The Monster

Hello, Everybody –

We’re going to do an archetype video today. This time, I am responding to requests. And one of the archetypes I am getting requests for, which surprises me, is the monster. So I looked at this and thought, the monster archetype, alright, I’ll go there.

The first thing I want to say about the monster archetype is that it goes back forever. Societies have had monsters because so much of the monster’s evolution comes from mythic times and trying to understand power and the order of nature. And when something falls out of the order of nature, it’s assigned power that human beings don’t usually have. So, monsters represent a whole spectrum of power that the ordinary mortal doesn’t have or doesn’t want.

There’s a part of us that finds the monster archetype incredibly intriguing because becoming conscious is so rigorous. You become more aware that every choice and every word packs a punch. The monster archetype offers liberation from the constant effort that being a conscious, good person requires. So you say, I don’t want to live that high. And a monster doesn’t have to. What a monster gets to do is disregard every rule that makes us human.

But, our goodness always wants to believe we can defeat that.

Okay, this was something. Thank you all.

Love,
Caroline