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Yasha Jampolsky is a nationally recognized advisor, author and teacher of the Asian Art of Four Pillars. He has appeared on national Radio and Television and has been a contributing writer for local and national publications. His research and innovations have made Four Pillars more accessible to students and clients alike.

I started this site out of a desire to share valuable information about Four Pillars. More widely known and used in Asia, this method of divination is relatively new in the West. Although it is beginning to gain popularity, very few Westerners have achieved the higher levels of expertise necessary to make full use of Four Pillars. Even fewer have recognized its full potential as a tool for growth, self awareness and healing. One of my goals is to educate anyone interested in learning more.

When I first studied Four Pillars, I recognized similarities it shared with the Archetypal Psychology of Carl Jung; an earlier area of research and study for me.

One of the ways that our brain learns and gains deeper understanding is through the recognition of patterns and symbols. An archetype is a grouping of patterns that is represented symbolically or metaphorically.

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From Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
ar·che·type
noun \'är-ki-?tip\
1 the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype; also : a perfect example
2 an inherited idea or mode of thought in the psychology of C. G. Jung that is derived from the experience of the race and is present in the unconscious of the individual

From encyclopedia Britannica:
archetype, (from Greek archetypos, “original pattern”), in literary criticism, a primordial image, character, or pattern of circumstances that recurs throughout literature and thought consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation.

The term was adopted and popularized by literary critics from the writings of the psychologist Carl Jung, who formulated a theory of a “collective unconscious.” For Jung, the varieties of human experience have somehow been genetically coded and transferred to successive generations. These primordial image patterns and situations evoke startlingly similar feelings in both reader and author.

From Wikepedia:
An archetype ( /'?rk?ta?p/) is a universally understood symbol or term[1] or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated. Archetypes are often used in myths and storytelling across different cultures.
In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior.
In philosophy, archetypes have, since Plato, referred to ideal forms of the perceived or sensible objects or types.
In the analysis of personality, the term archetype is often broadly used to refer to:
A stereotype— a personality type observed multiple times, especially an oversimplification of such a type.
An epitome— a personality type exemplified, especially the "greatest" such example.
A literary term to express details.

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Once an archetype has been established and recognized and the brain has made the necessary associations, the brain is able to more effectively and efficiently analyze, identify and define. More often archetypes can be linked to cultural, tribal and familial experience. Because they can operate at subconscious or super conscious states of awareness they can accelerate and deepen our ability to understand people and situations.

Archetypes when used appropriately create frameworks that support our intuitive processes.

Four Pillars also has the advantage of integrating three profound aspects of Asian metaphysics: Yin/Yang, the Five Elements, and the Twelve Energies

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