Archetypes are symbols that resonate with us to the point of having reactions. They are meant to be the symbol of a traditional or perfect representation of something major. A belief , a feeling, a "being" (in the verb form, not in the noun form). It is the original, the perfect one. Jung went on to say that we all have these in our unconscious, they are ideas, feelings, beliefs that we all share in and can access. It is a universal pattern of thought that exists in all of us.
It may be hard to imagine the minds of the world all being on the same telephone line, as there are so many differences in the world. Yet that is because our personal thoughts, prejudices, fears, experiences, etc., color the archetype.
Think about it this way, all over the world, before there were travel and communication with others on this planet, we as humans came up with a few things.those few tings were all the same "thought", even though we never sat down and talked to the others wandering the planet. We believed there was a higher power, and even though we addressed it in different ways and for different reasons, we all believed there was something behind the machinations of the world that we could not see.
Some cultures prayed in various ways, danced, offered up sacrifices, all just to please "the gods". There wasn't a place on this earth where people didn't believe there were spirits, gods, or something lurking just beyond their vision.
The tarot is a set of archetypes, it reaches back into the "one mind" and brings up information. The depictions on the cards are there to reach into those archetypical ideals and bring them up to this consciousness.
Homework in harder this weekend....what is a way that you can see that shows we are all of one mind? Think archetypes (symbols) or beliefs that the whole world has....
Meanwhile, have a safe, happy, healthy , long weekend!
See you all on TUESDAY! (Gives you an exrta day to get your homework done).
Peshaui Wequashimese
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