Similarly, men in the second half of their lives will have to work through one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, or eight of the "shadow" forms of the masculine archetypes of maturity in their psyches.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, where do we stand now? If we consider the entire world today, are their more Jesuit priests worldwide than there are Jungian psychotherapists worldwide? Or are there more Jungian psychotherapists than there are Jesuits? The Jesuits are supposed to serve practicing Catholics. This leaves all the rest of the people in the world who are not practicing Catholics for the Jungian psychotherapists to serve.
Certainly no Jungian psychotherapist in the world today has received as much media attention as Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, has. In the estimate of many people today, he is a charismatic figure, as St. Ignatius Loyola had been in his day, but on a smaller scale -- and as C. G. Jung was in his day, on a smaller scale.
No doubt there is room for additional charismatic men in the world today. No doubt every Jesuit worldwide hopes to undergo the inner ordeals and initiations to emerge as charismatic men. No doubt every Jungian psychotherapist worldwide has a similar hope and inspiration. However, it has famously been said that many are called but few chosen.
In WOMAN'S MYSTERIES, M. Esther Harding has mapped out for men today the quest and inner ordeals of initiation that men must undergo if they would like to emerge as charismatic men.
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