Are You Ready to Confront Your Shadow? | The Wizard of Earthsea and Jungian Archetypes - OldNew B...
As the OldNew Book Club, which has been meeting monthly since 2015, we are examining Ursula K. Le Guin's immortal work, A Wizard of Earthsea, with its psychological and philosophical depth. You are invited to this journey, ranging from Jung's shadow archetype to the balance of Taoism.
Some of the topics we discussed in the video:
📌 Timestamps (Wandering):
00:00 Introduction: The OldNew Book Club and the Ursula Le Guin Journey
02:15 An Academic Family and the Author of Solitude: Le Guin's Childhood
04:25 The Fulbright Scholarship, a Ship Voyage, and Changing Lives
06:45 Playboy Magazine and Le Guin: An Unknown Anecdote
09:34 [IMPORTANT] In Praise of Failure: One of the 100 Best Speeches of the 20th Century
12:10 Why Did the Anime Adaptation of Earthsea Fail? (Criticism of Miyazaki)
18:10 Map of Earthsea: Exploring the Subconscious Mind
23:45 The Magic of Names: Why is "Real Name" So Private?
30:40 Psycho-Analysis Begins: Jungian Archetypes; Persona, Shadow, and Anima
38:30 Christian Andersen's "Shadow" Story and the Dark Side of Humanity
43:50 A Stoic Perspective: Disasters Are a Time to Showcase Virtues
50:10 The Female Hero Debate: Why Did Le Guin Choose a Male Character?
01:13:20 Wise Dragons: The Voice of the Collective Unconscious
01:23:50 Closing: Özdemir Asaf's Poem "I Fought with Myself"
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SUMMARY:
Ged, a character with innate magical abilities, develops his skills in his village through training from his aunt. When his village is attacked, he defeats his enemies with fog magic and becomes famous in the inland islands. He is then invited to a magic school. As a result of a dispute at the magic school, he attempts to summon a spirit and unleashes a shadow from the dark realm. His sole purpose then becomes to recapture this shadow and send it back to the dark realm. He experiences some very strange events during this process. In this book, you will read about Ged's struggle with dragons, shadows, and dark entities.
Other Books in the Series
1- The Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea I)
2- The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea II)
3- The Farthest Shore (Earthsea III)
4- Tehanu (Earthsea IV)
5- Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea V)
6- The Other Wind (Earthsea VI)
Bhagavad Gita: The Pandavas and the Kauravas: https://vocal.media/fiction/the-epic-...
Credits of the edition read in the discussion:
Publisher: Metis Publications
First Edition: 1968 in America, 1994 in Türkiye
Translation: Çiğdem Erkal Yeşilbademli
Editor: Bülent Somay
Illustrations: Deniz Bilgin
Number of Pages: 192
Date of Meeting: March 12, 2026
OldNewBookClub No: 004
Moderator: Murat Kurt
Presentation: Fatih Çalışkan
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