The 7 Archetypes That Reveal Your True Self | Carl Jung

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Summary

TLDRThe video delves into the journey of self-discovery through the lens of Carl Jung's archetypes, emphasizing the distinction between the persona (the social mask) and the true self. It discusses the importance of recognizing the shadow, anima, animus, hero, great mother, divine child, and self in achieving psychological wholeness. The persona serves as a protective layer but can lead to disconnection from one's true identity. The shadow embodies repressed aspects of the psyche, while anima and animus represent the inner feminine and masculine. The hero archetype signifies the drive to confront challenges, and the great mother symbolizes nurturing and origin. The divine child represents potential and renewal. Ultimately, the self is the core of psychic wholeness, guiding the individuation process toward integration and authenticity.

Takeaways

  • πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘ The persona is a necessary social mask that can obscure the true self.
  • πŸŒ‘ The shadow contains repressed fears and desires that need to be acknowledged.
  • πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ€ Anima and animus are inner figures representing the feminine and masculine aspects.
  • πŸ¦Έβ€β™‚οΈ The hero archetype drives us to confront challenges and seek transformation.
  • 🌍 The great mother symbolizes nurturing and the origin of existence.
  • πŸ‘Ά The divine child represents potential and the possibility of renewal.
  • πŸŒ€ The self is the archetype of psychic wholeness, guiding individuation.
  • πŸ” Self-discovery begins with the willingness to look within without masks.
  • βš–οΈ Integrating the shadow leads to a more authentic life.
  • πŸ’« The journey of individuation is continuous and transformative.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video discusses the concept of persona, the mask individuals wear in society, which shapes their self-perception. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing this mask as a protective layer that can limit true self-awareness. The persona serves as a bridge to navigate social interactions but should not become the sole identity, as this can lead to feelings of emptiness and disconnection from one's true self.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The video introduces the idea of the shadow, an archetype representing repressed aspects of the psyche, including fears and unacknowledged strengths. It highlights the importance of facing the shadow to achieve psychological maturity and integration. The shadow is not an enemy but a part of the self that seeks recognition and understanding, and integrating it can lead to a more authentic existence.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The anima and animus are explored as archetypes representing the inner feminine and masculine within individuals. These figures serve as bridges between the conscious and unconscious, facilitating a deeper understanding of oneself. Recognizing and integrating these aspects can enhance relationships and foster a sense of wholeness, allowing for a more harmonious existence.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The hero archetype is introduced as a force within that drives individuals to confront challenges and seek transformation. The hero's journey involves facing chaos and undergoing trials, leading to personal growth and the emergence of a new consciousness. This process requires courage and a willingness to embrace the unknown, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of oneself.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:26:43

    The video concludes with the concept of the self, the archetype of psychic wholeness that represents the union of opposites within the psyche. It emphasizes that the journey of individuation is about accepting the totality of one's being and allowing the self to guide the process of integration. The symbolic journey is a return to oneself, highlighting the importance of recognizing and embracing the inner treasures that lie within.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the persona?

    The persona is the mask we wear in social life, a necessary psychic creation that helps us navigate the world.

  • What is the shadow?

    The shadow represents the repressed parts of our psyche, including fears and unacknowledged strengths.

  • What are anima and animus?

    Anima is the inner feminine in men, while animus is the inner masculine in women, both serving as bridges between the conscious and unconscious.

  • What does the hero archetype represent?

    The hero archetype symbolizes the internal drive to overcome challenges and confront chaos.

  • What is the great mother archetype?

    The great mother represents the primordial origin and the nurturing aspect of the psyche.

  • What is the divine child?

    The divine child symbolizes latent potential and the possibility of regeneration.

  • What is the self in Jungian psychology?

    The self is the archetype of psychic wholeness, representing the union of opposites within the psyche.

  • How can one integrate the shadow?

    Integrating the shadow involves recognizing and dialoguing with it, understanding its desires and messages.

  • What is the goal of individuation?

    The goal of individuation is to become who you truly are by accepting the totality of your being.

  • How does one begin the journey of self-discovery?

    The journey begins with the willingness to look at oneself without masks or filters.

