Name the role
Who did you become in this scene? Rescuer, judge, student, runaway?
mask, role, inner scene
Archetype role
When you seem to play a role in the situation: Rescuer, Warrior, Sage, Child, Queen, Wanderer.
When it fits
- ✦ behavior repeats
- ✦ you need to see your role
- ✦ the scene became too theatrical
Not for this
- ✧ labeling people
- ✧ excusing poor behavior
- ✧ personality diagnoses
Key signs
An archetype is a behavioral costume, not the whole person.
A role can be resource or cage.
Role change begins with a small action.
How to read this scene
Find benefit
Even an uncomfortable role once protected or helped.
Choose a new line
An archetype changes not by thought, but by a different gesture in the same scene.
Small practice
Write: 'In this scene I play the role of...' and 'A new role could say...'
A deep archetype scroll helps if one role returns in love, work, and family.
Journal questions
Which role turns on first?
What does it protect?
Which new line is possible?