How To Live Life Within Each Of The 4 Archetypes

“The collective unconscious consists of the sum of the instincts and their correlates, the archetypes. Just as everybody possesses instincts, so he also possesses a stock of archetypal images.” (Carl Jung)

Lover

The Lover is the archetype of passion, sensuality, feeling, joy, connection, support, empathy, and embodiment.

Within the psyche, it is the Lover that awakens in a person a zest for life and all of its beauty.

The Lover has a strong emotional sense that all things are connected. He wants to experience everything, delighting all five of his senses in all that he does.

The Lover feels his way through life — he feels for the world. When others are in pain, it is his pain also; and when they are happy, he is happy.

Accessing the Lover in a balanced way enables a person to connect deeply with himself, others, and the world around him.

When the ego is relating to the energies of this archetype in unbalanced ways, the Lover’s shadow manifests in one or two forms: the Addicted Lover or the Impotent Lover.