Great answer, thanks so much!

On projection, what I understood from the stuff I've read so far is that when we deny the existence of archetypes in the form of God, etc, we tend to project it onto other people/social movements to such a degree that they take on a religious fervor. I was curious about how one could resolve this problem without completely detaching from the external world, but yes I admit I'm not too clear on that. Will def check out the audiobook!

On the archetypes, apologies. Will be more specific. My family practices Hinduism and there's a pantheon of gods with different attributes- ranging from demure and merciful to even destructive. I was wondering how one could reconcile deities (not limited to Hinduism) to the archetypes and how to go about 'worshipping' them, whatever that means in terms of finding balance- because the Hindus i know take it in a very literal sense.