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Mar 25, 2023Liked by Deri

This makes for very interesting reading, but I wanted to comment on the comparison of the female archetypes. For me, these are not equivalents and are not useful to women in the way you describe. The male archetypes are energies, enduring and interchangeable, and available to you at all times. The female ones describe life stages, and roles women are playing in society. The introduction of Keeper is just another role - what do childless women do and offer?

Being a mother requires a full spectrum of energies, from the most tender to the very fierce. You cannot therefore call on your 'mother energy'. The same is true for the others.

I think the female equivalent of Warrior would perhaps be Lioness!

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