Reprint. Originally published: 1959; 1st Princeton/Bollingen pbk. ed. published: 1970.
Four Archetypes: Mother, Rebirth, Spirit, Trickster
As well as explaining the theoretical background behind the idea, in Four Archetypes Jung describes the four archetypes that he considers fundamental to the psychological make-up of every individual: mother, rebirth, spirit and trickster.
The essays in this volume gather together Jung's most important statements on the archetypes, beginning with the introduction of the concept in "Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious.
... archetypes outside himself.” 4 In the Corpus Hermeticum, God is called to τò ἀρXέτυπον φῶς (archetypal light). The term occurs several times in Dionysius the Areopagite, as for instance in De caelesti hierarchia, II, 4: “immaterial ...