J.R.R. Tolkien

Where they sit on the lenses

Cluster coalescence

The archetypal tags above resolve into 2 clusters. Each cluster reads the exemplar in its own vocabulary; where more than one cluster surfaces, the exemplar themself is holding a structural tension.

• The Innocent - Pre-Initiation and EarnedPre-initiation · Heart · Shame · Toward
• The Creator - Imagination, Vision, Enduring FormIntegrating · Eros · Desire · Away

J.R.R. Tolkien is read across divergent stances (Toward vs. Away) and divergent affect centers (Heart · Shame vs. Eros · Desire). The exemplar holds a tension their readers cannot — which is often why they endure.

Also read in this register

• The Innocent - Pre-Initiation and Earned

  • Fred Rogers
  • Frodo Baggins
  • Amélie Poulain
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Leslie Knope

• The Creator - Imagination, Vision, Enduring Form

  • Carl Jung
  • Frodo Baggins
  • Amélie Poulain
  • Atticus Finch
  • Frida Kahlo