Joy for me usually comes when I get out of my own way and just be with what is.. before trying to make it something different.. being in nature helps with this a lot, especially mountain walks and the perspective shift that comes from being in a more expansive space...

@Nic Johnston what I mean is when I let go of overthinking, over planning and trying to get everything just right and instead just relax into a more present state and 'be'.. centred, settled and in touch with a more intuitive awareness... does that make sense?

Hello, I'm from Wales. My masculine energy test results: King - balanced Warrior - over functioning Magician - balanced Lover - over functioning That does feel right to me when I take stock.. useful to see where the work is needed most.. Gareth

@Emmanuel Oladunjoye I saw my warrior energy becoming more over functioning second time round, but I can see why that would be the case, everything else stayed more or less the same..

Loving the reality check.. it's the pep talk equivalent of an ice bath in winter!

@Nic Johnston I like that distinction between creating and destroying.. I'm going to use that as a guiding question when working with my warrior energy..

Not necessarily exploring the male archetypes exclusively but have you come across the work of Laurence Hillman, son of James Hillman who was a pioneer in the field of archetypal psychology.. he's published a book with Richard Olivier, son of Laurence Olivier called 'Archetypes at Work' and Richard also does something called Olivier Mythodrama that draws on archetypes? I've also read Rod Boothroyd's work 'Warrior, Magician, Lover, King' and know that the psychotherapist Stephen Gilligan in his book 'The Courage to Love' has a chapter or two on working with Moore's 4 archetypes...

I really like this as a great visual summary of the archetypes and their shadow aspects, thanks..