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    You are not what the world sees. The
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    image you present to others, no matter
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    how refined, friendly, or coherent it
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    may seem, is just a fraction of what
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    resides within you. And as uncomfortable
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    as it may be to admit, it is precisely
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    this image that begins to define how you
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    see yourself. Carl Gustavong called this
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    construction persona. The mask you wear
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    to function in the world. It is not a
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    lie. It is a necessary psychic creation.
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    A symbolic armor shaped by the demands
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    of social life. The persona protects,
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    organizes, allows for relationships and
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    roles. But it is above all a boundary, a
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    layer between what you show and what you
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    hide, between what you have learned to
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    be and what you truly
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    are. The problem arises when this mask
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    becomes the only possible face. When the
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    individual forgets that they are acting
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    and begins to believe that the character
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    is their real self, you work, talk,
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    interact, publish, respond and gradually
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    your being starts to mold itself to the
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    expectations of others until one day
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    without realizing it, you begin to feel
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    an emptiness, an unease that has no
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    name, a feeling of being present in the
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    world but absent from yourself.
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    The persona is the first archetype of
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    our journey. And like any good guardian,
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    it demands something before allowing the
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    crossing.
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    Awareness. It protects, but it also
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    limits. The issue is not to destroy it,
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    but to recognize it for what it is, a
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    bridge, not a
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    destination. You need it to navigate the
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    world, but you need to go beyond it to
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    inhabit your own soul. Think carefully.
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    How many times do you say what others
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    expect to hear? How many times do you
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    smile out of obligation? How many times
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    do you act out of fear of rejection or
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    desire for acceptance? This is not
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    weakness. It is the game of the persona.
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    A game we all play. But few have the
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    courage to interrupt. Yung warned. The
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    more a person identifies with their
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    persona, the further they distance
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    themselves from their self. The persona
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    is a contract with the collective. But
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    the self is the call of the individual,
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    of wholeness, of what pulses within you,
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    even when everything is silent. That is
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    why this video is not about masks, but
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    about crossings. You will be introduced
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    to seven fundamental archetypes, living
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    images that arise in dreams, myths,
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    symbols, and more importantly in your
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    own life
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    experience. These figures are not
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    outside of you. They live within your
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    psyche, waiting for the right moment to
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    emerge, not as threats, but as guides.
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    And the first step is this. To realize
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    that there is a mask and that behind it
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    there is someone waiting to be seen. The
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    journey to discover the true self does
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    not begin with grand answers. It begins
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    with the simple yet radical willingness
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    to look at oneself without masks,
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    without filters, without fear. So if you
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    have made it this far, it is because
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    something in you has already begun to
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    move. The question now is, are you ready
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    to cross the
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    door? Inside you there is someone you
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    have tried to silence, hide, control, or
