(...) In the opposite pole, that is to say Archetype the Father who represents the spirit, we find the mythological associations include: the air moves, the wind, the breath of ghosts, which excites the madness, the apparitions of departed spirits, is thought to pneuma to psyche, to the elves, spirits, devils, demons, angels, helping the elderly. On a personal level, this archetype is associated with the father figure, the old professor, the authority of the priest. The spirit is the element of the psyche that force which gives wings, which moves, revives, stimulates, excites, lights, inspires and energizes. It excites the enthusiasm and inspiration. This is why Jung has defined the spirit as a principle of spontaneous movement and activity that has the inherent quality of producing images free and beyond sensory perception, and ability to manipulate them independently and sovereign.
Marie-Louise von Franz
Matter and psyche
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