Class 2: Archetypes and The Journey The Hero’s Journey Class 2: Archetypes and The Journey

Carl Jung and the Archetypes A Motif in Literature, Art, or Mythology Based on the human psyche. Universal mythic characters exists in all of us and are based on the condition, experiences, and the structuring of the brain in humans all over the world Each archetype is based on human emotions All of us have several of these archetypes in us

Jung’s Ego Archetypes Innocent The regular person The hero Caregiver Free Goal to be happy Dreamer, Utopian, naïve, romantic The regular person Goal: to connect with others, to belong Fear: To stand out, be different, attention The hero Mastery through will Strong, competent, courageous Caregiver To be helpful Greatest fear: selfishness

Jung’s Soul Archetypes Explorer Curiosity Freedom through exploration Fear: Being trapped Rebel Rules made to be broken Don’t tell me what to do Lover Goal: Be in a relationship with everyone Be attractive, physically and emotionally Fear: losing identity with a desire to please others Creator To create things, realize a vision Fear: Failing to create something of value

Jung’s Self Archetypes Jester You only live once Have a great time! Fear: don’t be boring Sage The truth will free you Goal: Find the truth Magician Make things happen To understand the laws of the universe Ruler Power isn’t everything – it’s the only thing Fear: Chaos

Jung's Archetypes http://www.soulcraft.co/essays/the_12_common_archetypes.html

The Homework Exercise We tend to bring out these archetypes when writing our fantasies The goal of the self-indulgent writing is to bring pull out these archetypes

The Hero’s Journey Archetypes The gung ho hero The reluctant hero Aspects of innocence, regular person, caregiver, hero…EGO Mentor Wisdom and teaching Aspects of Explorer, Sage, Rebel, Creator (Soul and Self) (Qui-Gon Jinn, Gandalf, etc.) History of rebelling Threshold Guardian and Herald (SKIP…for now)

The Hero’s Journey Archetypes Ally Stand by the side of the hero Aspects of Lover, Jester, Magician Shadow Evil, darkness, hidden things, often the enemy Ruler, Rebel, Magician There are others too, but many can be grouped into these basic archetypes We will explore these in detail on Friday/Saturday

The Hero’s Journey Map – Page 19 Act 1 Ordinary World Call to Adventure Refuse the Call Encouraged by the Mentor Cross the First Threshold Act 2 Tests, Allies and Enemies Approaching the Cave Ordeal Reward Act 3 The Road Back Death and Resurrection Return with the Elixir

Homework Analyze your writing from yesterday to see if you can find aspects of the archetypes. Analyze your favorite TV show/movie/book to see if you can find the archetypes AND the Hero’s Journey Come up with a quick plot as practice using the hero’s journey plot!