Feb 8 2021 December 1, 2021
February 8, 2021 December 1, 2021 / Analytical Psychology / Archetypes, Collective Unconscious / 8 minutes of reading
Puer aeternus. Latin for "eternal child," used in mythology to designate a child-god who is forever young; psychologically it refers to an older man whose emotional life has remained at an adolescent level, usually coupled with too great a dependence on the mother.
The shadow of the puer is the senex (Latin for old man), associated with the god Cronus—disciplined, controlled, responsible, rational, ordered. Conversely, the shadow of the senex is the puer, related to Hermes or Dionysus—unbounded instinct, disorder, intoxication, whimsy. Like all archetypes, the puer is bipolar, exhibiting both a "positive" and a "negative" aspect.
Jun 15 2019 May 9, 2021
June 15, 2019 May 9, 2021 / Analytical Psychology / Archetypes, Collective Unconscious, Consciousness, Individuation / 5 minutes of reading
The wise old man (also called senex, sage or sophos) is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character. The wise old man can be a profound philosopher distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment.
In literature, the sage often takes the form of a mentor or a teacher to the hero, playing a crucial role in the hero's journey. The sage archetype may be portrayed by a God or a Godess, a magician or wizard, a philosopher or an advisor.
Anima & Animus: Archetype Anatomy
Anima and animus are gender specific archetypal structures in the collective unconscious that are compensatory to conscious gender identity.
One of the most complex and least understood features of his theory, the idea of a contrasexual archetype, developed out of Jung's desire to conceptualize the important complementary poles in human psychological functioning. From his experiences of the emotional power of projection in his patients and in himself, he conceived first of the anima as a numinous figure in a man's unconscious.
The Persona: Archetype Anatomy
The persona, for Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, was the social face the individual presented to the world—"a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and on the other to conceal the true nature of the individual".
Jung's individuation process starts from this level, of the persona, of the social mask, trying to break the artificial convention through awareness of its presence and function, and the attenuation of its often oppressive-imperative character.
Jun 10 2019 July 10, 2020
The Shadow: Archetype Anatomy
June 10, 2019 July 10, 2020 / Analytical Psychology / Archetypes, Collective Unconscious, Consciousness, Individuation / 5 minutes of reading
The shadow as a concept comprises everything the conscious personality experiences as negative. The shadow, Id, or shadow archetype refers to an unconscious aspect of the personality which the conscious ego does not identify in itself.
In dreams and fantasies the shadow appears with the characteristics of a personality of the same sex as the ego, but in a very different configuration.
Jun 8 2019 January 11, 2021
Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious
June 8, 2019 January 11, 2021 / Analytical Psychology / Archetypes, Collective Unconscious, Consciousness, Individuation / 5 minutes of reading
The term collective unconscious was originally coined by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) and has been elaborately explained in his book Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. It represents a form of the unconscious ( the part of the mind containing memories and impulses of which the individual is not aware) common to mankind as a specie and it originates in inherited structures of the psyche, passed on from generation to generation.
Jun 7 2019 May 9, 2021
Individuation process: Bring to light your True Self
June 7, 2019 May 9, 2021 / Analytical Psychology / Archetypes, Collective Unconscious, Consciousness, Individuation / 5 minutes of reading
In Jungian psychology, also called analytical psychology, individuation is the process where the individual self develops out of an undifferentiated unconscious – seen as a developmental psychic process during which innate elements of personality, the components of the immature psyche, and the experiences of the person's life become, if the process is more or less successful, integrated over time into a well-functioning whole. Other psychoanalytic theorists describe it as the stage where an individual transcends group attachment and narcissistic self-absorption.
Create your own Mandala
Jerome Bruner's Constructivist Theory of Development