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   Message 795 of 1,939   
   Melroseman to Steven L.   
   Re: The Island as a Mythological Symbol   
   08 Dec 05 00:36:01   
   
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   From: melroseman@yahooNOSPAM.com   
      
   Steven L. wrote:   
      
   > himiko@animail.net wrote:   
   >   
   >> Q wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> if joseph campbell ever said *anything* about an episode of lost, i   
   >>> would be very, very impressed.  ;)   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Return of the hero?   
   >>   
   >>> Q   
   >>> wants to hear freud weigh in on kate and sawyer, while we're at it   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Not to mention Kate and that horse....stallion?  Or are we more into   
   >> Jungian archetypes there?   
   >   
   >   
   > I doubt that the writers are consciously putting vaginal castration   
   > symbols or Jungian archetypes into the show.  Each episode is the result   
   > of a collective brainstorming session by all 10 writers on the team. But   
   > maybe this stuff is emerging from their collective unconscious, without   
   > them even being consciously aware of it.  The same way a Ouija board works.   
      
   Well, it's possible. From the DVD commentaries, it seems the writers are   
   aware of the sexual innuendos and phallic symbols that have come up :)   
   on the show.   
      
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