ABSTRACT
In Chapter 2, I showed how confusing the concept of the archetype becomes when we start to dissect the multiplicity of sources and meanings, which became woven together in Jung’s own researches, and those of his close collaborators. I also showed that there are irreconcilable tensions between the various models of the archetype which Jung tried to bring together into a coherent whole, particularly in relation to the crucial question of whether any aspects of archetypes can be considered to be innate, genetically inherited structures.
