Movies

Why do we love movies so much? Yes, they entertain and sometimes educate. But more than that, they resonate. Films reflect back to us our inner life: our wishes and suffering, our fantasies and disappointments, our hopes and fears. The movies that resonate best tap into psychological archetypes, described by psychiatrist Carl Jung: those unconscious symbols or motifs that recur throughout human history regardless of time or culture. The Star Wars films, for example, are classics in their use of mythological archetypes: good versus evil, the sage, the megalomaniac, the mother, the trickster, the jester and the hero’s journey.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 2. Buy on Lulu ↗