Kennedy
● Margret Thatcher
Hillary Clinton
● Mother Theresa
● The Virgin Mary
It is the masculine archetype in women. Whereas the anima represents irrational moods and feelings, it is symbolic of thinking and reasoning.
animus
It is capable of influencing the thinking of a woman, yet it
does not actually belong to her. It belongs to collective
unconscious and originates from the encounters of
prehistoric women with me.
animus
Archetypal examples of the Animus in various stages of development:
Tarzan
● James Dean
● James Bond
● Steve Jobs
● Barak Obama
● Nelson Mandela
● Christ , Mohammed , Buddha
This preexisting concept of mother is always
associated with both positive and negative
feelings.
great mother
Everyone, man and women, possesses a
____ _____ archetype.
great mother
The Fertility and nourishment dimension of this archetype is symbolized by a tree, garden, plowed field, sea, heaven, home, country, church, and hollow objects such as oven and cooking utensils.
great mother
This archetype also represents
power and destruction:
she is sometimes symbolized as a
godmother, the mother of God,
Mother Nature, Mother Earth,
stepmother, or a witch.
great mother
Archetype of wisdom and meaning, symbolizes humans’ pre existing
knowledge of the mysteries of life.
WISE OLD MAN
This archetype meaning, is unconscious and cannot be directly experienced
by a single individual.
WISE OLD MAN
The wise old man archetype, also sometimes known as the _____, is one of an elderly
man of philosophical bearing notable for his possession of great wisdom, knowledge
and judgement.
Sage
This archetype represent in mythology and
legends as a powerful person, sometimes part
god, who fights against great odds to conquer
or vanquish evil in the form of dragons and
etc.
hero
This arvhetype is symbolically overcoming the darkness
of pre human unconsciousness.
hero
Jung believed that each person possesses an
inherited tendency to move toward growth,
perfection, and completion.
self
The most comprehensive of all archetypes.
self
This is the archetypes of archetypes because
it pulls together the other archetypes and unites
them in the process of self-realization.
self
Is symbolized by a person’s
ideas of perfection, completion,and
wholeness, but its ultimate symbol is
Mandala.
self
stands for unity,
totality and order
Self-realization-
The ____ includes both the conscious
and unconscious mind, and it unites the
opposing psyche- male and female,
good and evil, light and dark forces.
self
