Archetype Cards: An 80-card Deck with instruction booklet

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Religion/Myth: Atalanta (female athlete in Greek myth); Smertios (Celtic war-god portrayed as a bearded athlete); Nike (feminine personification of victory in Greek myth, who runs and flies at great speed). The shadow aspect of the Guide is visible in many modern televangelists and gurus of various traditions who are more interested in financial gain and controlling their followers than in imparting genuine spiritual insight. The Sidekick’s qualities of loyalty, tenacity, and unselfishness are the positive aspects of this archetype. On the global level, the shadow manifests as avenging perceived immoral behavior by resorting to violence, from acts of ecoterroism to bombing abortion clinics. Attitudes of pessimism and depression, particularly when exploring dreams, often emerge from an injured Magical Child whose dreams were “once upon a time” thought foolish by cynical adults.

The template for the Judge archetype in Jewish-Christian culture largely derives from King Solomon, who was notable for balancing justice and compassion. In the classic Hero’s Journey, defined by Joseph Campbell and others, an individual goes on a journey of initiation to awaken an inner knowing or spiritual power. In reviewing your relationship to this archetype, consider your use of humor in association with power. The Goddess can be inspiring to women, embodying wisdom, guidance, physical grace, athletic prowess, and sensuality.Included is an instruction booklet explaining how to use the cards to help determine which Archetypes are most active in your psyche, and how they can lead you to achieve greater insights into your life. Positive aspects of the archetype manifest as a determination to remain eternally young in body, mind, and spirit.

The Advocate embodies a sense of life-long devotion to championing the rights of others in the public arena. For the Alchemist or Wizard to be one of your circle of twelve, it needs to be associated with your physical life in some significant way. Regardless of the shape of the wound, the challenge inherent in this initiation process is that one is unable to turn to others for help beyond a certain degree of support. Besides those mentioned above, you can choose from Tara and Quanyin (Tibetan and Chinese bodhisattvas of compassion); Amaterasu Omigami (Shinto Sun goddess); Shakti (Hindu personification of energy as Divine Mother); Branwen (Celtic goddess of love and beauty); Oshun (East African Yoruba goddess of pleasure, love, and beauty); Pan Jin Lian (Chinese goddess of prostitution); Frigg (Norse goddess of marriage, motherhood, childbirth, and midwifery); Turan (Etruscan goddess of love, health, and fertility).From a biblical perspective, the shadow Angel is frequently associated with Satan or Lucifer, but the Devil or Demon should also be considered as a unique archetype. In investigating the underlying reasons why people sabotage their healing processes, Caroline identified a syndrome as 'woundology', characterized by a person who prefers to rely upon the power of illness for manipulation of his or her world as opposed to attained an independent, empowered state of health. Remember that all archetypes are essentially neutral and manifest in both light and shadow attributes. The goddess of death employs them to seduce men away from the earth); Lorelei (in Teutonic myth, a beautiful maiden who drowned herself after being spurned by her lover, and was then transformed into a siren whose hypnotic music lured sailors to their death).

When disappointed, a Damsel must go through a process of empowerment and learn to take care of herself in the world.Assess your involvement with this archetype by asking whether you see life through the eyes of a benevolent, trusting God/Goddess, or whether you tend to respond initially with fear of being hurt or with a desire to hurt others first. Her work in this area eventually led to the publication of the book, The Creation of Health, in conjunction with Norman Shealy. But his match, in keeping with the profile of this pattern, must have emotional independence and the self-esteem to be immune to his manipulative skills. Throughout history, the pendulum has swung from good Kings to evil, from benevolent, even saintly rulers to greedy, gluttonous criminals. The oldest religious tradition on earth may well be Goddess worship, which some archaeologists trace back further than 30,000 years.

The shadow Hedonist may manifest as pursuing pleasure without regard for other people or one’s own good health. She established CMED, her own educational institute, in 2003, which offers two programs running three courses per year, on Sacred Contracts and Mysticism. Jung believed that bringing these unconscious patterns to the conscious mind would enable us to change our behaviour so that we would be less controlled by unconscious motivations. Religion/Myth: Circe (in Greek myth, a sorceress/seductress who could turn men into animals with her magic wand); Potiphar’s wife (in the Hebrew Bible, when her attempt to seduce Joseph failed, she had him thrown into captivity. The challenge inherent in these archetypal patterns, therefore, is to do for yourself what you expect the Knight to do for you–provide and protect yourself.

Religion/Myth: Shoki (Shinto god of the afterlife and exorcism); Zhong kui (Taoist god of the afterlife and exorcism). Whereas a Wizard is associated with supernatural powers, the Magician tends to be seen more as an entertainer. By comparison, archetypes such as the Hermit are clearly more personal and lack the Advocate’s fire for furthering social change.