Front
Back
The Four Archetypes of Maturity
The King, The Warrior, The Magician, and The Lover.
Cosmos vs. Chaos
The King’s primary function is to organize ‘Chaos’ into a structured, just, and fertile ‘Cosmos’.
The Constitutive Gaze (Blessing)
The act of the King ‘seeing’ and validating others, which empowers them and makes them feel ‘real’.
The Shadow King: Active Form
The Tyrant: Driven by grandiosity; he seeks to destroy the independence of others to maintain total control.
The Shadow King: Passive Form
The Weakling: Characterized by abdication of responsibility; he lacks an inner center and is easily overwhelmed.
Sacrifice (King Archetype)
‘Doing what is necessary.’ Accepting suffering or hardship for the sake of the realm or greater good.
Stewardship vs. Ownership
The mature King understands he does not ‘own’ the world; he ‘stewards’ it on behalf of transpersonal values.
Regicide (Modernity)
The modern removal of sacred containers for King energy, causing archetypal power to collapse into and overwhelm the human ego.
Active Imagination
A Jungian technique used to personify and dialogue with the ‘King within’ to build a conscious relationship with the archetype.
Disidentification
The psychological task of separating the ego from the archetype so the individual doesn’t think they ARE the King.
The Evil Eye (Shadow Gaze)
The opposite of blessing; a gaze that seeks to ‘wither,’ shame, or disempower others out of envy.
The King’s Circuit
The King acts as a central organizer; without him, the Warrior becomes a mercenary and the Lover becomes an addict.
Vocation (Capital V)
A sense of transpersonal purpose and meaning in life accessed specifically through a healthy King archetype.
