Jungian Archetypes

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Jungian Archetypes
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

• Father of psycho-analysis (to help liberate from
  unconscious barriers such as transference and
  resistance)
• The unconscious
• Repressions
• Dreams
• Psychosexual development

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Id, Ego, and Super-Ego

• Id Inborn drives
• Super Ego Conscience
• Ego Self, trying to balance the Id and
  Super-Ego

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C.G. Jung (1875-1961)

• Swiss psychiatrist
• Founder of analytical psychology (to help
  establish a healthy relationship with the
  archetypes of the unconscious)
• 1907 Freud and Jung
• Dedicated to the unconscious through dreams, art,
  mythology, world religion, and philosophy

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The Psyche according to Jung
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Jungian Unconscious

• The Personal Unconscious Individual level of
  unconscious. Can store and/or repress personal
  memories that are not being used by the conscious
  mind.
• The Collective Unconscious A kind of psychic
  inheritance. A common psychological
  predisposition composed of archetypes.

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Five Parts of the Psyche

• 1. Persona the mask(s) you put on before you
  show yourself to the outside world. Your public
  image.

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Five Parts of the Psyche

• 2. Ego The centre of consciousness. Ones
  identity.

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Five Parts of the Psyche

• 3. The Shadow an unconscious complex that
  contains repressed and suppressed aspects of the
  conscious self. Contains both constructive and
  destructive elements.

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Five Parts of the Psyche

• 4. Anima and Animus The unconscious soul image
  that can act as a gateway between the conscious
  and unconscious

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Five Parts of the Psyche

• 5. The Self the centre and totality of the
  psyche. The archetype which contains all others
  and around which they orbit. The goal of life is
  to realize the self and be in balance and harmony.

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Other Archetypes

• Symbolic
• Situational
• Character

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Symbolic Archetypes

• Light vs. Darkness
• Water vs. Desert
• Heaven vs. Hell
• Good vs. Evil

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Situational Archetypes

• The Quest
• The Task
• The Journey
• The Fall
• Death/Rebirth
• Nature/Mechanistic
• Unhealable Wound
• The Ritual
• The Magic Weapon

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Character Archetypes

• The Hero
• Mentors
• Friendly Beast
• The Devil
• The Scapegoat
• The Outcast
• Earth Mother
• Temptress
• Platonic Ideal
• Unfaithful Wife
• Damsel in Distress
• Star-crossed lovers