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== Jungian psychology ==
{{further|Wise Old Man and Wise Old Woman}}
In [[Carl Jung|Jung]]ian [[analytical psychology]], '''senex''' is the specific term used in association with this archetype.<ref>{{cite book |title=Terrapsychology: Reengaging the Soul of Place |last=Chalquist |first=Craig |year=2007 |publisher=Spring Journal Books |isbn=978-1-882670-65-9}}</ref> In ancient Rome, the title of Senex ([[Latin]] for ''old man'') was only awarded to elderly men with families who had good standing in their village; the title [[senator]] derives from this. Examples of the senex [[archetype]] in a positive form include the wise old man or [[Magician (fantasy)|wizard]].

In Jungian [[individuation]] process, the archetype of the wise old man was late to emerge, and seen as an indication of the [[Self (Jung)|Self]]: "If an individual has wrestled seriously enough and long enough with the [[anima and animus|anima]] (or animus) problem...the unconscious again changes its dominant character and appears in a new symbolic form...as a masculine initiator and guardian (an Indian ''guru''), a wise old man, a spirit of nature, and so forth'.<ref>{{cite book |first=Marie-Luise von |last=Franz |chapter=The Process of Individuation |editor-first=C. G. |editor-last=Jung |editor-link=Carl Gustav Jung |title=Man and his Symbols |location=London |publisher=Picador |year=1978 |pages=207–208 |isbn=0-330-25321-2}}</ref>

The antithetical archetype, or [[enantiodromia|enantiodromic opposite]], of the senex is the [[Puer Aeternus]].