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also “enchanted by the way
that BTS has used various
books…to weave complex
tales full of symbolism.”
Psychology, which tra-
ditionally is studied by
scholars and analysts,
might be new to you. If it
is, you are the person for
whom Dr. Stein has writ-
ten this book.
He knew ARMY would
want to find a way to con-
nect these themes to BTS
and to the Bangtan Uni-
verse (BU), and he makes
those connections by find-
ing a balance between what
ARMY wants to hear and
what he wants us to under-
stand about psychology.
By mixing anecdotes about
BTS with Jung’s ideas and
analyses, Dr. Stein bridges
the two worlds seamlessly.
have been taught, to show
others. Citing author Harry
Wilmer in his book Practical
Jung, Stein describes the
persona as “a compromise
between what we wish to be
and what the surrounding
world will allow us to be.”
The mask of persona is
usually fashioned from our
experiences, families, and
societies. Watching televi-
sion, movies, and even ex-
posing yourself to new mu-
sic can alter the persona,
as it has the potential to re-
move you from your culture.
Stein suggests travel as an
important piece of this pro-
cess because encountering
new cultures allows us to
become aware of differenc-
es and similarities shared
by the entire human race. In
turn, our psyche begins the
process of separating from
an earlier persona, which is
needed for growth in a pro-
cess called individuation.
Stein also states that
Dr. Stein begins by ex-
plaining that persona is a T.S. Eliot, a famous English
mask we put on for the poet, once wrote that every
world – what we want, or cat has three names: the
one everybody knows, the
one only the cat’s intimate
friends and family know,
and the name known by
only the cat. Likewise, hu-
mans have three names;
most people, however, do
not know their inner name.
It is a moniker assigned be-
fore we were named by our
families and our societies. If
we don’t know this name,
Dr. Stein and BTS, through
RM’s speech to the United
Nations, encourage us to
“find your name, find your
voice by speaking yourself.”
Neither finding your
name nor speaking yourself
is easy, however. Dr. Stein
tells us it is often painstaking
work to find our true name.
Only then will we truly
love ourselves, because
to really love yourself,
you must love all of your
self, including the parts
you fail to love, repre-
sented by the shadow.
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