Zachary Kampf
34 / Archetypes
Tags: Alien, Anima, Bill Pullman, Daimonic, demonic, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, ego, extraterrestrial, extraverted feeling (Fe), extraverted intuition (Ne), extraverted sensing (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), Glen Slater, Hero, Independence Day, individuation, inferior function, inflation, INTP, Introversion, introverted feeling (Fi), introverted sensing (Si), introverted thinking (Ti), Jeff Goldblum, monsters, Opposing Personality, Parent, Puer, Starship Troopers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trickster, UFO, Will Smith, Zachary Kampf
April 4, 2018
The alien invasion can then be viewed as a necessary fragmentation of the psyche, occurring when the ego is too rigidly identified with the dominant function. The crisis brings renewal by breaking apart the ego identity so that the previously unrealized functions can be differentiated and integrated, thereby transforming the conscious attitude.
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Carol Shumate
34 / Archetypes / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: anima/animus, bipolar disorder, Carol Shumate, Cervantes, Don Quixote, eight-function/eight-archetype model, enantiodromia, ENFP, Eternal Child, extraverted intuition (Ne), extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Ti), Gargantua and Pantagruel, Hero, inferior function, inferiority, introverted sensation (Si), introverted thinking (Ti), judgment, perception, possession, Rabelais, Sancho Panza, Trickster, Ulrich K. Goldschmidt
April 4, 2018
To have to spend a year in one’s inferior function is like a yearlong time-out for a toddler. I got so bored and desperate with my inferior introverted sensing (Si) function, required to gather and document the data, that I spent many hours asleep in the library. I could have asked Dr. Goldsmith for help, or maybe a mercy killing, but I was too proud to admit difficulty.
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Casey Winter
34 / Archetypes
Tags: alexithymia, anorexia nervosa, Casey Winter, complex, death, Demonic/ Daimonic, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, eating disorders, Eternal Child, extraverted feeling (Fe), extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), Hades, inferior function, INTJ, introverted feeling (Fi), introverted intuition (Ni), introverted sensation (Si), Persephone, Puella Aeterna, rebirth, suicidal, Trickster
April 4, 2018
Anorexia nervosa can be understood as an archetypal death-rebirth process. A typological analysis shows a psychological syndrome based in archetypal possession resulting from the dynamic configuration of INTJ preferences. The individual with anorexia undertakes her own heroic psychospiritual journey through the underworld to transform personal and collective consciousness.
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