Among the many archetypes, there is one archetype that is the most common and important in human psychology, and that is the mother archetype.

We can almost see the reappearance of this archetype in the sandplay games or dreams of all visitors, and its changes in form also bear witness to the growth process of the visitors in psychoanalysis.

Here I have chosen one of the images related to the mother archetype - food, to discuss the different stages of its appearance in the client's sandplay game on the client's spiritual growth.

We know that food is crucial to the continuation and development of every biological life since the beginning of species.

In the past period of time, I have discovered in numerous clinical cases that food imagery is usually expressed in two different forms in clients' sandplay games.

One is to express it in the original and natural form of food, such as rice, grass, plants, vegetables, fruits, potatoes, water, and even seeds, or many times it will be expressed in the form of an initial symbol of food.

Presented based on meaning, it often only emphasizes one of the initial functions of food - consumption.

The other is expressed by the deformed image of food that has changed its original form after processing, such as bread, cakes, biscuits, pasta, rice delicacies, juice, wine, etc. At this time, the food is no longer just for consumption.

function, it also includes many extended meanings.

These two expressions about food are linked to the evolution of humans and the historical evolution of food.

I call the first expression form of food above the basic form of food, and the second form the processed form of food.

First of all, let’s look at the history of the development of humans and food to see what symbolic significance the above two forms of food have on people’s psychological development.

We know that the history of human food and the history of human intellectual evolution complement each other.

Human ancestors relied on natural food for survival, and they first began to eat everything they could see and eat: berries, tree bark, fruits, and some small animals.

It can be seen that food appeared in a natural form for primitive humans. Most of their food came from leaves, fruit nuts, bark, stems and roots in the plant kingdom. At most, they only hunted them.

Just young animals and insects.

The method of use is also mainly raw food.

This habit of raw food can be seen in many tribes where primitive people live. For example, there are many backward peoples in Africa who still eat whatever they see without caring about anything. What they eat is

Raw, such as raw snake meat, raw bird meat, mice and grass roots?

At this time, food appears in this basic form mainly to meet human physiological needs, and food only means edible substances.

In this state, the human mind is still in the period of ignorance, and its psychological condition is in the initial primitive state. In this primitive state, human consciousness and self are still weak and undeveloped, and the mind is in chaos and unconsciousness.

In a dominant state, they do not perceive the world through the function of consciousness, but experience the world in a mythical way, with primitive images and symbols. Food at this stage only serves its function of consumption and provides the protection and continuation of life.

This psychological state of primitive humans and their relationship with food is very similar to the state of today's newborn babies.

For newborns, the most important symbolic meaning of this basic form of food is feeding or nutrition, which is very important for the continuation of each individual's initial life, especially for newborns, who are as dependent on food as

Dependence on mother is the same.

Food is symbolically equivalent to the breast, to the mother, and to the external container of the womb. In this sense, the symbolism of food also includes unconditional satisfaction and holding.

This is something that other animals do not have, because newborn animals are far more independent than newborn babies.

Therefore, the symbolism of this basic form of food is often associated with the undifferentiated stage of development of the individual in which the infant, mother and child are one.

At this stage, infants are still unable to distinguish between subject and object. They often equate the inside and outside. Their spiritual world is also in a state of chaotic unity, dominated by the unconscious, and perceive the world in the form of symbols.

According to my observation, I found that many times visitors will use the basic form of food to represent the problems reflected in the undifferentiated stage. Food only provides the function of eating in their sandbox games, without any understanding of the food.

Any form of processing and processing, and food is often presented with some sand tools that represent the natural and original form.

While not entirely true, the mood and emotional demands behind these images seem to be.

For example, there is a 7-year-old boy who comes to play sandbox games because he has felt insecure since childhood and is particularly dependent on his parents. He is prone to losing control of his emotions (losing his temper, making noises, or crying).

After he had established a more trusting relationship with the counselor during the fifth session of the sandbox game, he began to express his relationship with food in the sandbox.