Video Title: Becca Tarnas | Journey To The Imaginal Realm: Archetypes In The Lord Of The Rings. Source: InnerVerse Podcast. Date Published: March 4, 2020. Description:
Becca Tarnas is the author of Journey To The Imaginal Realm: A Reader's Guide To J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. As a PHD scholar of philosophy and religion, Becca guides us through the deep symbolic archive and wisdom of Tolkien's great works. In this episode we explore the source of human imagination, the Atlantis mystery in Middle-Earth, the parallels between Carl Jung and Tolkien, and the mechanism by which great stories are able to immerse us in an enchanted other-world.
In the Plus+ Extension, we look at Tolkien's use of Venusian symbolism, the archetype of the syzygy (union of sun and moon), Tolkien's critique of industrialization, the enigmatic character of Tom Bombadil, and much more.
