Reply #32: I think you meant to ask me the question ...

[teknomanzer]

As I was the only one to really discuss archetypes.

Archetypes are acquired through evolution. They are part of what Jung called the collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is not some new age mystical super-conscious as some would like to believe. It is rather a collection of evolutionary knowledge -- it is all the stuff we are hardwired for. Jesus would be a good example of an archetype in the form of the dieing and resurrecting god. In this capacity he is the symbol for cycle of birth and death that we have a deep understanding of in our unconscious. And it is a really important and useful symbol as it helps some people to face mortality on a deep emotional/spiritual level.