Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey - Inner City Books

Personal Analysis 59
pressed since the beginning of mankind. An understanding of these
patterns, found the world over in myths, fairy tales and religions—
manifestations of what Jung called the archetypes—gives one a
perspective on mundane reality.
A knowledge of archetypes and archetypal patterns is a kind of
blueprint, or background, against which our individual complexes
are played out. It is an indispensable tool for Jungian analysts, and
an overtone that fundamentally distinguishes Jungian analysis from
any other form of therapy.