A Tricky Problem

A friend has enrolled on a Jungian course and asked about the Trickster archetype, so this video covers a few
rambling thoughts about the matter - looking at how this challenging, boundary-pushing, sometimes humorous archetype can be thought of as manifesting via the four personality types that Jung describes, plus some ideas on its expression through paganism and wider culture.

Towards the end I mention a little about the thoughts of Russian literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin on the topic of carnivalesque - a chaotic, uproarious theme in a few novels, paintings, stage plays etc. as well as celebrated worldwide from ancient pagan ritual through to the Notting Hill Carnival today.




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