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A very rough outline of Jung's analysis of shadow self is that it is all those potential versions of yourself - had events or choices taken a different route in your life - with a tendency to emphasise any polar differences (e.g. decision to take a 9 to 5 job rather than undertaking a busking tour of the world) extrovert-introvert, gambler - risk averse &c.

Jung is particularly good for dealing with the "mid-life crisis" (another Jung invention) type of issues. A key theme is found in Freud's Civilisation and its Discontents (1930) regards irreconcilable schism between instincts for aggression & sexual dominance of primate societies against desire for security and ease of life offered by civilisation. This ambivalence seems built into the human condition as a result of evolution. [Continued Next Page]

Jung's TYPES are

1) Extrovert/ Intuitor/ Thinker, 2) Introvert/ Intuitor/ Thinker, 3) Extrovert/ Intuitor/ Feeler, 4) Extrovert/ Sensor/ Feeler, 5) Introvert/ Intuitor/ Feeler, 6) Introvert/ Sensor/ Feeler, 7) Extrovert/ Sensor/ feeler, and 8) Introvert, Sensor/ Feeler.

MAJOR Archetypes include Mother (Earth), Wise Old Man (Father), Self (God), Persona (Mask), Anima (Female), Animus (Male), Shadow (Devil), Hero/ Heroine.

Mythic IDEAS related to Archetypes include: Sun, Moon, Child, Animals (Totem), Witches, Sorcerers, Birth, Rebirth, Death, Journeys, Gateways, Paths, Light/ Dark, The Four elements, Wheels/ Crosses/ Mandalas, Incest, Phallus, Caverns, Spirit, Nature, Water.