The recent total solar eclipse gave us a glimpse into the old world, where we engaged more intimately — and far more directly — with our surroundings, often instilling in us a deep sense of wonder.

Eclipses profoundly impact observers, evoking awe, transcendence, and a shared

Mooning This Jungian Life What amazing poetic awe inspiring Podcast you guys did on The Eclipse…

Worth a few listens.
I took notes for another eclipse song
Weird Studies reach out to Gary Lachman
I’d love to hear all of you in conversation

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When we share our inner 'gold' — our special talents and unique perspective — with the world, it becomes a blessing, as the Gnostics say. But, when we either refuse or are unable to answer our true calling, this inner power can become a poison.

'Dream Scenario' is a

🔎Join Lisa, Joseph, and Deb as they illuminate the mysterious corners of the unconscious by interpreting your dreams, illustrated.

They analyze the dream of a 44-year-old woman who works as a teacher. In her dream, she finds herself confronted by a young ruffian ready to infect

This week's moving, thought-provoking #Accidentalgods #podcast w douglas rushkoff, explores all that really matters in life

accidentalgods.life/how-do-we-live

Join us to navigate everything from collective #grief to humane #AI to #psilocybin as routes to remembering #tuesdaymotivations

Coming this September
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If the problem is all out there, then the solution is, too, and there is little we can do to effect change. With such a vast, monolithic enemy as patriarchy, what could I do other than stew in my dorm room with other disaffected undergraduates? quillette.com/2024/04/15/lis…

What a different view of therapy than skills training and worksheets and homework

choose wisely
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🎙️ | Kate Berlant's episode of This Jungian Life is now available on all podcast platforms and streaming now on YouTube ✨

'Kate Berlant: Art, Psyche, and the Collective Unconscious in the new movie DREAM SCENARIO'

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1/ One reason the therapy world is so polarized is that CBT made psychoanalysis part of its PR narrative & origin story

The narrative is that CBT is evidence-based & psychoanalytic treatment is not, and science (good) triumphed over darkness (evil)

But the narrative is a lie

Lisa, Joseph, and Deb analyze the dream of a 44-year-old man who works as a translator and a poet. In his dream, he finds himself confronting a mysterious, transpersonal force that brings him back to his childhood complex:

'I am walking in the streets of the small town I grew up

What is projective identification and why should we care? Thanks This Jungian Life

When stressed, we can engage in a primitive — yet potent — type of psychological defense known as projective identification. Without even consciously realizing it, we can induce in others the very same darkness we find intolerable.

Projective identification is like unconsciously

‘J.R.R. Tolkien on Fairy Tales, Language, the Psychology of Fantasy, and Why There’s No Such Thing as Writing “For Children”’

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NEW EPISODE — VULGARITY: What's Its True Power?

How does the interplay between vulgarity and societal norms reflect and shape the human experience of freedom, creativity, and psychological depth?

Our collective fascination with vulgarity, obscenity, and profanity lies in the

I’ve just learned that there have indeed been distribution issues in the UK and Europe for The Vital Spark. These have apparently gotten worked out and books should be on the shelves in a week or two! lisamarchiano.com

Carl Jung said that if you find the psychic wound in an individual or a people, there you also find their path to consciousness. For it is in the healing of our psychic wounds that we come to know ourselves.~Robert A. Johnson

I bought this off the back of a This Jungian Life recommendation. It's been hugely helpful for establishing a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the emotions. A fantastic resource.

Spinning Straw is Lisa Marchiano ‘s online fairy tale group for women. Check out our exciting new changes starting Monday! spinningstraw.com

If we have identified too closely with the light, have too idealized an image of ourselves, then our shadow will surely come up and hit us on the backside. The same is true if we have identified with our negative side. Either position is a denial of our wholeness.~Marion Woodman