by Joseph Lee | Dec 17, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Madonna and Child by an anonymous Northern Italian Artist https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_142-Divine_Child.mp3 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...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 10, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Johannes Plenio via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_141-Fantasy.mp3 Is fantasizing helpful or harmful? Fantasy is the process of engagement with unconscious processes, from the depths of the mythic unconscious to the...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 26, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Guests
Photo Credit: Joseph Lee https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_139-Philemon_Foundation.mp3 Jung’s Black Books with Sonu Shamdasani Ph.D. We welcome Sonu Shamdasani, PhD, scholar and historian of depth psychology and Jung’s opus. His research and...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 5, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_BONUS2_-_Jung_Society_2-v3.mp3 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...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 15, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The first major stage of adaptation, the transition from child to adult, requires readiness to separate from protective life structures in pursuit of outer world goals. It entails developing a strong, flexible ego devoid of overly negative or idealistic beliefs about...
by Lisa Marchiano | Oct 8, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Therapy Related
Although neurosis is no longer a clinical diagnosis, it is often used to describe anxious attitudes and behaviors that are maladaptive to life situations. Neurosis often entails a capacity to function well despite feeling bad; emotional suffering leeches...