The Living Symbol

In this episode:
We explore the elusive nature of symbols and offer some suggestions about ways that we can strengthen our ability to perceive them.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available now from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. "A symbol, then, is a living Gestalt, or form..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga.'
2. Jung and the Story of Our Time by Laurens van der Post
3. "A word or an image is symbolic, when it implies something more than its obvious and immediate meaning." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Man and His Symbols.'
4. "When trying to hold an interview with reality face to face..." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from 'Man is Not Alone.'
5. "The way I must enter" by Izumi Shikibu from 'Women in Praise of the Sacred,' edited by Jane Hirshfield.
6. "If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry." ~ Emily Dickinson from 'Selected Letters.'

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0