Icarus complex Icarus complex The Icarus complex is a term in psychoanalysis and personality theory first used by Henry A. Murray to describe a particular type of over-ambitious character. Psychosynthesis has applied it to those in whom spiritual ambition exceeds their personality limits, leading to a backlash. Icarus was a Greek mythological figure who tried to escape imprisonment in Crete with his father Daedalus, using wings Daedalus crafted out of feathers and wax. Daedalus warned Icarus not too fly too close to the sun or too low to the sea. Overwhelmed with the excitement of flying, Icarus flew much too high, and
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is considered the most successful animated series ever made by Filmation. The show was often criticized by parent groups as a cartoon designed to advertise action figures. In 2009, IGN ranked the series as the 58th greatest animated show of all time in their Top 100 list. BCI Eclipse LLC (under its "Ink & Paint" classic animation entertainment label) (under license from Entertainment Rights) released all 130 episodes of the original 1983 series of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" on DVD in Region 1 in 2005/2006, in 4 volume sets. Each episode on BCI Ink & Paint's "He-Man