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    even eliminate. But they have never
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    left. They remain there, waiting,
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    observing, manifesting in the most
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    unexpected moments. This someone is your
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    shadow. The shadow in Carl Jung's
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    thinking is not an internal enemy. It is
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    a legitimate part of the
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    psyche, an archetypal figure that
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    carries everything you have excluded
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    from your conscious identity, fears,
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    impulses, repressed desires, but also
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    forgotten gifts, cursed truths, dormant
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    strengths. Everything you cannot accept
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    as yours. Everything you consider
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    incompatible with the persona you have
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    built is pushed into this dark region of
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    the
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    soul. Have you noticed how certain
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    reactions escape your control? How
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    sometimes you explode with anger over
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    something seemingly trivial, feel
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    jealousy without wanting to, or sabotage
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    moments of achievement and
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    peace. These are traits of the shadow
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    trying to
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    emerge. It does not manifest only as
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    destruction. It also appears in the
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    creative impulses you fear, in the
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    sexuality you repress, in the courage
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    you do not believe you
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    possess. Symbolically, the shadow is the
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    exiled brother, the guardian of the gate
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    to the underworld, the wolf at the edge
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    of the village. In dreams, it may appear
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    as a threatening figure, a stranger, a
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    monster, a rival.
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    But in truth, it wants to communicate.
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    It wants to be recognized, not
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    fought. Because only by facing it
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    head-on can you become
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    whole. Yong said, "Those who look
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    outside dream. Those who look inside
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    awaken. The shadow is the beginning of
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    that awakening. Not because it is
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    comfortable, but because it is
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    inevitable. True psychological maturity
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    does not come from accumulating
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    knowledge but from having the courage to
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    face what lies behind the facade and
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    bringing light to the
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    darkness. However, caution is needed.
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    Facing the shadow does not mean yielding
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    to it. It also does not mean controlling
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    it by willpower. It means recognizing
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    it, dialoguing with it, understanding
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    what it wants to express. Often what the
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    shadow desires is to reclaim what has
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    been left behind. Spontaneity, truth,
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    instinct,
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    creativity. Integrating the shadow is
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    freeing yourself from the superficial
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    moral game of good and evil, right and
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    wrong, and entering the deep territory
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    of being human. And why does this
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    matter? Because as long as the shadow
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    remains in the dark, it will control
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    your life. Silently it shapes your
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    relationships, your choices, your world
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    view. But when you bring it to light
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    with awareness, with compassion, with
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    firmness, it ceases to be a sabotur and
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    becomes an
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    ally. And thus, by traversing this inner
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    territory and making peace with what has
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    been forgotten, a new psychic landscape
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    opens up. You begin to realize that
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    within you exist opposing forces and
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    that they need to dialogue, not wage
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    war. And it is precisely at this point
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    in the journey that two fundamental
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    figures
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    emerge. Two internal images that
