1. C.S. Lewis and Jungian ArchetypesC.S. Lewis and Jungian Archetypes

2. ArchetypesArchetypes
 ImagesImages ((Stock ResponsesStock Responses))
 ColorsColors
 ShapesShapes
 Proportions / RatiosProportions / Ratios
 SymbolsSymbols ((Stock ResponsesStock Responses))
 Designs / PatternsDesigns / Patterns
 AnimalsAnimals
 SceneryScenery
 Character typesCharacter types ((MythicMythic))
 Plot / Story Patterns (Plot / Story Patterns (MythMyth))
. . . which evoke a. . . which evoke a
UniversalUniversal
InstinctualInstinctual
EmotionalEmotional
ReactionReaction
From the CollectiveFrom the Collective
UnconsciousUnconscious

4. ““Archetypes are theArchetypes are the
Numinous”Numinous”
““We cannot tell whetherWe cannot tell whether
God and theGod and the
unconscious are twounconscious are two
different entities”different entities”
Numinous OnlyNuminous Only

5. 1.1. Numinous ExperienceNuminous Experience
2.2. Recognition of MoralRecognition of Moral
LawLaw
(External to self)(External to self)
3.3. Numinous, GuardianNuminous, Guardian
of Moral Lawof Moral Law
4.4. Numinous BecomeNuminous Become
ManMan

8. Archetypes

9. ““If [Stock Responses] are my basic truths, then they areIf [Stock Responses] are my basic truths, then they are
basic truths the loss of which means imaginativebasic truths the loss of which means imaginative
death” (death” (Preface to Paradise LostPreface to Paradise Lost))
Stock themes: “love is sweet, death bitter,Stock themes: “love is sweet, death bitter,
virtue lovely, and children and gardens delightful”virtue lovely, and children and gardens delightful”
““Different kinds of danger strike different chords fromDifferent kinds of danger strike different chords from
the imagination”the imagination”

10. ““Different kinds of danger strikeDifferent kinds of danger strike
different chords from the imagination”different chords from the imagination”

11. (C.S. Lewis 1962, 16-17)
Tiger Fear
Ghost Dread,
Uncanny
Mighty Spirit
Awe,
Wonder,
Shrinking

14. Relationship of Fear, Dread, and Awe
Analysis requires separation and segmentation.
But reality operates like a spectrum.

15. Physical DangerPhysical Danger
The Body UnmadeThe Body Unmade
How would you dealHow would you deal
with this Fear?with this Fear?
Climb a TreeClimb a Tree

16. Danger of the PsycheDanger of the Psyche
The Mind UnmadeThe Mind Unmade
ThresholdThreshold
How would you deal with thisHow would you deal with this
Fear?Fear?
T.S. Elliot on Charles WilliamsT.S. Elliot on Charles Williams

17. Danger of The SoulDanger of The Soul
The Being UnmadeThe Being Unmade
Inability to Cope, to Understand, to Exist inInability to Cope, to Understand, to Exist in
the Presence ofthe Presence of
How would you deal with this Fear?How would you deal with this Fear?

18. BehemothLeviathan

19. Introduction to All
Hallows Eve
C.S. Lewis, “Weight of
Glory”
We are Numinous Beings

20. Archetypes are more than
merely symbols and
motifs in literature. As
human universals, they
can be acted out or lived
in.

21. Werewolf Vampire

22. Werewolf
Vampire
Dark Lord
Physical
Psyche
Soul

23. Decay: A pattern of Destruction
Not a regression
Decay is a mutation into something
wholly different
It is an expanding of potential
Degrees of Decay:
Dog
Tiger
Ghost
Human
Demon
Archangel

24. Pattern:
Older (Male) Preying
(sexually) on Younger
(Female)
The Experienced
Afflicting The Innocent
(rather than instructing)
Images:
Prowling, Pursuing
Festering Appetite
Devouring

25. “Gaffer (Old Man) Wolf” By Charles Perrault

28. Pattern:
Older (Male) Preying
(sexually) on Younger
(Female)
The Reverse Pattern:
Naïve fascination with
the dangerous or
forbidden
Or the Tragic Coming of
Age Story

29. Are there Numinous beings beyond humans?
Individual against Society: Numinous being against
System / or does Society function as a Numinous
being?
Decay & Decadence vs. Benevolence, the use of Power
Light and Dark: Is the Numinous connected to the
Moral?

32. Newtown shooting
Batman shooting
HS shootings
Whistling

33. UniversalUniversal
““Instinctual”Instinctual”
Lewis unsure of theLewis unsure of the
theory of Collectivetheory of Collective
UnconsciousUnconscious
““Not Universal”Not Universal”
But, Stock ResponsesBut, Stock Responses
parallel the Moral Lawparallel the Moral Law
Myth is God speakingMyth is God speaking
through Poetsthrough Poets
Should they beShould they be
universal?universal?
Lewis’s “Myth” & “StockLewis’s “Myth” & “Stock
Responses”Responses”

34. C.G. Jung, Man and His
Symbols
C.G. Jung, Essential Jung
C.S. Lewis, The Problem
of Pain
C.S. Lewis, The Abolition
of Man
C.S. Lewis, An
Experiment in Criticism
C.S. Lewis, “On Stories”
C.S. Lewis, “Psycho-
Analysis and Literary
Criticism”