Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
a. The Experience of Archetypes
Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
Robert M. Ellis [+]
Middle Way Society
Robert M. Ellis is author of a range of interdisciplinary books on Middle Way Philosophy, both within and beyond Buddhism. These have included The Buddha’s Middle Way: Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching (Equinox Publishing, 2019) and Archetypes in Religion and Beyond: A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration (Equinox Publishing, 2022). He is also founder of the Middle Way Society and of Tirylan House Retreat Centre in Wales.
Description
Symbols are meaningful to us through the associations made by our bodies, and archetypal symbols particularly help us to fulfil long-term embodied needs. These needs may be to achieve goals, avoid threats, form relationships with others, and fulfil wider potential; but they are not always fulfilled if the association becomes rigidified.