Dec 24

Archetypes are among the most powerful and most significant of all items found in dreams, and they are of great interest to dream interpreters and to dream researchers and scientists alike.At its simplest, an archetype is a prototype, or an original copy, of any object or experience.An archetype can also refer to the prefect example of an object – the object by which all others are judged.

This article will examine several important prototypes encountered in dream interpretation.The first of these archetypes is the animus.

The animus is a term used by psychologist Carl Jung to represent the masculine side of the female.Jung felt that women possessed a unconscious masculine imprint, and he called this imprint the animus.


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