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In this episode:
I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the will of the ego and the will of fate and discuss the hard work involved in becoming conscious.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout) 
2. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
3. 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV)
4. 'A Pregnant Allegory,' Review of Moby-Dick by George Ripley (Norton Edition)
5. 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
6. 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
7. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung (CW9ii)
8. S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, part 1
9. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
10. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)

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In this episode:
I explore the search for meaning, the alienation from nature, and the role of art in healing and connection. The contrasting paths of Ishmael and Ahab are presented and the need to understand the interconnectedness of all existence is discussed.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 72: The Monkey-rope; Chapter 135: The Chase - The Third Day) 
2. S4 Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
3. S4 Ep. 4: Healing the Splintered Heart
4. 'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology and Poetry' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
5. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
6. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
7. 'Psychology and Religion' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
8. 'The Psychology of the Transference' by C.G. Jung (CW16)
9. 'Paracelsus as a Spiritual Phenomenon' by C.G. Jung (CW13)

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

In this episode:
In this third part of my series on the fairytale The Iron Stove, I explore the importance of bringing together the mind and the body in the work of the symbolic life.

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Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Man and His Environment in ‘C.G. Jung Speaking’ (William McGuire, ed.)
2.  Just as the Winged Energy of Delight by Rainer Maria Rilke in ‘Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke’ (trans. by Robert Bly)
3. The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales 
4. S3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 1
5. S3, Ep. 15: Resisting Change -- The Iron Stove, pt. 2
6. 'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
7. Michael Maier, Symbola aureae mensae (quoted in Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung)
8. 'Crossing the Unknown Sea' by David Whyte
9. 'Redemption Motifs in Fairytales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
10. 'God in Search of Man' by Abraham Joshua Heschel

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove

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In this episode:
I continue to explore the riches of the fairytale The Iron Stove, this time looking at the ways we resist the necessity of change in our lives.

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Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Mysterium Coniunctionis in ‘Collected Works, vol. 14 by C.G. Jung
2. 'Heraclitus' by Philip Wheelwright
3. The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales 
4. S3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit: The Iron Stove, pt. 1
5.  The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious in ‘Collected Works, vol. 7’ by C.G. Jung
6. 'Creation Myths' by Marie-Louise von Franz
7.  Answer to Job in ‘Collected Works, vol. 11’ by C.G. Jung

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove

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In this episode:
I begin an exploration of the fairytale 'The Iron Stove' and explore what it means to be called beyond the limitations of the ego to an experience of the spirit.

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Sources for quotes and more:

1. Spirit and Life in ‘Collected Works, vol. 8’ by C.G. Jung
2. The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales 
3. 'Rites and Symbols of Initiation' by Mircea Eliade
4. 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jason E. Smith
5.  'The Grail Legend' by Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz
6. Circles in ‘Essays: First Series’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. Song of a Man Who Has Come Through, poem by D. H. Lawrence

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove

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In this episode:
I look at one of the more difficult experiences of the symbolic life, an experience best known by its religious name: the "dark night of the soul."

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Concerning the Inner Life' by Evelyn Underhill 
3. Concerning Rebirth in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i' by C.G. Jung
4. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
5.  'The Masks of God: Creative Mythology' by Joseph Campbell
6. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bédier (translated by Hilaire Belloc)
7. Luke 17:33, NKJV
8.  Tao Te Ching, translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
9. 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
10. The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
11. 'The Life of Prayer' by Baron Friedrich von Hügel
12.  'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
    
    

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In this episode:
I explore Jung’s concept of the unconscious — what it is, how it is experienced, and what it suggests about the idea of healing in analysis.

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Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. The State of Psychotherapy Today  in 'Collected Works, vol. 10 by C.G. Jung
2. Joseph Ledoux, quoted in 'The Neurobiology of the Gods' by Erik Goodwyn 
3. A Review of the Complex Theory in 'Collected Works, vol. 8' by C.G. Jung
4. The Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man in 'Collected Works, vol. 10' by C.G. Jung
5.  I Am Not I, poem by Juan Ramón Jiménez
6.  'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga' by C.G. Jung
7. Psychology and a Philosophy of Life in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
8. The State of Psychotherapy Today in 'Collected Works, vol. 10' by C.G. Jung
9. 'This Is It' by Alan Watts
10. Transformation Symbolism in the Mass in 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung
11. The Philosophical Tree in 'Collected Works, vol. 13' by C.G. Jung
12. 'The Integration of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (Trans. by Stanley Dell)

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In this episode:
I conclude this series on the symbolism of alchemy by looking at the all-important image of the goal of the alchemical opus: The Philosophers’ Stone.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychology and Religion in'Collected Works, vol.11' by C.G. Jung
2. Alchemical Studies in 'Collected Works, vol. 13 by C.G. Jung
3. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
4. Aion in 'Collected Works, vol. 9ii' by C.G. Jung
5.  Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
6.  'Parzival' by Wolfram von Eschenbacch (translated by Helen Mustard and Charles Passage)
7.  'Romance of the Grail' by Joseph Campbell
8. 'The Ox-Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Christ on the Buddha’s Path' by Addison Hodges Hart
9.  'The Gnostic Scriptures' translated by Bentley Layton
10. S3, Ep. 8: Alchemy: Mirror of the Soul
11. S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
12. S3, Ep. 10: The Stages of the Alchemical Opus

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Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

In this episode:
I continue with the third part of a four-part series on alchemy, this time looking at the stages of the alchemical opus and their meaning for the work of the symbolic life.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychology and Alchemy in 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Alchemy' by Marie-Louise von Franz
3. Aion in 'Collected Works, vol. 9ii' by C.G. Jung
4. S3, Ep. 8: Alchemy: Mirror of the Soul
5. 'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire & R.F.C. Hull
6. The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

In this episode:
I continue with the second part of a four-part series on alchemy, looking at the symbol and the psychological meaning of what the alchemists called the prima materia.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychology and Alchemy in 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Anatomy of the Psyche' by Edward Edinger
3. The Golden Tract in 'The Hermetic Museum' edited by A.E. Waite
4. Aion in 'Collected Works, vol. 9ii' by C.G. Jung
5. The Gnome in 'Grimms' Tales for Young and Old' translated by Ralph Manheim
6. Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
7. Who Does the Work: Cultivating an Alchemical Attitude
8. 'New Seeds of Contemplation' by Thomas Merton

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