Into the Wardrobe

Hi there, iam currently writng an essay on the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I have been asked to give it a Jungian interpretation! I just love the book, and was wandering if any fellow admirers more intelligent than me could help give me their insight. Thank you.

Jung also advanced the idea of the Shadow self -- all that is unconscious to one's...err...conscious self. :) And suggested that unless these unconsciously held beliefs or feelings become conscious (examined and brought out into the light of our understanding), they contribute to an unbalanced, unhealthy relationship with ourselves and others. They can even be seen mirrored in others, that is, the faults we see most glaringly in others may be things we unconsciously fault within ourselves.

And the Myers-Briggs Personality test is a Jungian concept of the personality. People tend to have a dominant aspect in each of three areas: how they relate to the world (extroverted or introverted), how they deal with information (by senses or intuition), and how they process and evaluate that information (by thinking or feeling/valuing).

Anything else helpful that I can remember? Uh...let's see... He also differed from Freud on the idea of religion. Jung thought religion was an expression of a person's inner desire to balance one's consciousness with the collective unconsciousness (those archetypes that a_hnau pointed out).

I think that's all of my accessible knowledge on the subject. The rest is buried in my unconscious self. Have fun!

--Dawn