An Instinct for Meaning

In this episode:
We discuss the psyche’s affinity for religious expression and it’s meaning for the experience of our own psychological depths.

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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. “I do not, however, hold myself responsible for the fact that man has, everywhere and always, spontaneously developed religious forms of expression..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul.'
2. "the farthest star and the mud at your feet are a family." ~ Mary Oliver from 'Upstream.'
3. Episode 3: The Healing Factor
4. "A thorough knowledge of the spiritual history of man [is] indispensable..." ~ C.G. Jung from Collected Works, vol. 11.
5. O Servant, where dost thou seek Me?' by Kabir from 'Songs of Kabir' (translated by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill).
6. "Our creed is, like music, a translation of the unutterable into a form of expression." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from Man Is Not Alone. 
7. "One must never forget, psychology is only a stammering stopgap measure, so that one is able to talk about life at all." ~ C.G. Jung from 'On Psychological and Visionary Art.'

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