The Slave Archetype

The Slave Archetype

The slave archetype is almost always seen in the shadow. We understand what it means to be utterly under the control of someone else. This control can be so absolute that a person in the clutches of the shadow slave loses her identity altogether. She has no concept of free will.

The slave in the shadow can appear soulless, to have lost all sense of value. A commodity to be passed around and used up, this person is either at or beyond the brink of despair.

Somehow, the slav...