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    profoundly shape your way of loving,
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    creating, thinking, and relating. Anima
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    and
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    Animus. If this content is making sense
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    to you, click the subscribe button and
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    subscribe to the channel. Thank you for
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    your
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    support. Inside every human being, there
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    resides a mysterious presence. A figure
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    that does not belong to the external
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    world yet cannot be ignored. Jung
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    referred to it asma when it appears in
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    the male psyche and as animous when it
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    manifests in the female psyche.
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    These archetypes are not merely
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    representations of the opposite sex.
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    They are
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    bridges. Bridges between the conscious
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    and the unconscious, between the ego and
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    the self. They are vivid images that act
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    as mediators of the soul. Thema is the
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    personification of the inner feminine in
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    man. She is not simply the sensitivity
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    or emotion of the modern man. She
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    symbolizes his ability to connect with
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    the unconscious with feelings with
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    intuitive
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    values. She appears in dreams as
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    mysterious, seductive, wise or dangerous
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    feminine figures. She can be the muse
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    that inspires, the inner mother that
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    nurtures, the witch that destabilizes,
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    or the goddess that reveals hidden
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    paths. Each facet of the animma is a
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    stage towards psychic wholeness. The
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    animus on the other hand is the
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    archetype of the inner masculine in
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    women. It symbolizes reason, direction,
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    the structure of thought and the energy
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    that drives action. When unconscious,
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    the animus can manifest as a critical
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    internal voice, judgmental and rigid.
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    But when integrated, it becomes a
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    reliable guide, a force of authentic
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    expression, a creative spirit that helps
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    a woman assert her
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    individuality. In dreams, the animus may
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    appear as multiple masculine figures,
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    the warrior, the teacher, the lover, the
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    wise man. These images are not static.
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    They evolve as our own psychological
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    development progresses. Denying or
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    repressing them creates imbalance as it
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    distances us from the completeness that
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    the psyche seeks. A man who rejects
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    hisma tends to project it onto the women
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    he encounters and lives in relationships
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    filled with
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    idealizations, deficiencies or
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    repulsions. A woman who rejects her
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    animus often struggles to assert her
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    voice or becomes dominated by a hostile
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    rationality disconnected from her inner
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    truth.
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    But when these figures are recognized as
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    living parts of our inner world,
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    something changes
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    profoundly. The relationship with the
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    other ceases to be a territory of
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    projection and becomes a field of
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    discovery. Love stops being an escape
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    from loneliness and becomes a true
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    encounter between
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    holes, creation, inspiration, structured
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    thought, and emotional surrender.
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    All of this begins to flow with more
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    harmony. Integrating anima and animus is
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    therefore to accept that we are made of
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    polarities. That the feminine and the
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    masculine are not merely social or
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    biological roles but cosmic principles
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    that intertwine in the soul of each of
