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What differentiates Jungian psychology from archetypal psychology is that Jung believed archetypes are cultural, anthropological, and transcend the empirical world of time and place, and are not observable through experience (e.g., phenomenal). On the contrary, Archetypal psychology views archetypes to always be phenomenal. [1]
For example, qualities of the shadow archetype may be prominent in an archetypal image of the anima or animus. One archetype may also appear in various distinct forms, thus raising the question of whether four or five distinct archetypes should be said to be present or merely four or five forms of a single archetype. [32]
Jung also described archetypes as imprints of momentous or frequently recurring situations in the lengthy human past. [16] A complete list of archetypes cannot be made, nor can differences between archetypes be absolutely delineated. [17] For example, the Eagle is a common archetype that may have a multiplicity of interpretations.
The child archetype becomes of use in this case, strengthening the individual's link to their past [11] by helping them recall childhood experiences and emotions. [ 12 ] In its prospective role, the child archetype is a representation of future potentialities [ 13 ] and psychological maturation.
They are considered animistic parts within the Self, with Jung viewing parts of the self as part of the infinite set of archetypes within the collective unconscious. [2] Anima and animus are described in analytical psychology and archetypal psychology, under the umbrella of transpersonal psychology. [3]
In Jungian psychology, the Wise Old Woman and the Wise Old Man are archetypes of the collective unconscious. The Wise Old Woman, or helpful old woman, "is a well-known symbol in myths and fairy tales for the wisdom of the eternal female nature." [1] The Wise Old Man, "or some other very powerful aspect of eternal masculinity" is her male ...
Mythopoeticists and psychoanalysts such as Clarissa Pinkola Estés who believes that ethnic and aboriginal people are the originators of archetypal psychology and have long carried the maps for the journey of the soul in their songs, tales, dream-telling, art and rituals; Marion Woodman who proposes a feminist viewpoint regarding archetypal ...
An example of a complex would be as follows: if a person had a leg amputated as a child, this would influence the person's life in profound ways, even upon overcoming the physical handicap. The person may have many thoughts, emotions, memories, feelings of inferiority, triumphs, bitterness, and determinations centering on that one aspect of life.