Living a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.
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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:
'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout)
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:
'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)
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Embodying the Spirit
Season 3 · Episode 16
Friday, June 16, 2023 • Duration 25:38
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.
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)
Michael Maier, Symbola aureae mensae (quoted in Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung)
'Crossing the Unknown Sea' by David Whyte
Resisting Change
Season 3 · Episode 15
Thursday, June 8, 2023 • Duration 32:56
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.
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)
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.
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)
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."
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)
Concerning Rebirth in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i' by C.G. Jung
'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
'The Masks of God: Creative Mythology' by Joseph Campbell
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bédier (translated by Hilaire Belloc)
Luke 17:33, NKJV
Tao Te Ching, translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
'The Life of Prayer' by Baron Friedrich von Hügel
'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
Healing and the Unconscious
Season 3 · Episode 12
Thursday, April 27, 2023 • Duration 27:46
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.
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)
The State of Psychotherapy Today in 'Collected Works, vol. 10 by C.G. Jung
Joseph Ledoux, quoted in 'The Neurobiology of the Gods' by Erik Goodwyn
A Review of the Complex Theory in 'Collected Works, vol. 8' by C.G. Jung
The Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man in 'Collected Works, vol. 10' by C.G. Jung
I Am Not I, poem by Juan Ramón Jiménez
'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga' by C.G. Jung
Psychology and a Philosophy of Life in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
The State of Psychotherapy Today in 'Collected Works, vol. 10' by C.G. Jung
'This Is It' by Alan Watts
Transformation Symbolism in the Mass in 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung
The Philosophers' Stone: Solid Ground of Wisdom
Season 3 · Episode 11
Thursday, March 2, 2023 • Duration 28:10
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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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)
'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire & R.F.C. Hull
The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
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The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
Season 3 · Episode 9
Thursday, January 26, 2023 • Duration 30:43
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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