Soverei gn,W arri or,M agi ci an, n,Lover a unique primer on a revolutionary psychological map for the masculine psyche (v1.12) This document was first authored to co-incide with a workshop developed by Authentic Norway in Norway in the fall of 2012. Should you be interested in eperiencin! this workshop" contact #ivind " founder of $asculinity-$ovies.com of $asculinity-$ovies.com..
Introduction Carl Jung was a pioneer mapmaker. Not satisfied merely to be the student of Freud, he integrated Freud's teachings on dreams and sexuality and ventured further into new and uncharted territories, into the deepest, darkest corners of the human psyche. ere, Jung uncovered the collective unconscious. unconscious. !his mysterious place seemed to carry imprints from every human being who ever lived, akin to being the psychological "N# of humanity. humanity. !herein he discovered archetypes. archetypes. !he $reek tapped into the archetypal when they created%discovered their pantheon. &tories of eus, era, (rometheus, ermes, "emeter, "e meter, and (ersephone reverberate in our culture even today. "espite its undeniable psychological genius, the $reek pantheon pales in number and diversity compared with the myriad archetypes that can be said to exist. #s our civili)ation evolves and human evolution brings new lifestyles, careers and technologies into being, myriad individuals make fresh psychological deposits to the collective unconscious. New archetypes arise. owever, some archetypes are so primal, so all*encompassing, that they seem to form the bedrock of archetypal potential. !hey are ori!inal archetypes, archetypes, ones out of which other types emerge. !he archetypes we will examine were discovered by +obert oore and oore and "ouglas $illette. !hey found that, at the most basic level, there exists only four archetypes, which they proceeded to place in an archetypal mandala. mandala. # mandala is a -uadrated map of the cosmos both the micro and the macro found in all ancient cultures. !he human mind seems drawn to the number four, be it related to directions, elements or -uadrants of reality reali ty.. !his archetypal system aligns with that ancient tradition. #ny mandala has in its center a focal point. /t may be a castle, a throne or a sacred mountain. /n the human psyche, this center point is the archetypal &overeign. (alachakra mandala) mandala) The *uadrated 0e will now investigate this &overeign and the cosmos with the castle at its center. archetypes that make up his mythological royal court. !he mythological world of symbols we are venturing into have inspired countless movies and novels. !hus, archetypes are something we can all relate to, be it through The %ord of the &in!s or Star Star 'ars. 'ars . !his document will give you new insight into your own interior cosmos, your inner iddle 1arth, and will show you how this, far from being about imagined worlds in mythical lands, tells real stories about real people. !his is about your life. 0elcome to the archetypal world of &overeign, 0arrior, 0arrior, agician, 2over.
The interior structure of the archetypes Mature archetype 5integration of active and passive shadow6
1go development Active shadow 5too much archetypal energy6
Passive shadow 5too little archetypal energy6
The bipolar shadow of the archetypes /magine a balloon. 0ithout air, it's a limp piece of rubber. #s balloons go, it's a bit crap. !ired of my crappy balloon, / inflate it. Now it's over*inflated. !he rubber is stretched3 it won't take much to make it pop. / inflate it a little more. !he balloon bursts. / become sad. / find a new balloon and start over. !his is a simple metaphor, but it illustrates an important point4 !oo much air or too little air are both unbalanced states. !he balloon fulfills its balloon potential most perfectly when it has the right amount of air inside, when it doesn't explode 5active shadow6 or implode 5passive shadow6. #s individuals, most of us are caught in this pendulum swing between 7too much8 and 7too little8. 0e try to find the perfect balance, but it seems so hard9 0e self*help ourselves to exhaustion and still find ourselves trapped in the same back and forth. 0e end up frustrated. ow can this dynamic show up in our lives: #fter a lifetime of failing to protect my boundaries and of experiencing the self*loathing that comes with being a pushover, / one day say enou!h+ / learn to set boundaries and say 7no8. ;ut all of a sudden, / see threats everywhere. / get cross with people. / feel angry. y life fills with conflict. #nd thus / end up moving from being trapped by the passive shadow of the 0arrior archetype 5the asochist6 to being trapped by the active shadow 5the &adist6. (eople who have been through a rebellion against their parents may nod their heads in recognition. /n my enthusiasm to 7repair my life8, / don't recogni)e that the two polarities are different expressions of the same problem. &imilar dynamics play out in our lives all the time, be they over time or within the same single moment. #ll human beings are affected and until the day our egos are <==> mature and integrated, a day which for most of us never arrives, we won't escape. !he intention behind this document is to make easily accessible this archetypal map, so that you get to familiari)e yourself with the enormous forces that control you from the murky depths of 7below8. !his, in turn, helps you deal with the awesome power of the archetypes in ways that are life*affirming and energi)ing. ;ut before we start to look at the archetypes, let's clarify a few concepts and terms.
