Fleeing, Facing, and Naming the Shadow

This lecture discusses the science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Leguin's novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, the first of six Earthsea books It focuses specifically on Ged's struggles with the "Shadow", the entity that came into Earthsea through a terrible mistake with magic on Ged's part. At first, he attempts to escape and flee the shadow, but then following Ogion's advice he turns on it and hunts it. Finally he and the shadow are integrated through his giving the shadow his own name. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO You can find over 2,000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase A Wizard of Earthsea - amzn.to/2YgnLvv