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
An Instinct for Meaning
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Jason E. Smith
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Season 1
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Episode 10
In this episode:
We discuss the psyche’s affinity for religious expression and it’s meaning for the experience of our own psychological depths.
Sources for quotes and more:
- “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.'
- "the farthest star and the mud at your feet are a family." ~ Mary Oliver from 'Upstream.'
- Episode 3: The Healing Factor
- "A thorough knowledge of the spiritual history of man [is] indispensable..." ~ C.G. Jung from Collected Works, vol. 11.
- O Servant, where dost thou seek Me?' by Kabir from 'Songs of Kabir' (translated by Rabindranath Tagore and Evelyn Underhill).
- "Our creed is, like music, a translation of the unutterable into a form of expression." ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel from Man Is Not Alone.
- "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
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