Archetypes, Archons and Egregores This includes a very useful list of definitions of archetypes – with references, for example:
“Archetypes resemble the beds of rivers: dried up because the water has deserted them, though it may return at any time. An archetype is something like an old watercourse along which the water of life flowed for a time, digging a deep channel for itself. The longer it flowed the deeper the channel, and the more likely it is that sooner or later the water will return.” Carl G. Jung, from Psychological Reflections