Archetypal material related to sex, birth and family is among the most basic and direct. Even in this domain the refinement of archetypal material is far from straightforward as the immense problems we are having today in family structure confirm. Much of the difficulty is rooted in the contradictory and competitive nature of the archetypes. The problem is not just to refine archetype images individually to golden nuggets of practical value. Because of the immense time scale over which the archetypes developed they are inevitably concerned most fundamentally with the creative aspects of life.
Creativity is ultimately incompatible with any single path of development.