by Joseph Lee | Jan 19, 2023 | Archetypal, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Joseph Lee 2023 https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_249-Bipolar.mp3 Imprisoned by the sea with his son Icarus, mythological craftsman Daedalus constructed wings to escape. Beeswax held feathers in place, so Daedalus told Icarus not to fly too...
by Joseph Lee | Jan 12, 2023 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
PhotoCredit: Sander Sammy via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_248-Scam.mp3 Conned, swindled, or bilked, about 50 million Americans were ripped off by scammers in 2020. What deadens a person to preying on another? Tricksters commit crudely...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 29, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Personal Issues, Relationships
Photo Credit: Alexander Krivitskiy via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_246-Sex.mp3 Sex fascinates us. Whether we turn toward it, flushed and excited or away from it, tense and disquieted. Archetypal images of sex adorn the thresholds of ancient...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 8, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Joseph Chan via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_243-Revolution.mp3 We tend to think of revolution as a people’s push-back against perceived oppression—a reaction to rulership that has rejected fairness, change, and accessibility....
by Joseph Lee | Nov 24, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Mireille Raad via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_241-Games.mp3 Humans have played games since prehistoric times. Games bring us together and pit us against each other. We agree to rules, take turns, develop tolerance for...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 17, 2022 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents, Personal Issues, Relationships
Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_240.mp3 As our bonds to historic roles loosen, fathers are finding new ways to express themselves within the family dynamic. In 2014 Pew Research Center identified two million...