The function of the ego !he ego may be one of the human psyche's most misunderstood structures. (hrases like 7/ want to get rid of my ego8 or 7he's got too much ego8 have become common, based, it seems, on 0estern misappropriations of the 1astern concept of Anatman 5no*self6. !his archetypal system shows us that such statements are based on a misunderstanding of what the ego is. / can't have 7too much ego8. ;ut / can have an immature ego, which is not fit to function as a healthy channel for archetypal energy. /n other words, what / can have too much or indeed too little of is archetypal energy3 / become trapped in the archetypal shadow. 0hen we think we experience the absence of ego, we are in reality experiencing the presence of mature e!o. # mature e!o doesn't ?udge 5it discerns6, doesn't pro?ect 5it sees6, doesn't get trapped in emotional triggers 5it knows itself6. /t functions as a finely tuned filter for archetypal energy, so that the amount that sifts through from the collective unconscious is ?ust right. !his is why ego development is related to the ascending arrow on the diagram above3 only with a growth in ego maturity do we leave archetypal shadow behind and fulfill our human potential. # healthy ego is a re-uirement for psychological maturity. #ttempts to 7kill the ego8 risk taking us far into archetypal shadow, which many spiritual groups and practitioners are examples of.
The tension arcs of the archetypes #mong the archetypes, we find polarity pairs. !hese pairs exchange a particularly powerful psychological energy and the dance between them are a paradoxical dance of opposites blending into a higher synthesis. 1.g. the 0arrior's desire for healthy boundaries and his ability to protect them combined with the 2over's desire for merging with @ther represent one of these paradoxes. !his is a complex topic, one which oore and $illette have not written about in length. / have my own personal experience with them, however, and so, /'m sure, do you.
Child archetypes and adult archetypes !he &overeign, 0arrior, agician, 2over archetypes develop in adulthood. !he psychological energy they represent grows out of corresponding child archetypes. /n order of correspondence, these are the ,ivine hild , the ero, the /recocious child and the edipal child . #s opposed to the archetypes of adulthood, we move through the archetypes of childhood in a linear se-uence. 0e start life as the "ivine Child, move into the domain of the (recocious child before we end up in the ero by way of the @edipal Child. !his is clearly a simplification of a complex reality and there may also be differences between men and women here 5this system is developed for the masculine psyche, but since all women have an inner man, an animus, it's relevant also for them6.
Gateway emotions 1ach archetype is connected to a gateway emotion. !his teaching is not part of +obert oore and "ouglas $illette's original work, but it's utili)ed with success in organi)ations like !he ankind (ro?ect. !he gateway emotions are the same as those we call 7primary emotions8. # primary emotion is a bedrock emotion which cannot be described as a combination of other emotions. The primary emotions are: Joy, anger, fear and grief 5this is supported by science6. !hese are gateway emotions to archetypal energy. !he more we develop a healthy relationship with these emotions, the more in touch we are with the corresponding archetypes.
