?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+three+gorillas%3A+an+archetype+orders+a+dynamic+system&rft.creator=McDowell%2C+Maxson+J.&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=The+personality+is+a+dynamic+system.+Like+all+other+dynamic+systems%2C+it+must+be+self-organized.+In+this+paper+I+focus+upon+the+archetype-as-such%2C+that+is%2C+upon+the+essential+core+around+which+both+an+archetypal+image+and+a+complex+are+organized.+I+argue+that+an+archetype-as-such+is+a+pre-existing+principle+of+organization.+Within+the+personality+that+principle+manifests+itself+as+a+psychological+vortex+(a+complex)+into+which+we+are+drawn.+The+vortex+is+impersonal.+We+mediate+it+through+myths+and+rituals+or+through+consciousness.+In+this+paper+I+show+that%0AJung%C2%92s+intuition+about+the+archetype-as-such+is+supported+by+recent+science.+I+evaluate+other+concepts+of+the%0Aarchetype.+My+concept+allows+each+archetype-as-such+to+be+defined+precisely+in+mathematical+terms.+It+also+addresses+our+spiritual+experience+of+an+archetype.The+human+genome+has+only+about+32%2C000+genes.+How+does+human+complexity+arise+from+so+few+genes%3F+Part+of+the+answer+must+lie+in+the+archetypes.+Because+of+its+familiarity+with+the+archetypes%2C+analytical+psychology+has+a+contribution+to+make+here.++Because+the+archetypes-as-such+are+fundamental+to+the+personality%2C+the+better+we+understand+them+the+better+we+understand+our+patients.+The+paper+is+grounded+with+clinical+examples.+&rft.publisher=Blackwell&rft.contributor=Cambray%2C+Joseph&rft.contributor=Knox%2C+Jean&rft.contributor=Goldreich%2C+Paul&rft.date=2001-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1836%2F1%2Fjap94web.html&rft.identifier=++McDowell%2C+Maxson+J.++(2001)+The+three+gorillas%3A+an+archetype+orders+a+dynamic+system.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1836%2F