Category: archetypal wings

Your archetypal wings are fit-for-purpose archetypes you can recruit for any task at hand.

Before Sacred Self Realisation: Imposter Syndrome

Right up until the moment you recognise your Self, which is sacred, imposter syndrome will be a thing. 

Before Sacred Self realisation: imposter syndrome. After Sacred Self realisation? Not a problem. 

Gail Goodwin 2025

You feel like an imposter because it really is all just a big act. It’s an act because it’s not you in your real, authentic and true Self. It’s one of your archetypes. Archetypes are roles we play, so it’s not you, in your Sacred Self, it’s your Phantom Self archetype hitching a joy ride off the back of your Saboteur archetype.

Your Phantom Self archetype drives imposter syndrome.
Left unsupervised, your Phantom Self archetype will take advantage of your unconscious attachment to imposter syndrome.

It’s your Phantom Self archetype directing your life using your personal archetypes, some of which are broken or distorted, and currently ignored, neglected or unacknowledged by your Sacred Self.

Your Phantom Self is the imposter. It pretends to be your Sacred Self.

Your Sacred Self is unadulterated, undamaged and can’t be harmed. Your Sacred Self is at the core of your soul space around which your personal archetypes are grouped. Some archetypes have been transformed into your divine attendant spirits, meanwhile others are your little demons. They are your false selves, waiting for you to transform them by recognising their highest potential, and integrating their lessons and therefore, their wisdom into your Sacred Self.

Body Soul Spirit Archetypes Work when you're in one of these Sacred Self energy states.
Sacred Self Energy States

You, in the energy of your Sacred Self, are not your archetypes, and that includes your Phantom Self archetype. Archetypes are roles you play that contribute to your character. (And your character shapes the roles you play.) You have archetypes. Thirty-six of them. Four primary archetypes we all have in common, plus eight secondary archetypes make twelve. Each archetype has a pair of wings, so there are 36 archetypes in total. Your 12 personal archetypes are with you for life. Your 24 wings are your fit-for-purpose archetypes. They will change over time as you do.

When you enter the sanctuary of your soul and step into energy of your Sacred Self and learn to function from there, then imposter syndrome reveals itself for what it truly is. An illusion.