by Joseph Lee | May 12, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Kyle Johnson via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_213-Vocation.mp3 Vocation, once associated with serving God through service to others, is now most strongly associated with a career having personal worth. Vocation spans a range of...
by Joseph Lee | May 6, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Photo Credit: The Return of the Prodigal Son (1773) by Pompeo Batoni https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_212-Prodigal.mp3 Jung interpreted religious traditions from the viewpoint of their psychological significance. The allegorical tale of the Prodigal Son...
by Joseph Lee | Apr 21, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Photo Credit: cdd20 via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_210-Looking-Forward.mp3 The Roman god Janus had two faces. They looked in opposite directions, representing dualities, especially beginnings and endings, past and future. Psychotherapy...
by Joseph Lee | Apr 1, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_207-April-Fools.mp3 We welcome Jungian colleague, psychiatrist, and historian Dr. Bert Price M.D, whose research in Vienna during a 2019 international conference led to the discovery of new facts regarding the famous...
by Joseph Lee | Mar 24, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_205-Failure.mp3 We first encounter failure in learning to walk—we fall down, the root definition of failure. Coming up short is a lifelong experience that stretches from mishaps and lapses to shock waves that shake our...
by Joseph Lee | Mar 17, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Davide Ragusa via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_206-Tension.mp3 Holding the tension between opposites was one of Jung’s foundational precepts. Although contradictory views are often a better witness to truth than one-sided...