C.G. Jung, On the Trickster
[[These are tricky times, and there are tricksters amongst us — as usual.
This is the first in a series of posts that will involve the trickster, the shadow, projection and politics .]]
C.G. Jung, The Trickster as a Collective Shadow
The trickster is a collective shadow figure, a summation of all the inferior traits of character in individuals. And since the individual shadow is never absent as a component of personality, the collective figure can construct itself out of it continually….
He is both subhuman and superhuman, a bestial and divine being, whose chief and most alarming characteristic is his unconsciousness. Because of it he is deserted by his (evidently human) companions, which seems to indicate that he has fallen below their level of consciousness.
[The trickster] is a forerunner of the saviour . . . . He is both subhuman and superhuman, a bestial and divine being, whose chief and most alarming characteristic is his unconsciousness.
Collected Works 9
Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious
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