Religion as necessary for personal growth: archetypes

The word 'archetype' comes from the Greek meaning 'original pattern'

• Archetypes are unlearned
• They function to organise how we experience certain things, often evoking emotions
• Jung viewed our primitive past as forming the basis of the human psyche, directing and influencing present behaviour
• Jung noted that symbols and images from different cultures are often very similar because they have emerged from the archetypes shared by whole human race
• Archetypes are not accessible…