Blog #24

December 6, 2009 emrickoamandaqnbp

When I originally took the archetypes quiz at the beginning of the semester I got that I was The Innocent. “The Innocent is the prefallen person who lives–or tries to live–in Edan. The Innocent’s gift to the world is trust, optimism, and belief in things as they are. At the lowest level, belief is preserved by denial; at the highest level, by transcendence.” My original response was that this was shocking, and I still think that. I do not believe myself to be innocent at all. Young maybe in the terms of age but not innocent.  I am optimistic most of the time but that is the only real thing that matches up.When I took the quiz in Awakening the Heros Within I got totally different archetypes.

Although The Innocent was still ranked high being one of the top three it was not number one. My number one was actually The Fool. This to me was probably more shocking than The Innocent. The fool from what I have learned in class is often the smartest person. The goal is enjoyment, pleasure, and aliveness. This so far makes sense and explains me a little bit. Gift is joy, freedom and liberation. This seems more like me. The second one was The  Lover. I didn’t even have to look at lover to know that I would probably match up and I did. The Lover’s goal is bliss, oneness and unity. Fear is loss of love and disconnection. Gift is commitment, passion and ecstasy. I feel that out of the three archetypes The Lover is most like me.

I enjoyed learning about the archetypes overall. I wish we could have talked about them more and class. I feel like I am more familiar with some like the caregiver, the innocent, the fool, and the lover. The ones I still don’t know much about are the sage, the magician, and the seeker. I think for future classes you should do more in-depth things with them.

I choose Stand by Rascal Flatts. I feel that not only the lyrics but the video talks about standing when it is hard to. It shows that one person can go through a lot of archetypes.

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