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A list of archetypes will help you recognize your own particular
tendencies and way of being.
Carolyn Myss' books and products are recommended and so is Carol
Pearson along with Jean Shinoda Bolen.
What is an archetype?
It is very important for your self-acceptance and self-esteem to
understand this.
Carl Jung created the term Collective Unconscious. This refers to the
tendencies, predispositions, natural inclinations and way of thinking
about your self and the world.
You could say these tendencies are
natural and arise within you despite the cultural programming of what
is good, acceptable and OK.
For example...
Is the energy and pattern that manifests as wanting power above all
else. Usually found most obviously in men and Fathers who rule at home
or at work with a strong belief that their way is right.
For the person with an activated Zeus pattern there is no room for
others to be different or have different interests and motivations than
him (typically male but also can appear in women as well).
Differing to Zeus pattern in that the extent of the drive to reach the
top is less strong in Apollo.
If Zeus is the King then someone with Apollo active would be a good
man/woman to have beside him. Seeking approval and wanting to impress
those with higher authority (or at least not let them down) he/she will
support and work well in a team and be loyal.
The Hades archetype when active makes the person battle within himself
to be true to himself which includes recoiling from the world into
his/her reclusive inner subjective world and at the same time exist in
the world that openly values and rewards the Zeus' of this world.
This archetype is one of non-conformity to what is splashed all over
the televisions, magazines and movies. To Hades it seems a foreign
world with all that shallowness running around trying to accumulate
external things.
This archetypal pattern is the realm of instinct, emotion and feeling.
While a Zeus man wouldn't acknowledge or honor an emotion quite the
opposite is true for our Poseidon activated archetype.
This is the pattern of living in touch with what is felt in the body.
Zeus lives in the head and plans, strives and seeks external. Poseidon
however is the emotional one. Again another archetype who for men is
not valued in our Western society.
This archetype will find it difficult to fit in and feel fulfilled in
traditional roles for men. If pushed to become a lawyer for example by
a Zeus father his world will be devoid of color and taste
This archetype when activated shows up in someone who is very much
introverted and withdrawn from the outside world.
Retreating to the inner world of their thoughts and creativity they are
most comfortable working and creating.
Especially if they have found their life's work it will be difficult
for the Hephaestus man or woman to think or do anything else. Social
skills and communication don't come naturally and this person becomes
somewhat of a loner unless other archetypes develop.
This is the strong, silent type who doesn't let others know what is
going on with them, nor wear their heart on their sleeve.
The Ares archetype is ruled by the here and now spontaneous reaction to
feeling and impulse in the body.
Ruled by the physical world he/she inhabits, very little thought or
planning goes into actions. Spontaneous with the powerful
characteristics that we normally associate with masculinity.
A warrior and a taste for battle, able to fight and protect but perhaps
struggles in other ways.
The activate Hermes archetype shows up as a smooth talking, adventurer
of the world, always on the go and is able to connect quickly with new
friends.
Intuitively and instinctively he knows how to deceive and persuade
others to do what he wishes and let them feel it was their idea.
He does things his own way and has the confidence and mental agility to
approach anything with confidence.
Think salesman with the gift of the gab who has a girl in every port
but also many male friends because he his also a man's man.
The active Dionysus archetype shows up in life in varied and extreme
ways.
It is the pattern, in men especially, of not being interested in the
external world of achievement, sports and what society typically
values.
The Dionysus archetype approaches life from a deeply internal
perspective and ordinary events are valued for the experience and not
the achievement. For example cooking to experience the smells and
tastes and not just to satisfy hunger.
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