The Queen of Wonderland blog is an informal discussion
of the subject matter of a project by that name. This project was started as a
way of understanding the curious phenomenon of self-harming behaviour from an
Analytical Psychological perspective. Since this style of psychology involves
understanding the meaning and purpose of mythology, dreams and fantasy, I will
be analysing the themes and motifs found in Gothic fantasies because they are a
manifestation of the same artificial cultural influences that are behind the
current epidemic of self-harming behaviour among adolescents.
The book uses Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as an introduction to a child's descent into the underworld, aka the twilight realm of fantasy. Our Alice represents every girl who has ever descended into the twilight realm in an attempt to find her true identity and the meaning and purpose of her life.
The book uses Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as an introduction to a child's descent into the underworld, aka the twilight realm of fantasy. Our Alice represents every girl who has ever descended into the twilight realm in an attempt to find her true identity and the meaning and purpose of her life.
The main focus of The Queen of Wonderland is to understand the themes and metaphors that are found in Gothic fantasies. It is also about understanding the curious phenomenon of self-harming behaviour. Eating disorders are on the increase in children in the UK and this follows on the heels of an European programme aimed at discouraging girls from becoming infatuated with thin models.
About Fairy Moon Publishing: The Fairy Moon title was chosen because modern vampires are actually a manifestation of the mischievous fairies who bewitched maidens in the old fairytales. Gothic fantasies are a modern form of fairytales. The nameless maiden of the ancient Greek tale of the maiden's descent into the underworld represents the moon, who doesn't have a name either (Persephone didn't have a name until she was transformed into The Queen of the Underworld). Why doesn't the moon have a name? That's probably because the moon has a whole host of named gods and demons associated with it, and giving the moon a name would take away the gods' legitimate claim to represent the moon.
About myself. I am not going to talk about myself much because I am dealing with a culturally tabooed subject that can arouse angry responses from fanatics and sociopaths. You can probably guess that I have a passion for understanding the metaphorical meaning in fairytale themes. I should mention that I do not have Internet service, so I don't spend much time on the Internet. Hence, my web site and blog don't get updated very often.
This post was originally supposed to appear on a blog on my The Queen of Wonderland web site. Unfortunately that blog is not working (at that time. I have edited these old posts on 21 January 2014.)
