" Pia Skogemann´s well written journey through Tolkien´s work is extremely fruitful, even to a disbeliever like myself. Especially so because her readings extend Tolkien´s universe in such an inspiring way. Believe it or not - she actually convincingly manages to take his cycle of novels away from the standard black and white statements regarding relations between good and evil."

Bo Tao Michaelis, Politiken

" Skogemann tangibly goes through Tolkien´s entire work - characters, landscapes, events - in order to determine which archetypes and which basic situations from the collective unconscious occur. She does so good, penetrating and highly readable."

Anne Knudsen, Weekendavisen

" Pia Skogemann is a good reader. She never lets analysis get away with her - nor become a goal of its own. She uses her Jung with a gentle discretion. (...)
Some years ago Jung-scholar Eigil Nyborg wrote an excellent book about H.C. Andersen´s fairy tales in which method likewise did not overshadow but rather enhanced the understanding of Andersen´s texts.
Pia Skogemann´s book is in the same weight class. I recommend it to anybody who wants to dig deeper into Tolkien´s The Lord of the Rings."

Lars Tjalve, Kristeligt Dagblad

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