12/3/2023 0 Comments Art blocks archetype![]() The hero archetype symbolizes a powerful person, who fights against great odds to conquer or vanquish evil, but it also has a vulnerable spot (Achilles tendon). The wise old man is the archetype of wisdom and meaning, it symbolizes humans’ preexisting knowledge of the mysteries of life. Both men and women possess a great mother archetype, which is associated with both positive and negative feelings and represents two opposing forces: fertility and nourishment on the one hand, but also power and destruction on the other. Jung believed that the animus is responsible for thinking and opinion in women and that the anima produces feelings and moods in men. The animus is the masculine archetype in women, which is symbolic of thinking and reasoning. The anima is extremely resistant to consciousness and only few men become well acquainted with it. Even more difficult is to become acquainted with the anima, which is the feminine side of men being present in the collective unconscious as an archetype. Jung considered that the first test of courage is to continually strive to know the shadow, which is important for being whole. ![]() The shadow is the archetype of darkness and repression, referring to those qualities we do not wish to acknowledge, but attempt to hide from both ourselves and others. According to Jung, the side of personality that people show to the world is designated as persona, with which we must not identify too closely because that would block us from attaining self-realization. The most inclusive archetype is the notion of self-realization, which can be achieved by attaining a balance between various opposing forces of personality: introversion-extroversion, rational-irrational, male-female and conscious-unconscious. Archetypes are those elements of the collective unconscious that are highly developed. ![]() The collective unconscious includes those elements that have never been experienced individually, but have come down from our ancestors. Investigation of psychological archetypes may significantly improve our knowledge of human psychology.Ĭarl Jung understood archetypes as universal, archaic patterns and images that derive from the collective unconscious and are the psychic counterpart of an instinct. Research, discovery and understanding of psychological archetypes may be of great value as these reveal universal human thoughts, fears, desires, tendencies, and problems being present throughout the history of humankind. Conclusion: Psychological archetypes represent the powerful source of artistic and scientific inspiration originating from collective unconscious. Results: Interpretation of psychological archetypes deduced from here presented myths and works of art are posttraumatic embitterment disorder (Medusa), arranged marriage (Hades and Persephone), duality of human nature (Jekyll and Hyde), shared psychosis (Harley Quinn and Joker), fear, phobias, child abuse and childhood traumas (It), instinctive fear of clinical and psychic/emotional vampirism (vampires), the mystery of time (Langoliers). Methods: Several famous psychological archetypes deducted from myths, art and culture, are presented in this article and discussed from medical, psychological and philosophical perspective. Purpose: This review article is to discuss the myths of Medusa, Hades and Persephone, as well as psychological archetypes present in art and stories. Besides fundamental Jungian archetypes (persona, shadow, anima, animus, great mother, wise old man, hero, self and self-realization), there may be plenty of other psychological archetypes, existence of which can be deduced indirectly through stories, art, myths, religions or dreams. Background: Psychological archetypes are according to Carl Jung universal, archaic patterns and images that are derived from the collective unconscious and are the psychic counterpart of an instinct.
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