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Symbolic Lenses

Daniela Bellows Dom Melillo Mike Conwell Kim Parrish. Symbolic Lenses. Archetypal Mythological Freudian/Jungian. The Theory of the Collective Unconscious Ego The conscious mind Personal Unconscious Not presently conscious Collective Unconscious Archetypes

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Symbolic Lenses

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  1. Daniela Bellows Dom Melillo Mike Conwell Kim Parrish Symbolic Lenses Archetypal Mythological Freudian/Jungian

  2. The Theory of the Collective Unconscious Ego The conscious mind Personal Unconscious Not presently conscious Collective Unconscious Archetypes An unlearned tendency to experience things in a certain way Jung’s Symbolic Approach

  3. Symbolic approach

  4. Semantics - Study of meaning -interpretation of signs within literature. Students of semantics link the study to Philosophy and communication

  5. Mythology • Approach of questioning human reaction • Gives guidelines of how to react in certain situations • Why does this work have more meaning than others?

  6. Mythological Symbols • Seen as the ‘eye’ in many myths • Good whereas the moon is evil • Moon pulls the emotions • Divine Presence

  7. Aries the ram ruled by Mars • Taurus the bull ruled by Venus • Gemini the twins ruled by Mercury • Cancer the crab ruled by the Moon • Leo the Lion ruled by the Sun • Virgo the Virgin ruled by Mercury • Libra the Scales ruled by Venus • Scorpio the Scorpion ruled by Mars and Pluto • Sagittarius the Archer ruled by Jupiter • Capricorn the Goat ruled by Saturn • Aquarius the Water Carrier ruled by Saturn and Uranus • Pisces the fish ruled by Jupiter and Neptune

  8. Gods and Goddesses Supreme God The Great Goddess The Three Goddess The Lesser Gods/Goddesses

  9. The Cross • Creates a whole being • World symbol • Swastika • Equilateral Cross • Latin Cross • Cross of Lorraine

  10. Heaven and Hell • Sumeria • Egypt • Greece and Rome • Judaism • Christianity • Islam • Buddhism

  11. Archetypal in Literature Batman Harry Potter Shadow Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Oedipus Demeter = mother Hermes = trickster Yoda Confucius Elder Merlin

  12. Archetypal symbols Circle represents Self fully realized

  13. Wikispace • Mythological Approach in Harry Potter • Archetypal approach

  14. Sources • http://www.questia.com/library/literature/archetypes-in-literature.jsp • http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/jung.html • Signs & Symbols by Mark O’Connell and Raje Airey

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