Archetypus Maugli in the Child: When the Soul Speaks the Language of the Jungles Every parent has at least once looked at their child and thought: «Where does all this wild energy come from in him? Why does he look at the world so strangely? And why is it so hard for him to fit into ordinary school rules?» Sometimes it seems that this child is not from here, that he grew up among wolves and speaks the language of the wind, not human words. This image is not accidental. Jungian psychology calls it the archetypal Maugli — a universal image of the «wild child» that lives in each of us, but is particularly vivid in some children. Understanding this archetype helps parents not to break, but to guide the unique nature of their child. What is the archetypal Maugli in psychology In the psychology of Carl Jung, archetypes are innate, universal images that are stored in the collective unconscious. The archetypal Maugli is the image of a child raised by nature, not culture. It symbolizes a pure, unspoiled connection with instincts, with the earth, with wild freedom. Such a child does not submit to rules because they seem artificial to him. He lives by the laws he creates for himself, and these laws seem more just to him than any human establishment. This does not mean that a child with the archetypal Maugli is actually raised by wolves. This means that his internal structure tends towards nature, towards direct contact with the world, towards sensory knowledge, not abstract rules. He is like the Maugli of Kipling: he can talk to animals, understand nature, but he finds it hard to accept the laws of the human village. How to recognize the archetypal Maugli in a child Children with a strongly expressed archetypal Maugli have a number of characteristic traits. First, this is a deep connection with nature. Such a child can watch ants for hours, talk to flowers, feel the weather with his skin. He often prefers the company of animals to people and understands body language be ... Read more