#dditionally, each archetype has its uni-ue version of shame. "ifferent people teach this in different ways, so please don't consider my version as literal truth. ake this material your own.
The Sovereign The mature 'ing()ueen
!he healthy ego The Tyrant
The Weakling
Mature archetype ;lessing, an affirming ga)e, compassion, a genuine wish for the happiness of others, inclusivity, tolerance, the ability to help others see their own inherent worth, structure, vision, harmony, psychological cohesion. Active shadow
The Tyrant: Comes down on all threats. # middle manager that doesn't want his employees to flourish 5because he's afraid they'll replace him6. # father that actively opposes the growth and happiness of his children. # tyrant seeks to 7steal the throne8 in the inner geography of his fellow beings, so that they come to depend on him. +eacts with enormous anger when confronted. /s terrified of her own weakness and feels enormously threatened by representations of the "ivine Child 5who remind her of what she lost6. #amples) #dward the %on!shanks raveheart3" (im 4on!-5l" itler" 5di Amin" countess #li6abeth athory.
Passive shadow
The Weakling: +e?ects responsibility for her own life. "ares not lead and instead blames others. #bdicates his throne and blames whoever sits there in his place. /t's easier to be a victim than to be responsible. #amples) ommodus 7ladiator3" Soverei!n 4ohn of #n!land &obin ood3" #s durin! the financial crisis of 2008.
esire
7/ wish to to live my dharma to bring order and blessing to the realm8
!ateway emotion
Joy
"i#idinal sym#ol
&cepter
$hame
7/ don't belong%/'m broken8
%lement
1arth
Tension arc
!owards agician
!rows out of
The ivine &hild4 !he world is an adventure, full of ?oy and opportunity. e is full of wonder and his purity represents everything good about creation 5such children are often represented with a halo in paintings6. 0hen we're out of touch with the play and wonderment of the "ivine Child, we lose touch with our inner &overeign. 0e also lose access to our psychological harmony and the vision for our lives. 1xamples4 ;aby Jesus, baby oses, baby Arishna, baby ;uddha, the little child whose eyes you ga)e into, only to have the timeless, ageless mystery ga)e back at you.
%go development
* make peace with my parents. / love and respect them, but don't view them as people who define who / am. y father is a man amongst many, with his challenges and gifts. y mother is a woman amongst many, with her challenges and gifts. / thank them for their contributions and now release them, in order to more fully love them. #nd as a free man, / support them as their twilight draws closer. /f they are dead, / remember them with love and forgiveness. !he cycle of life moves on. * e+amine my inner throne. 0ho sits there: ave / made another person the authority of my life: "oes um or "ad sit there: "oes a spiritual teacher sit there: # successful businessman: # coach: / choose to reclai m my inner throne. / choose, from this day forward, to accept ultimate responsibility for my life. / cease the blame game and take charge of my own destiny. !his does in no way make me arrogant. /t makes me humble. * #less others . / see and affirm the goodness of others. / offer authentic compliments. / mirror other people's positive -ualities back to them. * live out my life purpose. / get intimate with the meaning of my life. / know it is what / make of it. #nd / know that, as death draws near, / will ask myself this -uestion4 "id / live well: /n order to face death peacefully, / live well. * find inner peace. / live my own personal dharma in the world. ;y being true in word and deed, and in tune with the needs of my environment, / stop fearing others. / have nothing to hide. / know myself and my values. / am myself fully and never say something about a person that / couldn't say to a person. !he drama of life ceases and / find inner peace. * create life and community. # mysterious force grows in me. /t is creative. /t feels abundant. /t wants to share. / gather people around me. / build community. / create life. y family, friends and associates flourish. / live to serve them. !hey are the purpose of my existence.
