Archetypal mind

The deep structural mind peculiar to a given Logos — a set of twenty-two archetypes that forms the underlying architecture of mind, body, and spirit experience in this density.

What Ra means

The archetypal mind is not the cosmic all-mind that underlies everything, but something more local: the particular refinements made by this Logos to that cosmic mind, containing all facets that may affect mind or experience in this planetary sphere (74.4). Because it was shaped by a particular Logos, no two Logoi share identical archetypes — one can infer that closer Logoi have more similar archetypes, just as neighboring stars seem closer in the sky than distant ones do (76.10). The archetypes are twenty-two in number, organized in three groups of seven covering mind, body, and spirit, plus the Significator. Each is what Ra calls a ding an sich — a thing in itself — not primarily a function or symbol but a genuine and complex entity in its own right (88.17).

The purpose of this architecture is to deepen the Creator's self-knowledge. Each Logos designs its archetypical mind to create a more eloquent expression of the Creator-experiencing-the-Creator: facets vivid, upright, and shining like the fanned tail of a peacock (90.16). But Ra is deliberate in setting a limit on this resource. The archetypical mind does not resolve paradox or bring all into unity — that is not the property of any third-density resource. Its proper use is to develop faith and will, not to replace the central consideration of unity (97.9).

Ra describes the archetypical mind as one root of the deep mind, not the only one; the racial or planetary mind also informs each entity to some degree (90.14). Together these roots feed the conscious mind from below. The archetypes do not link directly to body or spirit — they must be drawn upward through the layers of the subconscious to the conscious mind, where they may then be directed (88.17). The adept's work is to study and eventually embody each archetype at will, moving beyond written systems to unique personal correspondences (74.4).

In Ra's words

The definition — peculiar to this Logos, distinct from the cosmic all-mind:

The archetypical mind may be defined as that mind which is peculiar to the Logos of this planetary sphere. Thusly, unlike the great cosmic all-mind, it contains the material which it pleased the Logos to offer as refinements to the great cosmic beingness. The archetypical mind, then, is that which contains all facets which may affect mind or experience.

74.4.7-9

Why Logoi design archetypical minds — eloquence, vivid facets, the fanned peacock's tail:

Each Logos desires to create a more eloquent expression of experience of the Creator by the Creator. The archetypical mind is intended to heighten this ability to express the Creator in patterns more like the fanned peacock’s tail: each facet of the Creator vivid, upright, and shining with articulated beauty.

90.16.2-3

Each archetype as a thing in itself; the archetypes as informing, not directly linked to body or spirit:

The archetypical mind is a great and fundamental portion of the mind complex, one of its most basic elements and one of the richest sources of information for the seeker of the One Infinite Creator. To attempt to condense the archetypes is to make an erroneous attempt. Each archetype is a significant ding an sich, or thing in itself, with its own complex of concepts.

While it is informative to survey the relationships of one archetype to another, it can be said that this line of inquiry is secondary to the discovery of the purest gestalt or vision or melody which each archetype signifies to both the intellectual and intuitive mind.

The Significators of Mind, Body, and Spirit complexes are complex in and of themselves; and the archetypes of Catalyst, Experience, Transformation, and the Great Way are most fruitfully viewed as independent complexes which have their own melodies with which they may inform the mind of its nature.

We ask that you consider that the archetypical mind informs those thoughts which then may have bearing upon the mind, the body, or the spirit. The archetypes do not have a direct linkage to body or spirit. All must be drawn up through the higher levels of the subconscious mind to the conscious mind, and thence they may flee whither they have been bidden to go.

88.17.4-11

The archetypical mind as a resource for faith and will — not a resolver of paradox:

We have been, with the questioner’s aid, investigating the concept complexes of the great architecture of the archetypical mind. To more clearly grasp the nature, the process, and the purpose of archetypes, Ra provided a series of concept complexes.

In no way whatsoever should we, as humble messengers of the One Infinite Creator, wish to place before the consideration of any mind/body/spirit complex, which seeks its evolution, the palest tint of the idea that these images are anything but a resource for working in the area of the development of the faith and the will.

To put this into perspective we must gaze, then, at the stunning mystery of the One Infinite Creator. The archetypical mind does not resolve any paradox or bring all into unity. This is not the property of any resource which is of the third density.

Therefore, may we ask the student to look up from inward working and behold the glory, the might, the majesty, the mystery, and the peace of oneness. Let no consideration of bird or beast, darkness or light, shape or shadow keep any which seeks from the central consideration of unity.

We are not messengers of the complex. We bring the message of unity. In this perspective only may we affirm the value to the seeker of adepthood of the grasping, articulating, and use of this resource of the deep mind exemplified by the concept complexes of the archetypes.

97.9.6-16

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