Se7en : A Jungian myth of Psychological Initiation

Описание: Se7en is often read as a bleak crime thriller about sin and morality. But beneath the surface, it follows a much older psychological pattern: initiation.

In this video essay, I explore Se7en through the lens of depth psychology and myth, drawing on Jungian ideas to reveal the film as a modern initiation narrative, one that confronts the collapse of moral certainty, the limits of reason, and the transformation that occurs when meaning can no longer be outsourced to external systems.

Rather than focusing on theology or crime, this essay looks at how Se7en stages an inner psychological ordeal that mirrors initiation structures found across myth, ritual, and modern culture.

In this essay, we explore:

-Why Se7en functions as an initiation myth rather than a moral lesson

-The psychological roles embodied by Somerset, Mills, and the killer (John Doe)

-How Jungian symbolism helps decode the film’s deeper structure

-What Se7en reveals about transformation in a disenchanted modern world

This video forms part of my broader research into psychological initiation and transformation in contemporary culture - across film, music, ritual, and symbolic systems.

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Narration and concept- Vincent Sebastian
Music- Vincent Sebastian
Images- Seven Archive, British Library, Wikimedia Commons

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