Ladder Archetype
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Ladder Archetype
The Ladder Archetype is an archetype that answers the Big Question, "How do I heal and reconnect?" The answer is that you must climb a ladder out of darkness in order to heal and reconnection.
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Australian Aboriginal culture makes use of the ladder archetype to describe the spiritual journey towards connection. "The “ladder” that must be climbed reflects the various stages of spiritual development that a karadji must undergo on his spiritual journey"[1]
A.E. Waite's poem, A ladder of life, expresses this ladder archetype.
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- ↑ Cowan, James. “Wild Stones: Spiritual Discipline and Psychic Power Among Aboriginal Clever Men” 17, no. 1 & 2 (1985).