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This Jungian Life Podcast

DUMBO'S FEATHER: Are there hidden messages in Disney cartoons?

This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Jungian, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Dreams, Jung, Relationships, Selfhelp, Society & Culture, Psychoanalysis

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

What hidden messages make Disney cartoons so impactful and enduring?

Disney cartoons were groundbreaking. They introduced synchronized soundtracks in 1928, and today, they create extravaganzas that sweep audiences into tears and laughter, offering role models of virtue. Archetypal themes, often drawn from fairytales, thrum through the storylines appealing to the archaic levels of our psyche.

Prepare to discover where Hermes is hidden in one of the characters, how childhood trauma activates archetypal helpers, whether Dumbo is a symbol of hope or a defense against maturation, how separation of the mother is required to actualize one's potential, why symbols are necessary to bolster ego strength and so much more…

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this Jungian life.

0:03.0

Three good friends and Jungian analysts, Lisa Marciano, Deborah Stewart and Joseph Lee,

0:09.0

invite you to join them for an intimate and honest conversation that brings a psychological perspective to important issues of the day.

0:17.0

I'm Lisa Marciano and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia.

0:22.0

I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Philadelphia. I'm Joseph Lee and I'm a youngian analyst in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

0:27.0

I'm Deborah Stewart, a youngian analyst on Cape Cod. Many of us are familiar with the wonderful Disney story of Dumbo of the flying elephant. I remember the on one

0:55.0

who discovers this incredible magical ability

0:58.0

and we're going to talk about

1:00.0

the process of coming in touch with a potential that someone else sees before we're able to really hold it ourselves.

1:15.8

We'll talk about the importance of having a symbol

1:19.3

to represent our potential.

1:28.7

We'll talk a little bit about the absolutely important role of a relationship both in the therapeutic process of analysis, but also in being

1:33.9

companioned throughout our life, because often it's our friends

1:39.2

with the people who love us that see what we could be when we're particularly feeling low or

1:48.1

misunderstood or alienated and at the end of our discussion, we're going to interpret a dream submitted by a

1:57.8

retired teacher where an elephant plays a central role in helping her make a major life transition.

2:07.1

So we look forward to talking about all of this with you. Hey everyone, our upcoming episode will focus on nightmares and we're looking for your

2:20.0

input. If you've had a nightmare that significantly impacted you, we're interested in hearing

2:26.4

about it. We'll select a few of these to analyze and discuss in the episode. To share your nightmare with us, just scroll down for the link.

2:41.0

Here is the story of Dumbo the elephant. It was spring, spring in the circus. After the

2:49.3

long winter's rest, it was time to set out again on the open road.

2:53.0

Toot-Toot whistled Casey Jones, the locomotive of the circus train.

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