In this episode, Jamie and Noah define archetypal inflation and describe both severe and mild forms of inflation, including being unconscious in the archetypes of messiah, saint, guru, hero/athlete, mother, and healer.
0:00 Introduction- quick review of Ego and Spiritualized Ego
2:15 What is archetypal inflation?
5:05 The grandiosity of archetypal inflation
9:19 Archetypal inflation as a cliche and scripted way of being in the world
10:03 Archetypal inflation and psychosis
18:00 Loss of groundedness
19:05 Subtler expressions of archetypal inflation
26:10 The archetypal inflation of the Puer
30:32 Other archetypes- goddess, hero, athlete, healer
32:19 Mob mentality, gangs, and cults
34:11 Where Jamie and Noah have confronted potential for inflation
37:12 Takeaways
Resources:
Spiritual Emergency by Stanislof Grof: https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Emergency-Personal-Transformation-Becomes/dp/B08WVGH56F
