
Digital Jung
Living a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.
Digital Jung
Dreams and the Sacred
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Jason E. Smith
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Season 1
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Episode 21
In this episode:
We explore the ways that our dreams can sensitize us to the sacred dimensions of the life both within us and around us.
Sources for quotes and more:
- "Christians often ask why God does not speak to them, as he is believed to have done in former days...." ~ C.G. Jung in 'Man and His Symbols.'
- Episode 19: Dreaming and Reality
- “All dreams reveal spiritual experiences.” ~ C.G. Jung in 'C.G. Jung Speaking.'
- "Psychologically, I am using the word to mean anything which overwhelms us so completely that our genuine reaction is to prostrate ourselves to the floor, to venerate it, to fear it...." ~ Marie-Louise von Franz in 'The Way of the Dream.'
- The Water of Life from 'Grimm's Household Tales,' translated by Margaret Hunt.
- "What is now prov’d was once only imagined." ~ William Blake from 'Auguries of Innocence.'
- Discussion of "the way of expediency" and "the way of wonder" in 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel.
- "Let us forever remember that the sense for the sacred is as vital to us the light of the sun." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel in 'I Asked for Wonder.'
Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.