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    us. It is to allow intuition to walk
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    alongside reason for sensitivity to
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    complement strength for surrender to
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    coexist with
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    assertion. Jung saw this internal
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    meeting as a crucial milestone in the
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    process of
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    individuation. Because when we manage to
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    dialogue with these archetypal figures
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    without fear, without submission,
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    without
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    projections, we begin to see the other
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    with greater clarity. We start to
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    inhabit our own psyche with more
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    wholeness. But like any symbolic
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    process, this reconnection with the soul
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    requires traversing the unknown. It is
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    not merely a movement of acceptance, but
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    also of
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    transformation. And it is at this point
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    in the journey that one of humanity's
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    oldest and most universal figures
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    reveals itself, the
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    hero. Within every human soul lies a
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    force that refuses to be diminished. An
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    indomitable will that is not satisfied
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    with the comfort of the
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    surface. It is this force that drives us
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    to go beyond the known to confront
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    limits to descend into the very abyss in
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    search of something we do not always
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    know how to name. Jung recognized this
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    energy as the archetype of the hero and
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    its presence marks a turning point in
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    the journey of
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    individuation. The hero represents the
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    internal drive for overcoming, for
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    facing chaos, for confronting oneself.
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    He is the nent consciousness that
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    refuses to live imprisoned by the
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    automatic. It is the part of us that in
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    the face of pain or disorder does not
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    flee. On the contrary, it
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    advances. In myths, the hero faces
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    monsters, crosses deserts, loses
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    everything only to then discover his
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    true power. These images are not mere
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    allegorories. They are symbolic
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    portraits of a deep psychic process. The
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    dragon that the hero faces represents
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    the unintegrated unconscious forces,
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    fears, traumas, repressed desires. The
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    desert represents existential emptiness,
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    the silence after the deconstruction of
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    the persona and the confrontation with
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    the shadow. Loss, fall, humiliation are
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    stages in the dissolution of the
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    inflated ego. Prerequisites for the
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    birth of a new consciousness. But the
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    hero is not driven by pride. He is
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    driven by necessity. Something calls
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    him. And this call cannot be ignored. It
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    may come as a crisis, an illness, a
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    rupture, a persistent dream, a deep
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    feeling that life as it is cannot
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    continue. The call is always symbolic
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    and always radical. Something in you
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    needs to die for the essential to be
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    born. This process of confrontation
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    requires courage, yes, but not the
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    superficial courage of those who
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    consider themselves invincible.
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    The courage of the hero is that of one
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    who recognizes their own fear and
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    nonetheless proceeds. He knows that the
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    path is not safe, that the territory is
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    dark, that there will be losses. But he
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    also knows instinctively that the only
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    real alternative is to continue sleeping
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    and he refuses to do so. In symbolic
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    terms, the hero is the mediator between
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    the ego and the self. He represents the
