The Analysts/Mother-Boy Pattern
(Conscious Mother, Subconscious Boychild)
People who have a dominant conscious Mother archetype and subconscious
Boychild archetype are great problem solvers. They seek to find the
mystery of life by unfolding wisdom. They have technical understanding,
mathematical awareness and are analytical and precise. They often
become involved in scientific, analytical or structural endeavors
and want to share their findings. They like to teach and can bury
others with their facts and empirical logic. They tend to dominate
events by knowing more than anybody else about what is going on. They
can also be extremely good salesmen, because they can capture a person’s
interest through the sheer amount of information they have.
Mother-Boys are essential on any team, because they are effective
organizers, will loyally and tirelessly serve to the end and can accomplish
great things. They can be counted on to be shock absorbers in any
situation—to be moderators in a group, to reduce the potential
of a volatile and negative outcome and to keep it together in clutch
times. They become the mortar between the bricks and the buffer between
the jolts.
Mother-Boys thrive on situations where they can rule from both their
adult mind and their visceral Boychild gut instinct. When the going
gets tough, they can remain adult—poised, calm and collected—and
pull through. They have the endurance to carry a project to the end.
Even in a long business meeting when everyone is ready to pass out
from exhaustion, they keep plugging through the agenda like an Energizer
bunny, saying, “Now, item fourteen….”
They do not like being stuck in a back room and usually end up in
front-line positions where, ironically, they help others rise to power
but do not seek a supreme position of authority for themselves. Even
when they have the most competence, they still prefer to let somebody
else lead.
Since Mother-Boys have learned to handle their emotions in childhood,
they expect everybody else to do so. When they come across someone
with a dominant child archetype who seems out-of-control emotionally,
they think, “Here’s somebody who needs to be straightened
out,” and they relegate that person into the “need-to-be-corrected”
bin for an indefinite period of time.
Mother-Boys have the innate maturity to nurture healthy relationships
but must guard against their subconscious tendency to be "one
up" on others. They need to keep in mind that people sometimes
feel small around them, because they are extremely capable and have
so much self-confidence. After all, it is difficult to open up to
someone who does not seem to need you as much as you need them. It
would also benefit Mother-Boys to loosen up in social situations instead
of figuring out how to covertly control others.
When Mother-Boys behave in a self-effacing way, which is often the
case, and do not appear threatening, other people will embrace the
presence of the Loving Mother that emanates from them and welcome
them with open arms.
~Mother-Boys are scientific and analytical, and
they like to share their findings with others.
~They are great organizers and can be shock
absorbers in any situation.
~They are very adult and expect other people
to control their emotions.
~They depend on others to give them feedback
and can become vulnerable to others’ opinions.
~They love to teach.
Famous Mother-Boys
General George Washington
President Abraham Lincoln
Texas Congressman Ron Paul "audit the Fed"
Radio Talk Show Host Art Bell
Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy
Marie Curie, who discovered radiology
Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Actor Pat Morita
Each pattern is described
in greater detail in our book, The
Inner Family Archetypes: Building Loving Relationships Through Divine
Self-Awareness.
Read about the other patterns.
~The
Achievers (Conscious Boychild, subconscious Mother)
~The
Crusaders (Conscious Boychild, subconscious Girlchild)
~The
Stoics (Conscious Boychild, subconscious Father)
~The
Nurturers (Conscious Mother, subconscious Girlchild)
~The
Creators (Conscious Girlchild, subconscious Boychild)
~The
Inspirers (Conscious Girlchild, subconscious Mother)
~The
Overcomers (Conscious Girlchild, subconscious Father)
