Dance of Archetypes





Archetypes jumbled on the page. Is this all the Archetypes there are? By no means. It is an interesting list however. I look at them. Some of them are familiar. I smile. Some of them are so familiar that I know their embarrassing childhood stories. Some of them know mine. Some of them are foreign. Some of them are threatening. Some of them are neutral. Which will I dance with?



Actor Addict Alchemist

Anarchist Artist Avenger

Bureaucrat Beggar Bully

Caregiver Child Clown

Companion Coward Craftsperson

Crone Crook Damsel

Detective Dictator Dilettante

Diplomat Disciple Diva

Dreamer Eternal Boy/Girl Evangelist

Fool Gaia Gambler

God Goddess Gossip

Healer Herald Hermit

Historian Innovator Judge

Knight Liberator Lover

Magician Martyr Masochist



Matriarch Midas Monk

Muse Mystic Nature Boy/Girl

Networker Nun Olympian

Patriarch Pilgrim Pioneer

Poet Politician Predator

Priest Prince Princess

Prophet Prostitute Provocateur

Puck Puppet Puritan

Rebel Redeemer Rescuer

Revolutionary Robot Saboteur

Sadist Sage Samaritan

Scholar Scout Scribe

Seductress Seeker Seer

Servant Settler Shaman

Sidekick Slave Spoiler

Storyteller Student Teacher

Thief Tramp Trickster

Tyrant Vampire Victim

Visionary Warrior Witch

Wizard Zombie









Some of them will speak to me, will seek me out. Some of them will know automatically that they belong to me. Others will take some thought. In a mutual dance of electing, my Archetypes and I will choose each other.



Caregiver Artist

Crone Child

Detective Eternal Boy/Girl

Dreamer Gaia

Fool Goddess

Healer Mystic

Historian Seeker

Knight Student

Magician Alchemist

Matriarch Lover

Muse Princess

Poet Scribe

Puck Seer

Rebel Teacher

Scholar Trickster Witch

Seductress Storyteller Wizard







Now. Just as an experiment, what if I had to give some of them up and keep others? It is an exercise that is only academic, of course, for I will surely keep them all, and add more if the time comes when they fit. Sometimes an archetype is outgrown and not active any more. Still I keep even those, for their history is wired into who I am now, through who I was then. But if I had to narrow it down, which ones fit best? Which could easily go and which ones could I just not stand to part with?



I begin to narrow, to cull, to examine each Archetype more closely to see which attributes pull me the most strongly, which ones I will wear most often.





Caregiver Crone Dreamer Seeker

Magician Matriarch Muse Poet

Scholar Seductress Wizard Storyteller Artist Child Mystic

Lover Teacher Goddess Rebel





And Again . . .



Caregiver Dreamer Poet

Scholar Storyteller Artist

child Mystic Goddess Seeker







And yet again . . . closer to the bone . . . closer to the mirror. . . closer to the dream . .





Dreamer Poet Child Artist Seeker





How can I let go of one of these? OK, it’s academic. Well then . . .



Dreamer Poet Child Artist





Dreamer Poet Artist





Poet Artist





Can I do it? Can it be done? Can I take it down to one?



Poet



Indeed. And with that . . . the word is said.

And something worth knowing is known.