Like all archetypal powers deep within the human psyche, Wotan (sometimes called Odin) can seize individuals and infect entire nations. Carl Jung describes in his essay, written in 1936, how Wotan occupied the German people, giving rise to Hitler and the Nazi conquest of that country. With attention to Jung’s description of Wotan’s power to dominate and destroy, we will consider how such an archetypal power may disrupt our lives at this present time, evoking the archetype of war and the authoritarian impulse.
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