The analysis and symbolization of Jibran Khalil Jibran's The Prophet according to the archetypes discussed in Jung's psychology

The Prophet, written by Jibran Khalil Jibran, is a thin book but full of mystical, religious, ethical, and philosophical concepts. Although this book seems at the first sight a simple and easy-to-handle one, it has very rich and archetypal motifs. The Prophet tells the story of one of the archetypes of our unconscious. The recluse Prophet, as a kind sage of our inner world, is waiting for the conscious “I” so that by help of “Anima” it can assist the “I” in going through the path of perfection and show it the green path to individuation and psychical (psychological) integrity. This work represents the stages which the people of Urphaliz pass through by help of the prophet and Anima’s intermediacy called “Mitra” and hence are united with themselves. What constitutes the motif of this work is an inner travel; a mystical inquiry which has set the ground for the presence and function of many archetypes and symbols concerning this inner procedure. “I”, “ego”, “shadow”, “The sage”, “Anima”, and the symbolical image of “Mandela” are of the most outstanding symbols and archetypes existing in this seminal work by Jibran Khalil Jibran.