by Joseph Lee | Sep 29, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_233-Inferior-Function.mp3 There is a crack in everything / That’s how the light gets in. LEONARD COHEN Jung’s system of typology—our characteristic way of orienting to the world—led to the creation of the widely used...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 18, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Photo Credit: Cris Dinoto via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_227.mp3 Compartmentalization is like a home electrical panel that separates power into different zones. It allows us to separate the charge carried by ideas, feelings, and actions...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 11, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1898. https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_226-Hermes.mp3 Karl Kerenyi collaborated with Jung in demonstrating the psychological meaning of Greek mythology. Kerenyi found in Hermes a representation...
by Joseph Lee | Aug 4, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Photo Credit: Matthew Paul Catalano via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_225-Wave.mp3 Images of earth’s perpetual restlessness waves gently rock us, lift us up for an exhilarating ride – or inundate us in the terrifying phenomenon of a tsunami....
by Joseph Lee | Jul 21, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Photo Credit: Joseph Lee https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_224-Imp.mp3 What is the imp of the perverse? A fiendish inner spirit can prompt behavior that defies self-interest and even common sense. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story, the protagonist acts on his...
by Joseph Lee | Jul 14, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts
Image Credit: 1909 illustration by the British artist Arthur Rackham https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_222-Hansel.mp3 Fairy tales are fierce narratives of human shadow and its transformation. Hansel and Gretel depicts raw childhood trauma: parents abandon...