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Archetypes

It seems to me it would be more useful to speak of archetypal RELATIONS than images. Take the Old Woman, perhaps the Hag, perhaps the voice of wisdom. Is it not her latent capacity to relate to us in one way or another, and not her vague and abstract idealization Out There which is of primary importance?

One must always differentiate between what psychologists find interesting to contemplate, and what is actually important in moral and spiritual growth, if we are to be useful.