The Healer archetype manifests as a passion to serve others in the form of repairing the body, mind, and spirit. It expresses itself through channels other than those classically associated with the healing of illnesses, and so you need to look beyond the obvious definition of what you “do.” You can be strongly guided by this archetype in any occupation or role in life. Some people, by their very nature and personality, are able to inspire others to release their painful histories or make changes in their lives that redirect the course of their future. Essential characteristics include an inherent strength and the ability to assist people in transforming their pain into a healing process, as well as having the “wiring” required to channel the energy needed to generate physical or emotional changes.
The Healer archetype has become a phenomenon in our culture, as we are discovering that we, as a species, are essentially healing creatures. Healers can channel Divine grace for those experiencing an illness who are unable to channel it for themselves. Someone with the Healer archetype is called to channel the grace that can melt illness faster by moving it through the body. Healing occurs when touching another person in love or compassion. Every time you engage a kind thought in a non-judgmental way with another person, there is an exchange of grace that produces some act of healing. How do you know you have the Healer archetype? The answer to that question requires an investigation of the Healer’s companion – the Wounded Healer. Archetypally speaking, the wound is essential to the Healer so that the Healer can feel what the other person is feeling. The Healer is someone who has also been broken, so that they could be open to treating the people who come to them with the soul instead of just with the mind. The ability to heal stems from the need to heal oneself and to develop the qualities of compassion and forgiveness.
The Wounded Healer is initiated into the art of healing through some form of personal hardship—anything from an actual physical injury or illness to the loss of all one’s earthly possessions. Regardless of the shape of the wound, the challenge inherent in this initiation process is that one is unable to turn to others for help beyond a certain degree of support. Only the initiate can ultimately heal the wound; if it is an illness or accident, it will frequently be one for which there is no conventional cure. The Wounded Healer archetype emerges in your psyche with the demand that you push yourself to a level of inner effort that becomes more a process of transformation than an attempt to heal an illness. If you have successfully completed the initiation, you inevitably experience an exceptional healing, and a path of service seems to be divinely provided shortly after the initiation is complete. Your soul becomes
stronger than your body; you have got to get to the point where nothing can scare your soul. The shadow of both the Healer and Wounded Healer manifests through a desire to take advantage of those who need help, including claims that you can heal any and every illness a person has.
Film Reference: Ellen Burstyn in 'Resurrection'
The Healer archetype has become a phenomenon in our culture, as we are discovering that we, as a species, are essentially healing creatures. Healers can channel Divine grace for those experiencing an illness who are unable to channel it for themselves. Someone with the Healer archetype is called to channel the grace that can melt illness faster by moving it through the body. Healing occurs when touching another person in love or compassion. Every time you engage a kind thought in a non-judgmental way with another person, there is an exchange of grace that produces some act of healing. How do you know you have the Healer archetype? The answer to that question requires an investigation of the Healer’s companion – the Wounded Healer. Archetypally speaking, the wound is essential to the Healer so that the Healer can feel what the other person is feeling. The Healer is someone who has also been broken, so that they could be open to treating the people who come to them with the soul instead of just with the mind. The ability to heal stems from the need to heal oneself and to develop the qualities of compassion and forgiveness.
The Wounded Healer is initiated into the art of healing through some form of personal hardship—anything from an actual physical injury or illness to the loss of all one’s earthly possessions. Regardless of the shape of the wound, the challenge inherent in this initiation process is that one is unable to turn to others for help beyond a certain degree of support. Only the initiate can ultimately heal the wound; if it is an illness or accident, it will frequently be one for which there is no conventional cure. The Wounded Healer archetype emerges in your psyche with the demand that you push yourself to a level of inner effort that becomes more a process of transformation than an attempt to heal an illness. If you have successfully completed the initiation, you inevitably experience an exceptional healing, and a path of service seems to be divinely provided shortly after the initiation is complete. Your soul becomes
stronger than your body; you have got to get to the point where nothing can scare your soul. The shadow of both the Healer and Wounded Healer manifests through a desire to take advantage of those who need help, including claims that you can heal any and every illness a person has.
Film Reference: Ellen Burstyn in 'Resurrection'