The Hero's Journey: conquering the mother complex (Symbols of Transformation)
The Hero's Journey: conquering the mother complex.
Context: A child first encounters the personal mother. At a later stage, separation must occur and infantile ties broken by gaining access to her symbolic equivalent - the archetypal mother, archetypal feminine.
For a male, if the initial experience of the anima is negative and unbalanced (eg. the experience with the personal mother from family of origin), the more difficult but more important it will be for him to transition to the archetypal mother to gain access to a balanced, non-toxic feminine.
Posted Jul 23, 2023, 1:03 PM UTC
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