- [[{1.4a3} archetypes are a way of organizing a set of things you might experience]] - mother embodies the collective unconscious ([[{1.5} jung's model of the psyche]]) and is connected to the [[{1.4a3b} eros and logos|eros]] principle. - she is connected to life force, creativity, possibility, renewal, and rebirth. - father is connected to the [[{1.4a3b} eros and logos|logos]] principle and “opposes the instinctual tendency of the unconscious” (pg. 33) – that is, he is more interested in developing a relationship with the external world. - he is connected to authority, responsibility, tradition, preservation, commandments, and prohibitions. - these are *archetypes*, meaning they are not actual our parents, but representations we have or make of them.