The Warrior The mature Warrior
1go development The $adist
The Masochist
Mature archetype "iscipline, focus and mastery of the physical. &ees great challenge and goes to face it. "edicates his life to a transpersonal ideal, given him by the &overeign. "ares where others chicken out. 1ndures. 0illing to step outside of her comfort )one. Fights evil wherever it exists. &ets and protects boundaries. &acrificies his own health for a worthy cause 57#ll / ever wanted was something worth fighting for8, Jake &ully, #vatar6. Active shadow
The $adist: 1n?oys the suffering of others and feels more alive in a position of domination. ;ehind the rapist and acts of revenge. e beats his kids, for they should not become pathetic losers. e confronts and sets boundaries even when it's not needed, because he feels more alive in conflict than in tolerance. &he hates all the weak and pathetic people of the world 5for they remind her of herself6. #amples) ,arth 9ader" the Shabiha of Syria" the Spanish 5n*uisition" ha6in!" the slau!hter of civilians in the 9ietnam 'ar.
Passive shadow
The Masochist: "ares not have his own opinions. "ares not defend what he believes in. e feels empty without vitality. e pro?ects 0arrior*energy onto others and gets afraid of them. &he experiences others as stronger than her and lets them do what they wish with her so as to prevent a full*on attack. &he is unable to set boundaries what right does she have to have preferences about how others treat her: #amples) /assive a!!ression" couch potatoes" lar!e parts of the New A!e movement" people sufferin! from burnout often a result of an inner critic sadism3.
esire
7/ want to serve, protect and con-uer8
!ateway emotion
#nger
"i#idinal sym#ol
&word
$hame
7/'m weak and la)y8
%lement
Fire
Tension arc
!owards 2over
!rows out of
The ero. 2ife is full of trials and the world full of dragons. !hey must be overcome9 /t will be a hard battle and / will be challenged. / may lose my life in the process, but without my contribution and sacrifice, others may suffer. / take on the challenge and when / return, everyone will celebrate me and
bestow upon me all the honor and glory that / rightly deserve. @nly with danger lurking around the corner do / feel alive. +elease the dragons / am ready9 #amples) eowulf" common amon! athletes and military personnel. %go development
* dedicate my life to a transpersonal cause. y life is no longer about me and my needs. y Aing%Bueen looked me in the eye, blessed me and gave me a task. /'ve seen evil and it must be con-uered9 1very day, in the do?o of my interior castle, / sharpen my sword and prepare for the inevitable confrontation with the forces that wishes to harm the balance of the world. * master my thoughts. !hrough meditation and insight into my own mortality, / discover a deep presence and alertness in my life. / set clear goals and follow through. y thoughts are a terrible master, but an excellent servant. !hey serve me well. * am intense. y life is full of energy. &ometimes /'m seen as being angry3 not everyone can tell the difference between anger and intensity. #nger is my response to a boundary that has already been compromised. !hrough anger, / open the door to my power, but once the door is open, / can release my anger and let intensity take its place. y intensity scares away those who would seek to attack my land. /t sometimes scares others too. / have space for that. ;ut / will not be less intense ?ust to make them more comfortable. # powerful force pulsates in my veins. / am alive9 * set clear #oundaries. No man can seek to harm me without facing the conse-uences. No man can attack my ideals and transpersonal goals and fail to know that / serve good and am willing to fight for it. #s a 0arrior with presence, / know immediately when chaos threatens my boundaries. / do not wait to confront it. / swing my sword immediately, cleanly and precisely. !his keeps the poison of repressed anger and bitterness at bay. * master my physi-ue. / train in the martial arts. / grow my stamina and my strength. # life without physical activity is a life with less vitality. #nd with my goals, / need all the vitality / can get. @nly through mastering my body can / reach my goals.
