by Joseph Lee | Jan 3, 2026 | Archetypal, Metaphysical
VIDEO AUDIO Angels as Archetypal Mediators Jung’s symbolic attitude helps us understand Angels as symbols that carry messages, offer mediation, and demonstrate contact. They cross a boundary the ego cannot tolerate. Jung tells us that angels symbolize...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 25, 2025 | Archetypal, Cultural Currents
VIDEO AUDIO Santa Claus in the Current Zeitgeist Santa Claus occupies a shared cultural role where consumer culture, family ritual, and childhood imagination intersect. In the current zeitgeist, he appears as a brand mascot, a mall employee, a streaming character, a...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 18, 2025 | Archetypal, Metaphysical
VIDEO AUDIO Mortificatio is an alchemical term for the moments when your life-organizing identity collapses. We call it burnout, divorce devastation, depression, retirement shock, institutional betrayal, or a life-changing diagnosis. The alchemists called it...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 13, 2025 | Archetypal
VIDEO AUDIO What we mean by separatio Separatio means cutting things apart in order to see what they are and how they work in Psyche. Alchemists described it as dividing earth from heaven, or fire from earth. They wrote: “Separate the earth from the fire, the...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 30, 2025 | Archetypal
VIDEO AUDIO The devil archetype carries three qualities: it promotes bestial violence of every kind, it tries to convince us that the material world is the only reality, and it fools us into thinking we can spiritually ascend through intellect alone. On a personal...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 16, 2025 | Archetypal, Core Jungian Concepts
VIDEO AUDIO Do you get overwhelmed by intense feelings and old patterns, feeling stuck because you can’t make sense of what’s happening, and reacting on impulse instead of pausing to choose a steady, thoughtful response? Jung’s alchemical insights will help....