Self-Test

Discover the Archetypes Dominant in Your Life

Indicate how frequently the following statements reflect your attitudes by scoring them from 0 to 4: Never = 0; Seldom = 1; Sometimes = 2; Frequently= 3; Always - 4. After taking the test, see columns below that categorize the statements into archetypes. Total your score in each category. Nine Of' more in each suggests that the archetype is active in your life; fifteen or more suggests it is very active.

1. __ It's important to be careful. Other people will cheat you when they can.

2. __ I find that when I change my attitudes my environment changes.

3. _ Most important to me right now are identity issues. I'm not sure who I am.

4. __ I push hard to prove myself and to succeed.

5. __ The world is good and I am safe and cared for.

6. [ feel very alone, but it gives me satisfaction to see that I can make it on my own.

7. __ The most important thing is loving.

8. __ I often fee] disappointed in or betrayed by other people.

9. __ All seeming" problems really are illusions. I can assert God's love/the perfection of the universe and once again see that all is well.

10. __ , I am very competitive and really enjoy winning.

II. __ ' Times have been rough, but I've learned to cope.

12. __ 1 find out about my own shadow self by what upsets me in others.

13. __ 1 use drugs/alcohol to get high and feel better. (Or: I use shopping, work, or frantic activity to divert myself from problems.)

14. __ I expect people I meet to be trustworthy.

15. __ When challenged, I stand up for myself and, if necessary, fight to defend myself.

]6. _ I'm in a new job/doing my job differently/undertaking a new course of study.

17. __ I expect to be loved and cared for.

18. .__ I struggle hard for the causes/ideas/values I believe in and against those that are wrong or harmful.

19. __ I frequently give people more than I get back.

20. _. _ What I really want is someone to take care of me. but there is no one who will/can real1y care for me.

21. __ When I am betrayed or unjustly treated, it reminds me to take pains to be fair to others.

22. _ I love to travel/study/experiment because I find I learn about myself and the world when I do.

23. __ I see no evil. bear no evil, speak no evil.

24. __ I feel most myself when I'm creating something new.

25. _ I want my life to make a difference, to make a mark on the world.

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26. _ When I stay calm and centered, others seem quieted too.

27. __ If others could just see the light, they could have as wonderful a life as I do.

28. _ Since I've changed, my world has changed radically. Years ago, I would not have imagined things would tum' out so well.

29. __ I think I'm justified in feeling superior to other people: I'm smarter, or better educated, or stronger, or more disci-. plined, or hardworking, or have better values, or because of my sex, my racial or ethnic heritage, my class, my accomplishments, my beliefs.

30. _ Tragedies (accidents, illnesses) often happen to me and those around me.

31. _ I work hard but do not expect to be rewarded or appreciated adequately for what I do.

32. _ If I could only win that jackpot, all my problems would be solved.

33. __ I feel good about myself and grateful for my life.

34. _ [ would like to be more appreciated by others.

35. -_ I'll do whatever life requires of me. I want to make whatever contribution I can.

36. __ I sometimes avoid or sabotage intimacy with others in or .. der to maintain my freedom.

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Innocent Orphan Wanderer Warrior
#5 #1 #3 #4
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14 13 11 15
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27 32 36 29
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Martyr Magician
#7 #2
19 12
21 24
31 26
34 28
35 33
Total Total To see the relative importance of each archetype in your life, chart your scores on the grid below.

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Summary of Approaches of Each Archetype"

Warrior

Magician

Orphan

Wanderer

Goal

Worst Fear

Response to Dragon

Spirituality

Intellect! Education

Relationships

Emotions

Pitysical Health

Work

Material World

Task! Achievement

Safety

Abandonment. exploitation

Denies it exists or waits for' rescue

Wants deity that will rescue and religious counselor for permission

Wants "authority to give answers

Wants caretakerts)

Out of control or numbed

Wants quick fix, immediate gratificasion

Wants an easy life, would rather not work

feels poor. wants to win lottery. inherit money

Overcoming denial, hope, innocence

Goodness. care. responsibility

Selfishness. callousness

A ppeases or sacrifices self to save others

Pleases God by suffering. suffers to help others

Learns or forgoes learning jo help others '

Takes care of others, sacrifices

Negative ones repressed so as not to hurt others

Deprives self. diets, suffers to be beautiful

Sees as narg· and unpleasant but necessary, works for others' sake

Believes it is IUQte blessed to give than to receive, more virtuous 10 be poor than rich

Ability to care, to give up and give away

independence. autonomy

Conformity

Flees

Searches for God alone

Explores new ideas in own way

Goes it alone. becomes own person

D¢ali with alone, stoic-

Distrusts experts, does it alone, alternative heal thcare , enjoys isolated sports "I'll do it myself," searches for vocation

Becomes self-made man or woman, may sacrifice mone-y for independence

Autonomy, identity, vocation

Strength. effectiveness Weakness. ineffectuality

Slays

Evangelizes, converts others _ spiritual. regimes. disclplines

Learns through cornpetition, achievement. motivation

Changes or molds others to please self, takes on pygmalion projects

Controlled, repressed to achieve or prevail

Adopts regimes, discipline, enjoys learn sports

Works hard for goal, expects reward

Works hard to succeed, makes system work for self, prefers to be rich

Asserti veness ,.confiderrce , courage, respect

Authenticity. wholeness, balance

Uncentered superficial ity, alienation

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Incorporales and affirms

Celebrates experience of God in everyone, respects different ways of experiencing the sacred

Allows curiosity, learns in group or alone because it is fun

Appreciates dinerence, Wal!IS peer relationships

Allowed and learned from in self and others

Allows heallh, treats body to exercise, good food

Works at true vocations, sees work as its own reward

Feels prosperous with a little or- a 101, has faith will always have necessities, does no! hoard

Joy, abundance, acceptance, faith

"The Innocent is not included on the chart because' it is not an heroic archetype. When we live in paradise. there is no need for goals. fears. tasks. work. etc. The Innocent is both pre- and post-heroic.

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