ARCHETYPAL ASSETS

It is also worth considering the role of folklore in rites of passage, where emotions are front and centre.

Just as the planets in astrology are seen to influence the course of human life, Jung also believed that the alchemical process mapped out the transformation of the psyche.

Rituals allowed individuals and communities to channel their emotions in ways that brought structure and meaning to the unpredictable nature of life.

Louis Dupré, in *Passage to Modernity*, discusses how emotions were often entwined with the divine or cosmic order, representing a connection between individuals and the universe.

For too long, we have been dominated by the myth of the perfectible self, which demands relentless self-improvement and external achievement at the cost of genuine inner connection.