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In part 3 of the series given by J. Pittman McGehee, D.D. in April of 2004, Pittman is describing the nature of the Jungian concept of complexes, (where we have coalesced energy around a particular archetype), how they are formed and what we can do to in the second half of life to integrate our complexes so that they can serve us instead of us serving them. As Jung said, “We don’t have complexes, they have us.” He elaborates clear descriptions of the two primary archetypes we all have, the Mother and Father complexes. Other complexes clearly give us what he called a body bell. We get a visceral response to something said or done in the environment that causes us a reenactment of our complexes. This gives us an opportunity to become aware of what is driving us in order to integrate them into consciousness. We don’t get rid of them, we integrate them.