Transcript Jungian Archetypes - The Great Pretender: The Art of Passing

Carl Jung and Archetypes
The Great Pretender: The Art of Passing
Lina Medaglia-Miller, Ph.D.
Carl Jung
► Carl
Gustav
Jung (German: 26
July 1875 – 6 June
1961) was a Swiss
psychiatrist, an
influential thinker
and the founder
of Analytical
Psychology.
Jung and Religion
► Jung
is considered the
first modern
psychiatrist to view
the human psyche as
"by nature religious"
and to make this the
focus of his
exploration (from Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C
arl_Jung )
Freud and Religion
►
Freud believed religion was an
expression of underlying
psychological neuroses and
distress. At various points in
his writings, he suggested
that religion was an attempt
to control the Oedipal
complex, a means of giving
structure to social groups,
wish fulfillment, an infantile
delusion, and an attempt to
control the outside world.
Jung versus Freud
It is on this issue—the primacy of religion in
considerations of the psyche–and others, that Carl Jung
and his mentor Sigmund Freud had fundamental
disagreements and an ultimate falling-out.
► To
this day,
there is a fierce
competition
between
Freudians and
Jungians, based
on theoretical
disagreements.
Dreams
► Though
not the first
to analyze dreams,
Jung is one of the
best known
researchers in the
field of dream
analysis and
symbolization.
Eclectic Studies
►
While he was a fully involved
and practicing clinician,
much of his life's work was
spent exploring tangential
areas, including Eastern and
Western
philosophy, alchemy, astrolo
gy, and sociology, as well
as literature and the arts; all
of which were extremely
productive in regard to the
symbols and processes of
the human psyche, found in
dreams and other entries to
the unconscious.
Individuation
►
Jung considered the
process
of individuation necessary
for a person to become
whole. This is a
psychological process of
integrating the opposites
including the conscious
with the unconscious while
still maintaining their
relative autonomy.
Individuation was the
central concept of
analytical psychology.
See Eric Pettifor’s explanation
of Individuation
http://www.wynja.com/pers
onality/jungarchf.html
Jung’s Model of the Psyche
See Jung’s Models of the Psyche
http://www.schuelers.com/ChaosPsyche/part_1_17.htm
Jung’s Conical Model of the Psyche
The Unconscious
There are two types of unconscious:
► the personal unconscious
► the collective unconscious
The Personal Unconscious
► The
personal unconscious
contains all the stuff that
simply isn't conscious. It
contains stuff that can be
made conscious by simple act
of will, stuff that requires
some digging, as well as stuff
that may never be recalled to
consciousness ever again.
(Pettifor) http://www.wynja.com/persona
lity/jungarchf.html
The Collective Unconscious
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While you participate in it, the
collective unconscious isn't your
exclusive property—we all share in it.
It belongs to the species. When Jung
had his doctor hat on… the collective
unconscious was something passed
on genetically… like an edition of a
book of which we each had our own
copy.
In more off the record materials such
as letters, Jung seemed to possess a
more spiritual understanding of
something which we are all tapped
into somehow… (Pettifor)
http://www.wynja.com/personality/jungarchf.html
Archetypes
► Archetypes
are innate universal
psychic dispositions that form the
foundation from which the basic
symbols or representations
of unconscious experience emerge.
Archetypes
►
Archetypes are…
functions which give
rise to specific
motifs, as common in
all mythology as in
any individual's life.
They are often
discussed in terms of
personifications
which appear in
dreams, but they can
also be seen in
themes of stories,
mythological or lived.
They are very potent
as patterns of action.
Archetypes
=
Patterns of
Action
Archetypes and Individuation
► Archetypes
articulate our
charisma,
and can
facilitate
what Jung
called
Individuation
Archetypes as innate ‘organs’
► Jung
treated the archetypes as
psychological organs, analogous
to physical ones in that both are
morphological constructs that
arose through evolution.
