Rebel, Mother, Mystic: Sinéad O’Connor - the Complete Christ Archetype

#repost @ “I came away from watching the new documentary about Sinéad O’Connor last night thinking about how she, more than any other artist of her generation, embodied the Christ archetype. According to Jung, Christ is the archetype of the human capacity for wholeness. However, in the Christian tradition it is split from the dark side of humanity, manifesting in Christ’s adversary Lucifer, who is associated with primal desires and instincts, the body and matter. When the Christ archetype manifests through Sinéad, a woman and mother, it comes into true wholeness. She expresses not only the spiritual side of the archetype but also the “dark side” — through her sensuality, sexuality, gender play, dancing and primal scream. Robert Moore’s model of the King, Warrior, Magician, Lover offers us insight into the parts that make up the whole Self. In all cultures throughout time, the quaternio has been a symbol of wholeness. One need only think of the fou