by Joseph Lee | Apr 14, 2022 | Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_209-Gethsemane-v2.mp3 The Garden of Gethsemane is the place of life crisis; it permits no escape or compromise. There, we suffer the agony of choosing between personal will or willing submission to something greater....
by Joseph Lee | Jan 27, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Eric Begin https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_199-Contagion.mp3 When the archetype of purity is activated, science and psychology intersect. Fear of contamination has deep instinctual roots, evidenced in universal facial expressions of...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 30, 2021 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_195.mp3 The Bible as sacred text serves as a source of revelation and wisdom about the divine. As mythology, the Bible establishes norms for daily life and...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 18, 2021 | Guests, Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_189.mp3 Guest Iain McGilchrist is a renowned psychiatrist, researcher, and author. His 2009 book, The Master and His Emissary gained worldwide fame for showing how differences between brain hemispheres affect our...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 5, 2021 | Guests, Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_175-Tarot-v1.mp3 Guest T. Susan Chang is a writer, podcaster, and tarot teacher, the most commonly recognized modern form of divination. The archetypal symbols in the tarot’s 78 card deck offer gateways to meaning...
by Joseph Lee | Jul 22, 2021 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Benjamin Davies via Unsplash In Answer to Job, Jung states, “Whoever knows God has an effect on him.” If, as Jung claims, individual human consciousness affects God, what we are matters monumentally. When we serve our neuroses, the gulf between ego and...