1/28/2013

What is Your Archetype? - Quiz

In reading the book

Hero Within - Rev. & Expanded Ed.: Six Archetypes We Live By, by Carol Pearson
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Hero_Within_Rev_Expanded_Ed.html?id=dQAeXCHjU-4C&redir_esc=y

Via this link you can get a sense of the book:
http://archive.org/stream/herowithin002330mbp/herowithin002330mbp_djvu.txt

I started to wonder - what is my archetype? I can relate to several of the archetypes listed in the book's descriptions however I wanted to discover what my prominant archetype was; and so I looked for a "quiz" / "test" online...

This link will prompt you to OPEN or SAVE --> it's a Microsoft Word document:

http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CFAQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.babycathy07.multiply.multiplycontent.com%2Fattachment%2F0%2FRvZDLQoKCtcAAEkf-001%2Farchetypes%2520test-1.doc%3Fnmid%3D59045841&ei=AqQGUZXLGYzDyQG4y4HIBA&usg=AFQjCNFjqwRw9eB79jNpRs2nfAk17cOBrQ&sig2=Cq-wKzn8BJaCkZGWEzDQDg&bvm=bv.41524429,d.aWc&cad=rja

Below is a Copy/Paste from the above link:

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SELF-TEST (adapted from “Hero Within: 6 Archetypes We Live By” by Carol Pearson)


Discover the dominant archetypes in your life!

Score: 0-never; 1-seldom; 2-sometimes; 3-frequently; 4-always. Total your scores in each category and know which archetype is very active in your life.

1._____It is very 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._____I feel 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 feel 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 enjoying winning.

11.____Times have been rough, but I’ve learned to cope.

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

13.____I 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.

16.____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 and 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 really 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, hear 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 my world.

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

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

28.____Since I’ve changed, my world has changed radically. Years ago, I would not have imagined things would turn 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 disciplined, or hardworking, or have better values, or because of my sex, my racial or ethnic heritage, my class, my accomplishments, my belief.

30.____Tragedies (accidents/illnesses) often happen to me and to 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 the jackpot, all the problems will be solved.

33.____I feel good about myself and grateful for my life.

34.____I 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 rder to maintain freedom.


Innocent        Orphan         Wanderer          Warrior

#5___             #1___               #3___                 #4___

9___                 8___                6___                  10___

14___               13___             11___               15___

17___               20___              16___                18___

23___               30___               22___              25___

27___               32___               36___               29___

total___            total___              total___           total___


Martyr            Magician

#7___               #2___

19___                12___

21___                 24___

31___                 26___

34___                 28___

35___                 33___

total___              total___

6 Hero Archetypes


*The Innocent is not included on the chart because it is not heroic archetype. When we live in paradise, there is no need for goals, fears, tasks, works, etc. The innocent is both pre and post-heroic.


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And so after taking the above quiz, according to this author - my score was:

22 - Innocent
12 - Orphan
18 - Wanderer
18 - Warrior
14 - Martyr
23 - Magician

What were your scores and do you tend to agree with the Archetype outcomes associated to you?

The Invitation - by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Beautiful Poetry provided by Oriah Mountain Dreamer:

The Invitation  

It doesn’t interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart’s longing.

It doesn’t interest me
how old you are.
I want to know
if you will risk
looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn’t interest me
what planets are
squaring your moon...
I want to know
if you have touched
the centre of your own sorrow
if you have been opened
by life’s betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know
if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know
if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you
to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us
to be careful
to be realistic
to remember the limitations
of being human.

It doesn’t interest me
if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear
the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know
if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
“Yes.”

It doesn’t interest me
to know where you live
or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn’t interest me
who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the centre of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn’t interest me
where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know
what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know
if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like
the company you keep
in the empty moments.


By Oriah © Mountain Dreaming,
from the book The Invitation
published by HarperONE, San Francisco,
1999 All rights reserved

http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/index.php

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