Archetypes: THE DETECTIVE

We often think of archetypes as careers at first, but they are actually bigger in that they are ways ofviewing and ways of being in the world. There aremore armchair detectives thanprofessional detectives. Any one of us can act like a detective and be under the influence of this way of thinking. Many people were born with the detective archetype and never literally become a detective, but they can’t help but investigate the people and situations in their lives.

Light Side of the Detective

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