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In this episode:
I explore one of the more challenging aspects of the symbolic life: the call to leave behind the comfort of the known, the safe, and the familiar.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 22: Merry Christmas; Chapter 23: The Lee Shore)
2. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (CW17)
3. The Bible -- Matthew 8:18 - 27
4. 'New Seeds of Contemplation' by Thomas Merton
5. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith
   
   

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In this episode:
I discuss the psychic split brought on by the experience of the modern world and the need for a connection with the soul and the mythic dimension of life.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 12: Biographical; Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin)
2. 'The Secret of the Golden Flower' by Richard Wilhelm & C.G. Jung
3. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
4. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
5. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
6. 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life' by Herman Melville
7. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)
8. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel
   
   

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In this episode:
I explore the role of suffering and darkness as factors that awaken us to the need for what Jung calls a religious outlook. We look at ways that we can cultivate that outlook in an authentic way.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Man and His Symbols' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag; Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 7: The Chapel; Chapter 8: The Pulpit)
3. S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
4. 'Psychotherapists or the Clergy' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
5. 'Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams' by C.G. Jung (CW18)
6. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith
7. 'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright
8. Murray Stein quoted in 'C.G. Jung Face to Face with Christianity' by Jakob Lusensky
9. 'Psychological Types' by C.G. Jung (CW6)
   
   

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In this episode:
I examine the figure of Ishmael from Moby-Dick as a symbol of the human experience of alienation. I explore the question of how this experience comes about and what we can do to respond to it.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings)
2. 'A Credit to His Country,' review of Moby-Dick (Norton Edition)
3. 'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright
4. 'Commentary on the Secret of the Golden Flower' by C.G. Jung (CW13)
5. ‘On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry’ by C.G. Jung (CW15)
6. S1, Ep. 10: An Instinct For Meaning
7. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
8. Abraham Joshua Heschel, quoted in “Arnold Eisen: The Opposite of Good Is Indifference,” On Being Podcast
9. “The Frontiers of Knowledge” in C.G. Jung Speaking
   
   

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In this episode:
I introduce the theme for this fourth season: Jung Aboard the Pequod -- a Jungian appreciation of Moby-Dick. I then explore the need for stories that are expansive enough to meet the call for meaning and purpose.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale & Chapter 55: Monstrous Pictures of Whales)
2. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
3. 'Melville’s Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger
4. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
5. ‘The Reenchantment of the World’ by Morris Berman
6. ‘The Undiscovered Self’ by C.G. Jung (CW10)
7. 'The Rhythm of Being' by Raimon Panikkar
8. William Blake quoted in 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
9. 'The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche' by C.G. Jung (CW8)
10. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
11. 'Psychology and Religion' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
12. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
13. 'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
14. 'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire
15. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
16. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (CW17)
    
    

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In this episode:
The podcast returns after an extended hiatus to begin a new season.

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Sources for quotes and more:

1. A Man Lost By a River, poem by Michael Blumenthal
2. S1, Ep. 24: Wandering Off the Path
3. 'A Joseph Campbell Companion' - edited by Diane K. Osbon
4. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)
5. ‘Selected Letters’ by C.G. Jung
6. ‘Man is Not Alone’ by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In this episode:
I conclude this series on the fairytale The Iron Stove with a discussion of just what constitutes the goal 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. The Aims of Psychotherapy in ‘Modern Man in Search of a Soul’ by C.G. Jung
2. The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales
3. S3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 1
4. S3, Ep. 15: Resisting Change -- The Iron Stove, pt. 2
5. S3, Ep. 16: Embodying the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 3
6. ‘Encountering God’ by Diana Eck
7. ‘A Little Course in Dreams’ by Robert Bosnak
8. 'Tao Te Ching' by Lao Tsu, translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English
9. Frontiers of Knowledge in 'C.G. Jung Speaking' (edited by William McGuire)
10. 'The Fifth Gospel: The Gospel of Thomas Comes of Age' by Stephen J. Patterson

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

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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:
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For more on living a symbolic life:
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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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