The Magician The mature Magician
1go development The Manipulator
The *nnocent one/
Mature archetype asters technology and gains insight into the great mystery of the niverse. as wisdom and intuition and knows the art of alchemy4 he turns wounds into gold. Anocks on death's door and moves, like Jonah through the whale, through the valley of death before he returns reborn. /s intimate with the 7sacred geography of madness8, which makes him a master of transformation. !hrough study, she finds the answers re-uired to penetrate the deepest mysteries. !eaches, designs, constructs and heals. Active shadow
The Manipulator: 0ishes to see others fail so as to convince himself that he is still better, wiser, more accomplished. ses his intuition to play the cards in ways that disempowers and dishonors others. !ruth is not an ideal, but a means that she gives out in measured doses. &he knows the lay of the land and where to push for the greatest amount of discomfort. &he wishes to shame others. #amples) &upert $urdoch" 7ollum" Saruman" bo!us rape accusations" misleadin! statistics" radical faminists" Satan the trickster3" the destruction of the planet.
Passive shadow
The *nnocent one/: Never acts out of ill intent8. 7/s always well intentioned8. (olished and hard to grasp. ses words without conveying meaning. &ows doubt about your feelings of having been manipulated. "oes not want to be responsible3 acts only to prevent others from shining too much. #amples) 7ollum when Sam confronts him3" $itt &omney:s campai!n fei!nin! i!norance when confronted with his own statements3" people who plead innocence when they are !uilty" the responsible in the News of the 'orld phone surveillance scandal.
esire
7/ want to bring transformation8
!ateway emotion
Fear
"i#idinal sym#ol
!he agician staff
$hame
7/'m stupid%incompetent8
%lement
#ir
Tension arc
!owards &overeign
!rows out of
The Precocious child. # kid isn't old when he first starts asking -uestions about everything between heaven and earth. e wants to know things that most adults have stopped wondering about and sometimes says things that
appear enormously insightful, even spiritually enlightened. 0ith a sense of wonderment about the world rarely found in adults, the child maps out his surroundings. /f his surroundings respect, encourage and participate in this process, a strong foundation for an adult agician is created. #amples) The child that asks about everythin!" the child with deep spiritual insi!hts" child prodi!ies. %go development
* master technology. !echnology lets me contribute to the world in the way / most desire. / feel freedom in knowing the technological possibilites at my disposal and choose to master them in order to contribute with knowledge, transformation and healing. * study and then share my wisdom . / have thought, studied and contemplated for years. / have a wisdom to share. /t is my pleasure and my calling to teach, to contribute to the lives of others. /t gives my life meaning. * map out the inner geography of humanity . any are the paths upon which / have walked in the mysterious woods of my interior geography. / know the landscape, have walked its ways. /f you want left in the intersection over there, / know what you will find around the corner. / see past the superficial and into the true nature of phenomena. * trust my intuition. / have a voice that speaks inside of me, which / have learned to trust. 0hen / act in accordance with it, magic and synchronicity manifest in my life. * am a master of transformation. any a time in my life have / died and resurrected. any visits in the Dalley of the shadow of death have given me insights into what lives in the dark abyss of the human mind. any a time have / danced and cooked in the sacred geography of madness and emerged transformed. !hese experiences allow me to hold you and your process with wisdom. / give you space to explore your trauma and wounds. Eou are safe here. Eour identity as you know it, however, is not. * #ecome one with the Mystery . / have much experience with the art of transcendence and liberation. y consciousness takes me through the thin veil of illusions and from the other side, / see the drama of life clearly. / am in life, but not of the mundane world. / am at home in the great ystery of the Cosmos, integrating ever more fully into the silent hum at the base of existence that resonates into infinity.
The Lover The mature "over
1go development The Addict
The *mpotent
Mature archetype &ensuality, sexuality, dance, song, art, culture, flow, sensual delight, softness, vulnerability, openness, intimacy, beauty, ecstacy. Active shadow
The Addict: Feels alive only when stimulated. &ince he has not yet discovered the source of beauty and satisfaction inside, he seeks it in sex, wine, art, music in large -uantities. aybe he falls prey to alcoholism or substance abuse. aybe she feels empty and needs sex or other stimuli to feel 7full8. &he doesn't comprehend cause and effect and believes what she seeks is outside herself. #amples) The ;pick-up< approach to datin!" elements of ;The Secret<" parts of New A!e" alcoholism" overeatin!" consumer society.
