• Greek God Dionysus, Archetypes And Myths, Unconscious Personality, Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence

    by  • March 8, 2012 • Self-Help, Shadow Work • 0 Comments

    Greek
    God Dionysus

    The Greek God Dionysus as archetype is an unusual pattern in that it is apparent in spiritually evolved mystics as well as murderers.

    The word archetype describes what Carl Jung identified as patterns of behaving that arise from the collective unconscious of humankind. The pattern of being is not unique to an individual; it is available to manifest in each of us because we each reflect a part of the whole.

    To recognize Dionysus active within your life look
    for…

  • Sensual; likes to experience the world through all the
    senses.
  • Cries easily or at least is not able to suppress
    emotions like other people are taught.
  • Tendency to fall in love with boys and girls
  • Internal conflict that makes living in the ordinary
    world difficult.
  • Possible drawbacks to living the Dionysus
    archetype…

  • Feeling invalidated and out of step with others
  • Doesn’t fit easily into the culture of goal setting,
    working hard and long to achieve academic or material success.
  • Highs and lows, mood swings and extremes of feelings.
  • Prolonged or catastrophic mid-life crisis.
  • This information has been summarized from the book Gods in Everyman by Jean Shinoda Bolen. If you recognize your patterns of acting and being in the world from the above list and are curious about what you can do to change, then first and foremost use this information as proof that you are not different, defective or a victim of your past programming.

    The above shows the commonality in the human experience when certain innate energies are active. As such begin by accepting that you do indeed own these particular traits and let it be OK that you do.

    This will slightly raise your self-esteem and self-acceptance for each trait you own.   If you would like some guidance or clarification, please contact me, I would love to help.

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