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like that of the anima. The first stage is like Tarzan, the stage of instinctive physical power. The second stage is the romantic man of action, he is the Prince Charming figure. The third stage is a Dr. Phil like figure, who is a the bringer of the "word" and the sacred conviction, he is a clergyman or professor. At the fourth stage he is a Gandhi like figure and is the incarnation of meaning and connects a woman's mind to the spiritual evolution of her age. Women must find the inner courage and broadmindedness to question the sacredness of her own convictions. Only then will she be able to take suggestions from the unconscious and progress in the process of individuation.

The animus also appears as the Wise Old Man. In a sense he is the higher phases of the development of the animus. He is Zeus, Moses, Merlin, Yoda, and Father Time. The wise old man manifests as the spiritual teacher. He often appears as a foreign guru, from a different time or place. He is a magician, professor, grandfather, or some other spiritual or moral authority. He may be a man or some kind of goblin or dwarf. The wise old man instructs people to "sleep on it". He is clever, wise, and moral.

The Child archetype is the Christ child god/hero. The child is the innocent who begins the hero's journey. The child is the possible future, and is the beginning of the individuation process. Individuation is the maturation process of the personality. The child is first abandoned because he must evolve toward independence. He is the rising sun of consciousness and has heroic invincibility. The child archetype symbolizes each of our inner child.

The child goes through a process of Rebirth or Transformation. He must leave behind his old ideas and attachments so that he can complete the individuation process. There are many ways to bring about transformation. It may be induced by ritual, by a spontaneous visionary experience, loss and regaining of the soul, by trauma, by enlargement of the personality, by identification with the group. The identification with the group transformation reminds me of my puppy dream in which I was transforming within the group of women while playing with my puppy/child. I was able to feel a sense of peace and oneness within the group of women. Jung calls identification with a group an easy and simple path to follow. Identification with a group can be seen in mass hysteria and mass hypnosis. But the feeling can not be regained after one leaves the group. Other types

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