Passive shadow
The *mpotent: "evoid of vitality, he does not see beauty anywhere, least of all in himself. e represses his sexuality and is generally sexually passive. #amples) The archetypal nerd" academics lost in rationality" Anders ehrin! reivik" ;=0 year old vir!in<" feminist women that have become fro6en" people who never cry.
esire
7/ want to lose myself in the infinite bliss of @neness8
!ateway emotion
$rief
"i#idinal sym#ol
!ree of 2ife
$hame
7/ don't deserve to be loved8
%lement
0ater
Tension arc
!owards 0arrior
!rows out of
The 0edipal child: 1arly on in life, children start bonding erotically to the parent of the opposite sex. !his phase is enormously important and lays the foundation for a healthy sexuality later on in life. !he boy will try to merge with other and the girl will try to merge with Father 5capitali)ed as the intended merger is with the archetypal6. /f the parents are uncomfortable with the eroticism of their children, their re?ection of it will cause huge trauma in the archetypal 2over*-uadrant. any adult lives are completely shaped by such early experiences. #s adults, such people may -uestion if they are worthy of love. #amples) A little !irl that touches her !enitalia while lookin! at her father" a son that wants to breastfeed lon!er than is natural" a child that moves in nature and suddenly feels one with it.
%go development
* love dance, music and song. 0hen / express myself and my creative power, / feel enormous ?oy arise inside of me. * en1oy the pleasures of the tongue 4 0hether with wine, chocolate or naked skin, / en?oy the sensual pleasure my tongue gives me. * open up and reveal my vulnera#ility. / know that when / dare open up and show those parts of me which are vulnerable and 7young8, / experience stronger intimacy with the people in my life as well as with myself. /t is a true path to my own heart. * love to touch . !o give and receive loving touch is one of my life's biggest ?oys. 2eaving the world of thought, / enter the sensual ?oy of the moment. * take my time . 0hen / drink wine, / do so slowly. 0hen / eat chocolate, / do so slowly. 0hen / make love, / do so slowly. / have outgrown the desire for instant gratification and choose to postpone my 5peak6 orgasm, the swallowing of the wine and the chewing of the chocolate. @nly by feeding my senses slowly do / feel truly 7full8 when done. * surrender. Faced with the beauty of my partner and the world, / surrender myself. / let beauty penetrate my being so fully that it blows the doors of my heart wide out. #s the miracle of life penetrates the cells of me body, / weep with ?oy. * #ecome 0ne with creation . #s / become one with @ther, / feel my final longing4 !he dissolution of my self in the infinite ocean of the great #ll. !he @ther may be nature, a lover, an ideal. !he @ther is the gateway to the #ll. / feel no separation. / am you. / am the animals, the sky above. #s the remnants of my small self are washed away in bliss, / feel one with 1verything.
Conclusion 0ell done for reading through this document. / hope it served you and contributed to your greater understanding of the archetypes. /'d like to remind you at this point that you will find people whose work differs from mine, particularly around the parts which don't originate from the original work of +obert oore and "ouglas $illette. &o my encouragement is to not treat this material as literal truth. !reat it as a tremendously valuable contribution to your life on this planet. ake it yours. /f you want to discuss archetypes and this document, please find your way to the A02 group of the asculinity ovies !ribe 5men only6. #nd if you're interested in more writing on the archetypes, then come to asculinity*ovies.com, read some movie reviews 5maybe start with #merican ;eauty:6 and ?oin the newsletter . / also offer coaching inspired in part by this material. @rder a free =*minute discovery call today and work with me to reclaim your natural masculine wildness. !hanks for your interest9 0armly, 1ivind Figenschau &k?ellum www.masculinity*movies.com
