The Illuminated Mirror is a journey -- one that emulates a quest you can go on internally, as well as externally within a broader community.
Who are we?
The Illuminated Mirror is a Lifestyle App, Community, and Consulting Service that uses personalized astrology and archetypal symbolism as a tool to increase self-efficacy.
At The Illuminated Mirror, we seek to be the mirror capable of reflecting your core light to you.
our goals.
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discovery.
We want to help you work towards increasing feelings of self-efficacy as you are guided down a path of self-understanding.
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growth.
We want to implement a learning system of spiritual teachings and universal archetypes that is accessible and easy to understand in a way that can be functionally applied for daily self-growth.
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community.
We want to foster a community that allows you to explore your reflection through universal archetypes and through your connection to real-life members of a collective. The purpose of this collective is to cultivate impact through the lens of afrofuturism.
Terms to know
Archetype:
(In Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches (Dictionary.com).
The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype (Dictionary.com).
Self-efficacy:
Refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997).
Self-efficacy is a measure of one's confidence in their ability to have control over themselves.
our journey.
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You meet yourself through seeing your reflection in a system of archetypes.
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Now that you know who you are, you grow by challenging yourself to break specific habits.
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You always have access to a community who you can see your own journey reflected in theirs.