The Wisdom of Play

In this episode:
I discuss the importance of play and creativity in the practice of the symbolic life.

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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 from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. "If play expires in itself without creating anything durable and vital, it is only play, but in the other case it is called creative work...." ~ C.G. Jung in Psychological Types in 'Collected Works, vol. 6.'
2. Episode 25: Preparing to Work with Your Dreams
3. “If the wrong person uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way.” ~ C.G. Jung in Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower in 'Collected Works, vol. 13.'
4. "A vivid awareness of infinite Being at the roots of our own limited being" ~ Thomas Merton in 'New Seeds of Contemplation.'
5. “In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.” ~ C.G. Jung in The Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i.'
6. Proverbs 8:22 - 31 in The Revised English Bible.
7. “Whoever finds me finds life.” ~ Proverbs 8:35 in The Revised English Bible.
8. “Play is the free spirit of exploration, doing and being for its own joy.” ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch in 'Free Play: The Power of Improvisation in Life and the Arts.'
9. “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ~ C. G. Jung in 'Modern Man in Search of a Soul.'

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