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
