BTS THEORY Book & Film Reccomendations
HYYH The Notes
(The Most Beautiful Moments Of Life): Book 1
A book by Big Hit Entertainment
HYYH The Notes is a novel created by Big Hit Entertainment, which is essentially a compilation of all the notes from BTS' HYYH storyline (The Most Beautiful Moments of Life). HYYH The Notes tells the story of the loss of innocence and hardships of growing up through the narratives and perspectives of 7 boys in the form of journal entries. Everything that's illustrated throughout the novel takes place within the BTS Universe (BU), a universe created by Big Hit Entertainment for BTS.
Demian
A book by Herman Hesse
With BTS' WINGS era storyline being based on the novel "Demian" by Herman Hesse, the novel tells the story of a young boy named Emil Sinclair and his childhood growing up during pre-World War I. Emil struggles to find his new self-knowledge in the immoral world and is caught between good and evil, which is represented as the light and dark realms. Throughout the book,
you may find many astonishing parallels and connections
between BU and the Demian storylines. As Demian describes the
memoirs of Sinclair's life, WINGS portrays the different stages of
growth and loss of innocence of the BU characters.
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
A book by Ursula K. Le Guin
BTS' MVs 'Spring Day' & 'Not Today' happen occurs throughout the same storyline. With their storyline being based off of "The Ones Who
Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin,
the novel, with deliberately both vague and vivid descriptions, depicts a summer festival in the utopian city of Omelas, where the prosperity of the city depends on the perpetual misery of a single child.
Jung's Map of the Soul: An Introduction
A book by Murray Stein
With BTS' "Map of the Soul" era being based off of Jungian psychology, "Jung's Map of the Soul" by Dr. Murray Stein offers readers a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights. Furthermore,
the book provides deep insight regarding the various different aspects of the human psyche, as well as an introduction to Jung's concepts of archetypes,
levels of consciousness, and so on.
Map of the Soul Persona: Our Many Faces
A book by Murray Stein
There is a lot of interest in today’s culture about the idea of Persona and the psychological mapping of one’s inner world. In fact, the interest is so strong that the superstar Korean Pop band, BTS, has taken Dr. Murray Stein’s concepts and woven them into the title and lyrics of their latest album,
Map of the Soul: Persona.
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What is our persona and how does it affect our life’s journey? What masks do we wear as we engage those around us? Our persona is ultimately how we relate to the world. Combined with our ego, shadow, anima and other intra-psychic elements it creates an internal map of the soul.
Singin' in the Rain
A film by Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practice with a diction coach, Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record over her voice.
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The Art of Loving
A book by Erich Fromm
The renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm has helped millions of men and women achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love. In this astonishingly frank and candid book, he explores the ways in which this extraordinary emotion can alter the whole course of your life.
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Most of us are unable to develop our capacities for love on the only level that really counts—a love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. Learning to love, like other arts, demands practice and concentration. Even more than any other art it demands genuine insight and understanding.
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In this classic work, Fromm explores love in all its aspects--not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also love of parents, children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, and the love of God.
Map of the Soul 7: Persona, Shadow & Ego in the world of BTS
A book by Dr. Murray Stein
BTS did it again! Map of the Soul: 7 is a capstone of a 2-album project intended to reveal the inner landscape of the human soul that is packed with rich symbolism and woven together with BTS's signature sound and moves. Starting with the lyrics, this book launches into a deep, engaging examination of the album in the light of the psychology of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. The many layers of meaning embedded in the number 7 are brought to light, along with several fundamental concepts of Jungian psychology.
Fans of BTS from around the world will marvel at the depth of meaning in the songs contained in Map of the Soul: 7. They take the listener into deep reflection upon the meaning of striving and ambition, the perils of worldly success, and the resiliency of the human spirit. These songs are landmarks on the soul's map that offer guidance for living and for relating to others and the world at large.
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The Red Book (Philemon)
by C.G. Jung
The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his “confrontation with the unconscious,” the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories—of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation—that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality.
Map of the Soul : Shadow - Our Hidden Self
A book by Dr. Murray Stein
The landscape of the soul has many contours and some hidden regions. This book speaks about obscure, typically unacknowledged aspects of the psyche. The shadow may appear initially like an unwanted intruder but those who become acquainted with their shadow discover it to be a vast storehouse of treasures and resources on the journey of self-discovery. Whereas the persona is the part of your personality that is revealed to others, the shadow is the part of your personality that is concealed from others and ourselves. The shadow often declares itself through sudden, often brutal reversals. At the collective level, the shadow proves capable of magnetizing people in the same direction, often with very destructive results. The person intent on living a more full, authentic life will be well served by becoming acquainted with the shadow.