The Five Main Archetypes
The Self, the regulating center of the psyche and
facilitator of individuation
► The Shadow, the opposite of the ego image, often
containing qualities with which the ego does not
identify, but which it possesses nonetheless
► The Anima, the feminine image in a man's psyche; or:
► The Animus, the masculine image in a woman's psyche
► The Persona, how we present to the world, is another
of 'the subpersonalities, the complexes' and usually
protects the Ego from negative images (acts like a
mask)
►
The Self
► The
Self signifies the
coherent whole, unified
consciousness and
unconscious of a person 'the totality of the psyche'.
► Realised as the product
of individuation, which in
Jungian view is the
process of integrating
one's personality.
► Symbolised by
the circle (especially when
divided in four quadrants),
the square, or
the mandala.
The Shadow
► the
Shadow or
"shadow aspect"
is a part of
the unconscious
mind consisting
of repressed weaknesses,
shortcomings, and
instincts.
The Shadow
► "Everyone
carries a
Shadow, and the less it is
embodied in the individual's
conscious life, the blacker
and denser it is."
► It may be (in part) one's link
to more primitive animal
instincts, which are
superseded during early
childhood by the conscious
mind.
The Anima
►
The Anima and Animus
are described by Jung as
elements of his theory of
the collective
unconscious, a domain of
the unconscious that
transcends the personal
psyche. In
the unconscious of the
male, it finds expression
as a feminine inner
personality: anima
The Animus
► Equivalently,
in the
unconscious
of the
female it is
expressed as
a masculine
inner
personality:
Animus.
The Persona
► The
Persona is the
social face the
individual presented
to the world - 'a kind
of mask, designed on
the one hand to
make a definite
impression upon
others, and on the
other to conceal the
true nature of the
individual'
Many Archetypes
► Although
archetypes can take on innumerable
forms, there are a few particularly notable,
recurring archetypal images…
List of Common Archetypes
► The Child
► The Hero
► The Great Mother
► The Wise old man or Sage
► The Wise Old Woman/Man
► The Trickster or Fox
► The Devil or Satan
► The Scarecrow
► The Mentor
► Rebirth
More archetypes
► There
are dozens or even hundreds more
archetypes, depending on whom you
consult.
► For a more comprehensive list of character
archetypes, see listology.com:
► http://www.listology.com/list/characterarchetypes
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) did
Stallone use in his
Rambo films?
► What
archetype(s) are
represented by
Richard Crenna’s
Sam Trautman
character?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s)
are
represented
by Lucy
Lawless’
Xena,
Warrior
Princess ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s)
are
represented by
Mother Teresa
(26 August 1910
– 5 September
1997) ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) are
represented by
Samuel L. Jackson’s
Mace Windu in Star
Wars: Episode 1, The
Phantom Menace ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) are represented by
Darth Vader in George Lucas’ Star Wars ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s)
are
represented by
Martin Luther
King Jr.
(January 15,
1929 – April 4,
1968)?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) are
represented by
Elijah Wood’s
Frodo in Lord of
the Rings ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) are represented by
Sir Ian McKellen’s Gandalf in Lord of
the Rings ?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s)
are
represented
by Oprah
Winfrey?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s) are
represented by
Mary Magdalene
in the Bible’s
synoptic
gospels?
QUIZ: Identify the Archetype
► What
archetype(s)
are
represented
by the Dalai
Lama?
References
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Wiki: Archetype http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype
Wiki: Jungian Archetypes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypes
Eric Pettifor, Individuation
http://www.wynja.com/personality/jungarchf.html
Jung’s Archetypes
http://changingminds.org/explanations/identity/jung_arche
types.htm
Kendra Cherry, Jung’s Archetypes
http://changingminds.org/explanations/identity/jung_arche
types.htm
Stefan Stenudd, Jung’s Archetypes
http://www.stenudd.com/myth/freudjung/jungarchetypes.htm
Quiz