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    movement of consciousness that turns
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    inward, confronts the unconscious
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    powers, underos trials, and returns
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    transformed. It is no coincidence that
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    in many cultures, the hero dies before
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    being reborn. This symbolic death is
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    inevitable because the old ego must
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    crumble for a new inner structure to
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    emerge, broader, truer, more connected
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    to the center. But the hero does not
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    walk alone. He needs symbols, guidance,
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    psychic nourishment. And this is where
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    one of the deepest and most ambiguous
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    presences of the unconscious comes in.
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    The great
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    mother. Before time, before name, even
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    before consciousness, there was the
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    womb, the undifferentiated totality of
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    existence. The archetype of the great
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    mother represents this primordial
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    origin. She is the matrix of the psyche,
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    the symbolic womb from which all things
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    emerge and to which inevitably
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    everything returns. In her luminous
  • 00:15:45
    dimension, she nurtures, protects,
  • 00:15:48
    envelops, and generates life. In her
  • 00:15:51
    dark face, she suffocates, devours,
  • 00:15:55
    paralyzes. Like all archetypal images,
  • 00:15:58
    she is ambivalent. And it is precisely
  • 00:16:00
    this ambivalence that gives her depth.
  • 00:16:04
    In the journey of individuation, after
  • 00:16:06
    the confrontation with chaos and the
  • 00:16:08
    struggle of the hero, the individual is
  • 00:16:11
    led back to the
  • 00:16:12
    origin. But this return is not a
  • 00:16:15
    regression. It is a
  • 00:16:17
    reintegration. The reunion with the
  • 00:16:19
    great mother symbolizes the recognition
  • 00:16:22
    of the deepest unconscious forces, the
  • 00:16:24
    instinct of belonging, the need for
  • 00:16:26
    acceptance, the search for rooted
  • 00:16:29
    meaning. She appears in dreams as the
  • 00:16:32
    earth, the ocean, the cave, the immense
  • 00:16:35
    woman, the goddess, the
  • 00:16:38
    ancestor. She is the energy that
  • 00:16:40
    sustains us and threatens us that heals
  • 00:16:43
    us and imprisons us depending on how we
  • 00:16:46
    relate to
  • 00:16:47
    her. Throughout history, diverse
  • 00:16:50
    cultures have represented this figure
  • 00:16:52
    with different names. Isis, Gia, Deita,
  • 00:16:56
    Mary, Kali. But all these images share
  • 00:16:59
    the same symbolic essence. The principle
  • 00:17:02
    of fertility, protection, death, and
  • 00:17:06
    rebirth. Contact with the inner great
  • 00:17:08
    mother confronts us with the fundamental
  • 00:17:11
    paradox of life. Only those who accept
  • 00:17:14
    dying can be
  • 00:17:15
    reborn. And at this point in the
  • 00:17:17
    journey, something dissolves.
  • 00:17:21
    The heroic ego which until then fought
  • 00:17:24
    for itself finds itself before the force
  • 00:17:26
    that transcends the self. The individual
  • 00:17:29
    bows before the cosmic. And then in the
  • 00:17:33
    silence of this
  • 00:17:34
    encounter, something new is born. This
  • 00:17:37
    new does not come from force nor from
  • 00:17:40
    control nor from will. It comes as a
  • 00:17:42
    breath, a fragile glow, a spark. This
  • 00:17:46
    new is the divine child.
  • 00:17:49
    The divine child is one of the richest
  • 00:17:51
    and most enigmatic archetypes of the
  • 00:17:53
    collective unconscious. It symbolizes
  • 00:17:56
    latent potential becoming the center
  • 00:17:59
    that has not yet fully realized itself.
  • 00:18:02
    It is the possibility of
  • 00:18:05
    regeneration. The sacred future
  • 00:18:07
    inscribed within the present. In dreams
  • 00:18:11
    it appears as a radiant baby, a wise
  • 00:18:14
    child, an innocent figure yet endowed
  • 00:18:17
    with hidden power.
  • 00:18:20
    It is not just a symbol of literal
  • 00:18:22
    childhood but of the psychic capacity to
  • 00:18:25
    renew, to start over, to be born from
  • 00:18:28
    oneself after traversing the inner
  • 00:18:31
    desert. Jung saw in the divine child a
  • 00:18:34
    direct representation of the self, not
  • 00:18:37
    the self as an achieved totality, but as
  • 00:18:40
    a promise, as an archetypal guidance
  • 00:18:43
    that leads the psyche toward
  • 00:18:45
    integration.
  • 00:18:47
    When this child appears, it does not
  • 00:18:49
    come as a rational answer. It comes as
  • 00:18:53
    presence, as a living symbol of what is
  • 00:18:56
    still possible even after
  • 00:18:58
    chaos. It is the healing that does not
  • 00:19:01
    explain but
  • 00:19:03
    transforms. It is the center that
  • 00:19:05
    resurfaces at the exact moment when
  • 00:19:08
    everything seemed lost. But like
  • 00:19:11
    everything in the symbolic universe, the
  • 00:19:14
    child also needs to be recognized and
  • 00:19:17
    cared for. It is not about idolizing it
  • 00:19:20
    or protecting it in an infantilized way.
  • 00:19:23
    It is about honoring its meaning,
  • 00:19:27
    understanding that it represents the
  • 00:19:28
    psychic future, the most authentic and
  • 00:19:31
    vulnerable part of being, and that
  • 00:19:34
    without it, the journey of individuation
  • 00:19:36
    stagnates. Without it, the cycle does
  • 00:19:39
    not
  • 00:19:40
    complete. By uniting the energy of the
  • 00:19:43
    great mother with the presence of the
  • 00:19:45
    divine child, something essential
  • 00:19:47
    happens. The being returns to its
  • 00:19:50
    origin, not as escape, but as
  • 00:19:53
    transformation.
  • 00:19:54
    The psyche
  • 00:19:56
    reorganizes, consciousness expands, and
  • 00:19:59
    it is at this point in this fertile
  • 00:20:02
    field where death and birth intertwine
  • 00:20:04
    that the most central figure of all of
  • 00:20:06
    Jung's psychology begins to emerge, the
  • 00:20:10
    self. If what you're hearing resonates
  • 00:20:13
    with you, you'll find real value in my
  • 00:20:15
    ebook, Beyond the Shadow. It breaks down
  • 00:20:18
