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Old 11-27-2002, 02:20 PM   #6
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Just to clarify some of the Jungian ideas - the mind was seperated into two parts (not just by Jung but many other pscyhologicts), and Jung defined the architypes of the unconsious, two of the main being the amina/animus (depending on whether you are male/female), and the shadow. There are others, but these are two of the main ones, especially when dealing with the understanding of the Self (the concious + unconsious).
Also, the anema and shadow both represent repressed ideas - the shadow the negative thoughts and instincts we have, and the anima/animus the represed female/male side our personalitys (which is why they are contained in the unconcious).
The phenomen of 'projection' is when the anima/animus is projected onto another person. The Shadow was considered by Jung easier to 'access' on one's own, but hte anima/animus was repressed much deeper. Because the anima/animus is the represssed opposite-gender thoughts of our minds, when it is projected onto another person, you may feel negitivly towards that person, as Jung put it "You couldn't stand to be in the same room with them for more than five minutes".
So more likley the overly powerful Shadow of Jack become Tyler, an extreme form of projection.

All of this is taken from Carl Jungs "Aion", including the quote, btw.

Good point about the lacyromology. I never thought of that. But thats exacly what it was, really.
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