ABSTRACT
This chapter includes a study of shadows in philosophical literature, analytical psychology, novels, and fantasy books. It begins with a discussion of shadow from a physical perspective and progresses to the analysis of shadow as projection and also as illustrated in the novels In the Name of the Rose and Peter Pan. The ‘concrete’ shadow of Peter Pan resonates with Jung’s concept of shadow as projection because it suggests a conflict in Pan’s being. Hypothetically, the reader could also take the passage of the dog with the shadow in its mouth as if the shadow were a jealous colleague that could be chewed up. Stevens suggests that the deliberate application of shadow projection with nationalistic objectives in mind is not only manipulative, but forthrightly potent and contagious. The reference to Hitler convincing enough Germans to join the Nazi party demonstrates that propaganda is a core aspect of war.
