G K Chesterton has said Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed. How important do you think Fantasy is for children?
Tremendously important! And not just for children. Jung said fantasy is the living union of our inner and outer worlds. He means it is the bridge between our conscious lives and that great, shadowy, dreaming sea he called the unconscious, the place where nightmares lurk and inspiration is born. It is through fantasy that we work out our place in the world and in society. It is a place where all things are possible, where a frog can become a prince, a hobbit can become a hero, where all of us can face and defeat monsters. To barricade ourselves off from the wellspring of fantasy is to become a desert.
