Harry Potter and the Haunted Prophet

This article explores the prominent Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling in relation to the psychology and work of C. G. Jung. ¹ 1. Haunted prophet refers to C. G. Jung and is based on the title of a book (see Stern). Also, special thanks to Alan P. Molitor and Elisabeth Y. Talamo for their assistance with various aspects of this piece. View all notes The Jungian approach elicits significant meaning from the archetypal material that comes alive through the life and adventures of the boy wizard Harry and his contemporaries. It is the proper lens with which to observe this material, as it helps to provide the appropriate symbolic connections between the human space–time bound world in which we live on a daily basis and the divine, nonspace–time bound archetypal realm that patterns our lives. By gleaning and implementing the key insights that emerge from this Potter–Jung exploration, we are better able to understand the bidirectional transformative effects of the powerful images arising from the collective unconscious.