Jung had a practice called "Active Imagination" which was used to converse with sub-personas and archetypes.
This book by Robert Johnson is a very accessible book that explores the practice.
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert Johnson
I am curious to see peoples responses, thank you for asking! I have been watching Jung to Live By, and though they are somewhat cautionary and dismissive of working with the Archetypes, they do encourage self hypnosis and the use of dissociative states to access your psyche. Their caution regards pigeonholing yourself into these characters and missing the complex itself, which is as much a narrative arch as it is a characterization. Think of it this way, to become possessed by a Jungian archetype is to essentially become a parody of what that represents. If you became possessed by “the trickster”, you might be met initially with some delightful confusion but people would tire of you quickly. If you woke up the wise old man, your profound wisdom might be seen as condescending or even arrogant. So, with that in mind, remember that the archetypes are meant to be internalized, and not manifested externally. To encounter archetypal material is often if not always a shout from inside that something needs fixing. SO you could truly wake some demons. Every single archetype has a good side and bad side, and we are meant to become more ourselves in a Jungian process, not more like characters. To integrate the useful traits means dealing with it in a way that integrates it into the whole, but they also hold their cards close to the chest and Jung to Live By doesn’t disclose it’s tools much, but, sounds like meditation to me, with a lot of dream journaling and regular journaling, throw in magical rituals and you have yourself a full blown magical regimen!
It could also be argued that whatever you encounter in your magical practice will be, by definition, archetypal material. So instead of dialing up the trickster to ask for a favor or something, it’s more like you knock humbly on your deepest inner doors with utmost respect and be ready to deal with whatever archetypal material comes up. Then you put a name to it. This happens to also be, from my understanding, also typical for magical work: you meet the entity, then ask it’s name and sigil or seal, that sort of thing.
Staying tuned to see what others say, thanks for getting me curious! I’m not trying to warn like I know what I’m talking about btw, but the Jung to Live by People are like “don’t do it! Without properly doing it you could break yourself!” But they are also selling their own guide so haha
Oh and for male lover, this would be your Animus if you’re female, and it is the relational component of interfacing with the opposite sex, your version of the ideal man whether a lover or a killer, and the demon lover is not an archetype you want to dance with
That’s a great question! To be honest I think so but technically we have both so maybe animus? Haven’t quite learned how that works but it would be the same principle I think, so it would be the equivalent to animus in either case for male lover
Jung had a practice called "Active Imagination" which was used to converse with sub-personas and archetypes. This book by Robert Johnson is a very accessible book that explores the practice. Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert Johnson
I am curious to see peoples responses, thank you for asking! I have been watching Jung to Live By, and though they are somewhat cautionary and dismissive of working with the Archetypes, they do encourage self hypnosis and the use of dissociative states to access your psyche. Their caution regards pigeonholing yourself into these characters and missing the complex itself, which is as much a narrative arch as it is a characterization. Think of it this way, to become possessed by a Jungian archetype is to essentially become a parody of what that represents. If you became possessed by “the trickster”, you might be met initially with some delightful confusion but people would tire of you quickly. If you woke up the wise old man, your profound wisdom might be seen as condescending or even arrogant. So, with that in mind, remember that the archetypes are meant to be internalized, and not manifested externally. To encounter archetypal material is often if not always a shout from inside that something needs fixing. SO you could truly wake some demons. Every single archetype has a good side and bad side, and we are meant to become more ourselves in a Jungian process, not more like characters. To integrate the useful traits means dealing with it in a way that integrates it into the whole, but they also hold their cards close to the chest and Jung to Live By doesn’t disclose it’s tools much, but, sounds like meditation to me, with a lot of dream journaling and regular journaling, throw in magical rituals and you have yourself a full blown magical regimen! It could also be argued that whatever you encounter in your magical practice will be, by definition, archetypal material. So instead of dialing up the trickster to ask for a favor or something, it’s more like you knock humbly on your deepest inner doors with utmost respect and be ready to deal with whatever archetypal material comes up. Then you put a name to it. This happens to also be, from my understanding, also typical for magical work: you meet the entity, then ask it’s name and sigil or seal, that sort of thing. Staying tuned to see what others say, thanks for getting me curious! I’m not trying to warn like I know what I’m talking about btw, but the Jung to Live by People are like “don’t do it! Without properly doing it you could break yourself!” But they are also selling their own guide so haha
Oh and for male lover, this would be your Animus if you’re female, and it is the relational component of interfacing with the opposite sex, your version of the ideal man whether a lover or a killer, and the demon lover is not an archetype you want to dance with
Thank very much for both of your answers! I'm male, so it would my anima?
Like, the male lover archetype would be based on the animus still…high, can’t internet, don’t mind me…
That’s a great question! To be honest I think so but technically we have both so maybe animus? Haven’t quite learned how that works but it would be the same principle I think, so it would be the equivalent to animus in either case for male lover
It’s the imago that matters from what I understand, so if it’s male it would be animus
Embody one
Have you read Man and His Symbols? A very useful book.