The Dark Side of Mothering
Our colleague Puddi Kullberg, author of The Bad Mother, joins us to acknowledge motherhood’s shadow. A link to her paper is below. Our culture idealizes motherhood, but mothers everywhere have experie...
22 Apr 20211h 12min
The Alchemy of Writing
The wellspring of consciousness has long been located in word. Once words were etched on clay or inked on papyrus, a new way of knowing was born. Writing ordered and expanded language, captured ideas,...
15 Apr 20211h 13min
The Phoenix: Life’s Transformative Fires
The splendid-feathered phoenix lives for hundreds of years builds its own funeral pyre, sets it on fire, and rises from the ashes after three days. The phoenix represents long life, conscious acquiesc...
8 Apr 20211h 7min
Archetype of the Fool
The fool in various guises has appeared since ancient times. The court jester seduces through comedy, song, and story. The dummling son of fairy tales wins the treasure with well-meaning ineptitude. S...
1 Apr 20211h
Bonus Episode - MILKMAID REVELATIONS: JUNG’S EROTIC STAMP COLLECTION
Swiss Jungian scholar Jager Schmallzenburger has recently released news of the discovery of Jung’s erotic stamp collection. Found tucked into the wall behind a bookcase, the box of stamps features uni...
1 Apr 202129min
Exile & Alienation
not chosen but is imposed and unwanted: a relational break-up, job lay-off, or deportation. Exile can affect the human spirit so powerfully that the ancient Romans used it as an alternative to executi...
25 Mars 20211h 10min
A Comedian Walks into a Jungian Podcast…
Elliott Morgan, comedian and PhD candidate in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, joins us to explore humor and psyche. Elliott grew up a fundamentalist Christian in central Florida, and ...
18 Mars 20211h 25min
Belonging: The Search for Home
Horses herd, birds flock, whales pod, and people tribe. The need to belong is as intrinsic to human nature as the need for food, touch, clothing and shelter. We belong to families, communities, ideas ...
11 Mars 202155min
