Why does Medea’s act of killing her children stand out as one of the most horrific crimes/taboos in our collective memory? Why are we repulsed and why do we shudder as we hear her story, as well as other accounts of infanticide? Medea’s rageful act goes deep to a dark core of the psyche that we all possess. It horrifies us when we realize that we too have a similar potential for rage, hatred, and violence. It frightens us and pulls us inward; it is indeed awe-ful. The intent of this paper is to look at what happens symbolically when one is faced with and threatened with possession by dark forces that are part of our nature and our deeper Selves. I will attempt to illustrate from a depth-oriented, Jungian lens how Medea was possessed and ruled by the gods and goddesses; how hatred, the rage of being betrayed and separated from husband, homeland (and Self) ultimately leads her back to her essential nature of the sorceress, the dark side of the feminine.

为什么美狄亚杀害她孩子的行为是我们集体记忆中最可怕的罪行/禁忌之一？为什么我们会被排斥，为什么我们在听到她的故事以及其他关于杀婴的故事时会不寒而栗？美狄亚的暴怒行为深入到我们所有人都拥有的心灵的黑暗核心。当我们意识到我们也有类似的愤怒、仇恨和暴力潜力时，我们会感到恐惧。它让我们害怕，把我们拉向内心；它确实令人敬畏。这篇论文的目的是看看当一个人面临黑暗势力并威胁到它时，象征性地发生了什么，黑暗势力是我们本性和更深层自我的一部分。我将尝试从一个深度导向的荣格镜头来说明美狄亚是如何被众神和女神所拥有和统治的；多么仇恨，被背叛和与丈夫分离的愤怒，