by Katarina Spaic Archetypal Press Blog The Relationship with the Father ”And I here make a rule-a great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting-only the deeply personal and familiar.” ~John Steinbeck There are two father-son relationships that are portrayed in the esteemed film Inception. One is an actual biological father-son bond between Robert and his father. The second bond is a a not-so-obvious connection betwe

by Katarina Spaic Archetypal Press Blog Anima/Animus and the Bridge Between the Ego and the Unconscious “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” ~Emily Brontë The Anima/Animus Archetype is one of the most confusing to conceptualize for me. An extremely simple version of the apparent purpose of this archetype is that it represents a part of ourselves that serves as a guide to the unconscious at various intervals in our lives. Along the same lines, Murray S

by Katarina Spaic Archetypal Press Blog The Dance of the Ego and the Shadow Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. There’s a reason the movie Inception was such a hit, intriguing audiences world-wide. Not only is it just trippy enough to captivate our attention, stringing us along and twisting and turning before we even see the bend approaching; but it also has numerous characters involved, all developed as their own beings yet merging together to creat