Pia Skogemann

Where the Shadows Lie

A Jungian Interpretation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

232 pages, ISBN 978-1888602456, Chiron Publications

Where the Shadows Lie takes the reader on a journey through Tolkien's Middle-earth, following the hobbits, their companions, and the characters they encounter on their quest. Jung's theories of the collective unconscious and the archetypes provide a key to understanding the forces of fantasy that are so powerful in Tolkien's masterpiece - and thereby a key to understanding ourselves and the events of the outside world in our modern times.