Understanding archetypes has changed my life, and it can change yours too.
If you’ve never learned about the language of archetypes, you’re in for a real treat. Archetypes are a core component of The Elements Kit, and they’re a powerful tool to develop self-awareness and agency over your life direction.
Archetypal knowledge helps you harness the potential of your unique gifts, and assemble all the creative parts of yourself into a unified whole. The Elements Kit refers to this process as ‘creative alignment.’
Understanding archetypes brings you home to your authentic self and empowers you to bring the best of your being to life.
Put simply, archetypes are metaphors that describe human character. They are pictorial symbols that illustrate qualities and behaviour in a single word. They drive how you act, believe and create as an individual, affecting your relationships, work, finances and personal passions.
It’s likely you already refer to archetypes in your everyday language as you describe those around you - Angel, Captain, Narcissist or Rebel.
While archetypes may seem whimsical, they are a rich historical language that Plato first suggested as an imprinted, invisible sense of knowing within an individual’s soul.
“We humans are subtle and chaotic creatures, full of ambiguities and contradictions. We are fully and necessarily different from each other... and our distinctiveness is the very thing that should be prized.”
N I C K C A V E
The Elements Kit helps you discover your unique creative identity, based on a profile of archetypes that are prominent in your character. Understanding them, and the relationships between them, helps you frame your complex human experience.
It's fascinating to observe how your archetypes work together, or against one another, in an interplay of natural harmony or tension.
Some archetypes are evident since childhood - intrinsic and ever present. These primary archetype journey with you for life, animating and influencing your direction.
Other archetypes can be triggered by certain life events, or natural maturation as an adult. Archetypes that lie dormant or repressed can wreak havoc on your self-esteem and life progress.
Importantly, The Elements kit distinguishes between productive Creative Archetypes, and Shadow Archetypes - the challenger forces that hold you back or stand in your way. It shows you how to embrace the power of both.
Once you see yourself through the lens of archetypes, this wisdom can influence your choices and guide your direction toward a more aligned and purposeful life.
The Elements Kit uses archetypes to help you define your unique creative identity - your all-powerful, one-of-a-kind creative DNA.
It feels like coming home.