Dreams and ritual about the Mother archetype

This project focuses on how the archetypal Mother construct, when made conscious, produces a compelling creative process individually and culturally. The project consists of two sections: (a) an explanation of the Hopi culture's kiva ritual as a manifestation of the archetypal Mother, compared to the individual's inner transformation through dreams that reveal symbols related to the archetypal Mother and (b) a series of the author's own paintings that represent the inner journey and creative process through symbols and forms related to the archetypal Mother. Jung's theory of self, symbols and archetypes is used throughout the analysis. The discussion integrates scholarship on myth and religion, such as Eliade's studies, as well as historical and archeological studies of Hopi culture. This goal of this investigation is to present parallels between the personal and cultural dimensions of transformation, using Jung's theory of symbols to explain the connections.