a massive black cloud approaches fast, the sun is blacked out, the beautiful languid day suddenly changes intention as an expansive shadow falls across the land. i've just been reading a fantastic book about jung, his discovery of the collective unconscious and the exploration of archetypes, wow what a major breakthrough in consciousness, but he got there through the mythic heroic journey, the dark night of the soul, see you do have the pain before the bliss.
he came back with :
the child
the hero
the great mother
wise man / woman or sage
the trixter
the devil
the scarecrow
the mentor
but the list is endless

the five main archetypes are:
the self
the shadow
the anima
the animus
the persona



the song atlantis by that super cool cat donovan mentions 12 archetypes leaving the ancient doomed city and spreading out to the rest of the earth. it's a great song, i really love it, it reminds me of where i have come from.