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In this episode:
I explore the role of suffering and darkness as factors that awaken us to the need for what Jung calls a religious outlook. We look at ways that we can cultivate that outlook in an authentic way.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Man and His Symbols' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag; Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 7: The Chapel; Chapter 8: The Pulpit)
3. S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
4. 'Psychotherapists or the Clergy' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
5. 'Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams' by C.G. Jung (CW18)
6. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith
7. 'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright
8. Murray Stein quoted in 'C.G. Jung Face to Face with Christianity' by Jakob Lusensky
9. 'Psychological Types' by C.G. Jung (CW6)
   
   

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In this episode:
I examine the figure of Ishmael from Moby-Dick as a symbol of the human experience of alienation. I explore the question of how this experience comes about and what we can do to respond to it.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings)
2. 'A Credit to His Country,' review of Moby-Dick (Norton Edition)
3. 'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright
4. 'Commentary on the Secret of the Golden Flower' by C.G. Jung (CW13)
5. ‘On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry’ by C.G. Jung (CW15)
6. S1, Ep. 10: An Instinct For Meaning
7. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
8. Abraham Joshua Heschel, quoted in “Arnold Eisen: The Opposite of Good Is Indifference,” On Being Podcast
9. “The Frontiers of Knowledge” in C.G. Jung Speaking
   
   

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In this episode:
I introduce the theme for this fourth season: Jung Aboard the Pequod -- a Jungian appreciation of Moby-Dick. I then explore the need for stories that are expansive enough to meet the call for meaning and purpose.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale & Chapter 55: Monstrous Pictures of Whales)
2. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
3. 'Melville’s Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger
4. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
5. ‘The Reenchantment of the World’ by Morris Berman
6. ‘The Undiscovered Self’ by C.G. Jung (CW10)
7. 'The Rhythm of Being' by Raimon Panikkar
8. William Blake quoted in 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
9. 'The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche' by C.G. Jung (CW8)
10. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
11. 'Psychology and Religion' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
12. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
13. 'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
14. 'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire
15. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
16. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (CW17)
    
    

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:
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