Music, Image, and Archetype: Connecting with the Musical Myth of Our Time

Abstract

This treatise aims to highlight the connection between music and archetypal behavior, and ask what implications this connection holds when it comes to the modern human condition. With references to work including that of C. G. Jung, Nietzsche, Panksepp, modern studies of acoustics, the music of the author, alchemical concepts, and more, the following questions/topics are addressed: What are some demonstrable connections between music and archetypes, sound, and image, and how do these things relate to humankind’s proclivity toward story telling/mythology? Additionally, how could said topics relate to the necessary search for meaning in today’s crisis-filled world?