    Yung's core ideas and gives you tools to
  • 00:20:21
    understand yourself more deeply. link is
  • 00:20:24
    in the pinned
  • 00:20:27
    comment. Everything you have experienced
  • 00:20:30
    so far, the masks you had to wear, the
  • 00:20:33
    shadows you faced, the opposites you
  • 00:20:35
    reconciled, the battles you fought, and
  • 00:20:38
    the rebirths you underwent. All of this
  • 00:20:41
    pointed to a center. Not a fixed point
  • 00:20:44
    in space, but an internal, deep, silent,
  • 00:20:48
    and living presence.
  • 00:20:50
    Carl Jung called this center the self.
  • 00:20:53
    And it is here that the archetypal
  • 00:20:55
    journey finds its symbolic apex. The
  • 00:20:58
    self is not the inflated ego, much less
  • 00:21:02
    an idealized image of who you would like
  • 00:21:04
    to be. It is in Yungian terms the
  • 00:21:08
    archetype of psychic wholeness. It
  • 00:21:11
    represents the union of opposites,
  • 00:21:13
    conscious and unconscious, masculine and
  • 00:21:16
    feminine, light and shadow, reason and
  • 00:21:19
    instinct. It is what you have always
  • 00:21:22
    been but have not yet become. The self
  • 00:21:25
    is the timeless essence of being, the
  • 00:21:28
    organizing core that guides the process
  • 00:21:30
    of individuation from the beginning.
  • 00:21:33
    While the ego operates in the external
  • 00:21:35
    world seeking control, identity, and
  • 00:21:39
    security, the self acts as an inner
  • 00:21:41
    compass guiding the psyche toward
  • 00:21:44
    integration. It manifests in symbols,
  • 00:21:47
    myths, dreams, never directly, as its
  • 00:21:51
    nature transcends rational language. In
  • 00:21:53
    dreams it may appear as a divine figure,
  • 00:21:56
    an old wise man, a golden child, a
  • 00:21:59
    mandala, a sacred animal, a luminous
  • 00:22:02
    center. These are images charged with
  • 00:22:05
    numinosity which do not explain but
  • 00:22:08
    transform. It is important to understand
  • 00:22:10
    that the self is not a moral or
  • 00:22:12
    psychological ideal. It is not an
  • 00:22:15
    improved version of yourself. It is an
  • 00:22:18
    experience, an intimate experience of
  • 00:22:20
    unity in which all the conflicting parts
  • 00:22:23
    of the psyche harmonize in a broader
  • 00:22:25
    field. Integrating the self means
  • 00:22:28
    becoming whole, not perfect. And for
  • 00:22:31
    that, one must truly accept who they are
  • 00:22:34
    with all their imperfections,
  • 00:22:36
    contradictions, and scars. The encounter
  • 00:22:39
    with the self, however, is not a
  • 00:22:41
    destination achievable by willpower. It
  • 00:22:44
    is an archetypal gift that only reveals
  • 00:22:47
    itself when the individual is ready. And
  • 00:22:49
    this preparation is not linear. It
  • 00:22:52
    requires destruction and reconstruction.
  • 00:22:55
    It demands loss, silence,
  • 00:22:58
    surrender. Because the self can only
  • 00:23:01
    emerge when the ego yields not as
  • 00:23:04
    submission but as conscious surrender to
  • 00:23:06
    the greater wholeness that inhabits us.
  • 00:23:08
    This moment of surrender is often
  • 00:23:10
    accompanied by powerful symbols. The
  • 00:23:13
    circle, the center, the cross, the
  • 00:23:15
    temple, the light at the end of the
  • 00:23:16
    cave, the alchemical union of
  • 00:23:19
    opposites, all point to the same
  • 00:23:21
    reality. The existence of a deep and
  • 00:23:24
    living order that sustains the psyche.
  • 00:23:27
    An order that does not come from
  • 00:23:29
    outside, but from within and that when
  • 00:23:32
    recognized heals, not in the sense of
  • 00:23:35
    eliminating suffering, but in the sense
  • 00:23:38
    of giving it a place, a meaning, a
  • 00:23:40
    function. Jung dedicated his entire work
  • 00:23:44
    to understanding this process and he
  • 00:23:47
    always returned to the same point. The
  • 00:23:49
    goal of life is not to be happy but to
  • 00:23:52
    become who you are. This means accepting
  • 00:23:56
    the totality of being and allowing the
  • 00:23:59
    self as the organizing center of the
  • 00:24:01
    soul to guide us with its silent wisdom.
  • 00:24:08
    The symbolic journey you have undertaken
  • 00:24:10
    here is in fact a return to yourself.
  • 00:24:14
    Jung did not promise simple solutions.
  • 00:24:17
    He knew that diving into the collective
  • 00:24:19
    unconscious is like descending to the
  • 00:24:22
    bottom of a dark lake. There are risks.
  • 00:24:25
    There are resistances. There are parts
  • 00:24:27
    that will try to pull you back to the
  • 00:24:29
    surface. But there are also treasures.
  • 00:24:33
    And these treasures are not things you
  • 00:24:35
    can carry in your pockets. They are
  • 00:24:37
    subtle, silent, profound
  • 00:24:41
    transformations. They are different
  • 00:24:42
    gestures, broader perceptions, more
  • 00:24:45
    authentic
  • 00:24:46
    decisions. Most people live an entire
  • 00:24:49
    life orbiting around a manufactured
  • 00:24:51
    identity, a functional yet empty
  • 00:24:54
    persona. And many only realize this when
  • 00:24:57
    it is too late. When the body falls ill,
  • 00:25:00
    when relationships collapse, when the
  • 00:25:03
    soul disconnects from its own meaning,
  • 00:25:06
    you now hold a symbolic map in your
  • 00:25:08
    hands. And with it comes a
  • 00:25:10
    responsibility not to let yourself fall
  • 00:25:13
    asleep again. These images were not
  • 00:25:15
    invented. They were discovered. They are
  • 00:25:18
    in the oldest myths of humanity. They
  • 00:25:20
    are in tales, in dreams, in visions.
  • 00:25:23
    They are within you. And perhaps now you
  • 00:25:25
    will begin to notice them more clearly
  • 00:25:27
    in the way you react, in what you
  • 00:25:30
    project onto others, in the patterns
  • 00:25:32
    that repeat, in the emotions that arise
  • 00:25:34
    from nowhere. Every gesture can be a
  • 00:25:37
    symbolic message. Every crisis, an
  • 00:25:40
    invitation to integration. If something
  • 00:25:43
    touched you in this video, if any image
  • 00:25:45
    resonated, if any passage echoed
  • 00:25:48
    something you have lived or are living
  • 00:25:49
    now, share it in the comments.
  • 00:25:53
    Which of these archetypes do you feel is
  • 00:25:55
    most active in your life today? Which
  • 00:25:58
    one do you have difficulty recognizing
  • 00:26:00
    or integrating? This space here is also
  • 00:26:03
    a symbolic field, a place of exchange,
  • 00:26:06
    of expression, of meeting with the
  • 00:26:08
    other. And don't forget the next video
  • 00:26:11
    is also part of this journey. It is
  • 00:26:14
    important because the symbolic process
  • 00:26:17
    is continuous. Each new image, each new
  • 00:26:20
    symbol, each new reflection expands your
  • 00:26:23
    consciousness and brings you even closer
  • 00:26:25
    to your truest
  • 00:26:27
    essence. Keep walking, keep observing,
  • 00:26:30
    keep listening to yourself. The inner
  • 00:26:33
    journey is just beginning.
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