Scrooge on the Couch: How the Numinous Transforms
Something's going on in Scrooge's soul...and it's tired of waiting for an invitation.Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, vividly portrays the journey to healing and transcendence. It was writ...
24 Dec 20201h 16min
The Archetype of the Divine Child: Light Reborn
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. Luke 2:10 The divine child appears when least expected, new potential born from the womb of the unconsciou...
17 Dec 20201h 1min
FANTASY: Do We Have Fantasies or Do They Have Us?
Is fantasizing helpful or harmful?Fantasy is the process of engagement with unconscious processes, from the depths of the mythic unconscious to the make-believe worlds of online gaming. In passive fan...
10 Dec 20201h 3min
Doubt: Facing Life’s Unknowns
Doubt disturbs us. Unlike the more defined polarities of ambivalence, doubt is pervasive, muddy, and ranges from crippling to constructive. We may doubt our capacity to meet a challenge, achieve a des...
3 Dec 20201h 3min
Visionary Imagination: Jung’s Private Journals
We welcome Sonu Shamdasani, PhD, scholar and historian of depth psychology and Jung’s opus. His research and expertise were instrumental in bringing Jung’s Red Book to the public in 2009. Jung’s Black...
26 Nov 202053min
Spider Parents: Finding Freedom from Dependence
The spider is a symbol of generative and destructive capabilities. As creator, spider spins the sustaining web of life. As predator, spider’s sticky web is an inescapable trap. Parents weave webs of f...
19 Nov 20201h 6min
QAnon: Ancient Lies & Sexual Slanders
QAnon is a recent iteration of a historical pattern: Romans persecuted Christians, Christians libeled Jews, and citizenries hunted witches. When existing social structures break down, psychological sp...
12 Nov 20201h 23min
REVIVING OUR CAPACITY TO FEEL: The Core of Jung’s Legacy
Marie-Louise von Franz, Jung’s close collaborator, capped her public work in a 1986 lecture that summarized Jung’s signal contributions to understanding the human experience. Jung was concerned that r...
5 Nov 20202h 30min
