Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
e. The Archetype of Nature in China
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
Archetypal symbols in China often emphasise natural order, which can fulfil the God archetype by inspiring integration in a wider system, or alternatively be projected. Hero and anima figures are also well developed, but the development of shadow symbols is more debatable.