FEATURES
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diminish the primary loving bond
with the partner. In some ways the
Fortunately things get better. The person who has
two different types of love fuel
been an Innocent - who has faced deception and has
each other. An everyday example
decided to ask for more in life than the Orphanʼs
might be the loving couple
compromise - becomes a Pilgrim, a seeker after real
who are bringing up a family,
love. Itʼs a bold step. Itʼs also risky, as everyone
running or leading a community
else will be putting pressure on the Pilgrim to ʻsettle
organization, and yet allowing
downʼ. They may set the Pilgrim up with a date
their children to be their own,
autonomous, selves. This couple
will be working for the good of all,
perhaps for the good of the planet
and perhaps confronting social
evils, because they recognize that
these are more important things
than whether or not they have the
latest consumer toys in their lives.
At the highest level love appears in the Magician
archetype. We all can reach this, at least on occasions,
when we are fully present and honest and loving with
others. When that happens we can change lives just by
being with people, sometimes people we hardly know,
and then be disappointed that their idea of who the
and accepting them for who they are. Itʼs the most
Pilgrim ʻoughtʼ to be with doesnʼt match the Pilgrimʼs
elusive of archetypes – because the change happens in
own view. The Pilgrim will step back from love, at
the other person as we allow them the space to alter
least for a while, and will choose more cautiously
their own energy. And that, after all, is the nature of
– but first she has to decide what she needs.
someone who inspires others.
If the Pilgrim stays on the search she will find herself
Being able to see the six levels gives us a language, a
looking for inner values, both personal and ethical,
sphere of reference, from which to reflect on our own
in herself and her partner. This is when the Warrior-
actions and decisions. It gives us a chance to know
Lover archetype emerges, and this is the person
ourselves more fully both in and out of the bedroom.
who doesnʼt just love the sex or the status or the
Which of us hasnʼt, at some point, taken the ʻsafeʼ bet
fact that everyone else likes the lover. This person
and poured our emotions into a relationship that just
loves the other because she knows that together they
isnʼt very satisfying? Thatʼs when weʼve fallen into
can be good for each other – and good within their
living the Orphan archetype. And who hasnʼt found
community.
themselves drawn to the public figure who is fighting for
This is a pretty strong place to be. But there is more. a great and good cause, and yearned to have that same
For as the Warrior-Lover pair learns to nourish each sense of direction in our own life? That would be when
otherʼs needs and abilities they find that they are weʼre Pilgrims looking for a Warrior-Lover relationship.
leading others through the power of their example.
We can have the relationship we truly desire if we ask
Their love does not just stay within the pair or the
for it, yet we have to know exactly what to ask for or
family circle – it begins to be noticed by others, who
weʼll certainly get the wrong thing. This book will help
may see that there is more to life than they thought.
you to find your way to meaningful love in your life, love
This marks the emergence of the Monarch archetype.
that will grow as you grow.
This is the person who trusts, whose love becomes
empowering for others – and certainly this doesnʼt
Dr. Allan G. Hunterʼs new book The Six Archetypes of Love;
from Innocent to Magician is available from Findhorn Press.
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