In this episode of Conversations for the End, we move from psychedelic experience to artificial intelligence, from the sacred to the algorithm, asking one central question: what is happening to the human soul in a world of impersonal systems?

Beginning with a psychedelic memoir and the phenomenology of transcendence, the conversation explores the pull of the sacred, the symbolic dimension of experience, and the problem of the ineffable. From there, we turn toward death not as annihilation, but as reevaluation. A confrontation with finitude that forces clarity.

The second half widens into culture. Dystopia not as spectacle, but as creeping normality. AI not as neutral tool, but as a mirror of impersonal systems. Drawing on Jung’s Answer to Job, we consider whether the internet itself functions as a new kind of archetypal field. A hall of mirrors. A performance driven domain where being collapses into having. Smartphones, limbic capitalism, AI slop, and engines of bullshit are examined not simply as technologies, but as forces that reveal a particular way the world now discloses itself.

And yet, the episode closes with something else. A call to reengage the sacred. Not as regression. Not as nostalgia. But as necessity.

If you are trying to think clearly about AI, spirituality, modernity, Jungian psychology, or the future of meaning in a technological age, this conversation is for you.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

03:43 A Psychedelic Memoir

09:56 Examining the transcendent

11:30 The Pull of the Sacred

17:30 Symbolic and phenomenology

19:50 The ineffable

21:13 Death as reevaluation

30:58 Dystopia and creeping normality

39:00 Impersonal Systems and AI

42:48 Answer to Job and the Internet

44:20 The need for friction

51:00 The Hall of Mirrors

57:30 Performance driven domains

58:50 Being and Having Modes

60:02 Smart Phones and limbic capitalism

60:06 AI Slop and the revealing of the world

60:13 AI as Engines of Bullshit

60:15 Reengaging with the Sacred

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In this episode of Conversations for the End, I’m joined by story healer Rick Diamond for a wide ranging conversation on personal myth, somatic knowing, and the often unseen stories shaping our lives.

We explore how personal myths form, how they repeat with subtle differences across a lifetime, and how the body often knows long before the mind is ready to understand. Rick speaks about healing ruptures that arrive unexpectedly, the dangers of spiritual bypassing, and the importance of recognising the psyche as fundamentally polytheistic rather than unified or linear.

Together, we examine what it means to live inside a myth, how archetypal figures and gods continue to move through modern lives, and why the hero’s journey is less about triumph and more about the courage to say yes to what is already calling.

The conversation also turns toward creativity, imagination, and story as essential tools for integration rather than aesthetic luxuries, culminating in a discussion of Rick’s Story Workbook and the practical work of engaging myth consciously rather than being unconsciously lived by it.

This episode is an invitation to listen differently to your own story, to notice where repetition is asking for transformation, and to approach healing not as correction but as deepening relationship with the psyche.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:42 Rick’s personal myth

06:58 The joy of waking up

11:15 Somatic healing

15:19 Unexpected healing ruptures

18:00 The polytheistic psyche

21:00 Eastern spirituality and spiritual beggars

23:00 Recognising our personal myth

31:19 Repetition with a difference

38:40 Living inside a myth and somatic reaction

43:30 Archetypal figures and the gods

44:30 The hero says yes to the journey4

7:50 Confronting the hero’s call

48:40 Unconditional love and the relief of realisation

54:00 Common stories we need to heal

60:02 The importance of creativity and imagination

60:08 The Story Workbook

Listen to Episode 26 of Conversations for the End on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

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In this episode of Conversations for the End, I sit down with Jared Fekete to explore wrestling not just as a sport, but as a profound symbolic practice of inner work, containment, and transformation.Beginning with Jared’s personal story, we trace how the wrestling mat becomes a space where force, vulnerability, brotherhood, and discipline meet. We explore wrestling as a container that constricts and reveals, mirroring the psychological pressures that shape character and maturity.

From somatic healing and bodily intelligence to yoga, reflection, and working consciously with force, this conversation moves between the physical and the symbolic with depth and care.We also touch on plant medicine, encounters with the feminine, and what it means to wrestle with God, the Mother archetype, and the demands of a symbolic life.

Throughout, initiation emerges not as a single event, but as a relational process that unfolds through embodied practice, mythic encounter, and responsibility to self and others.This is a conversation about masculinity, embodiment, and meaning that refuses abstraction, grounding psychological insight in lived, physical experience.

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:36 Jared’s Story

11:35 Wrestling as Container and Constriction

12:59 The Importance of Brotherhood

18:21 Wrestling as a Symbol for Inner Work

22:00 Somatic Healing on the Mat

27:50 Yoga and Reflection

31:50 Working with Force

36:22 Plant Medicine and the Feminine

41:55 Wrestling with God

44:45 The Mother Archetype

48:40 The Symbolic Life

51:00 Initiation

55:40 The Relational Feminine

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For the first time on Conversations for the End, I sit alone to answer questions sent in by listeners and viewers, and to take stock of what this project has been, what it’s becoming, and how it has changed me in the process.

This episode moves between the personal and the psychological. I speak openly about my own background, how I first encountered Carl Jung, and why Jungian psychology continues to feel urgently relevant at a time when so many people experience alienation, disconnection, and a crisis of meaning.We explore the shadow side of modern men’s self-development spaces, where genuine longing for growth can quietly slip into domination, repression, or spiritual bypassing. I reflect on the idea of the “spiritually sick father” and what it might mean to redeem that image rather than simply reject it.

I also answer questions about my own experiences of synchronicity, Jung’s concept of enantiodromia, and how psychological extremes inevitably turn into their opposites when they are lived unconsciously.

Finally, I look back on what has shifted in me across 24 episodes. Not just intellectually, but emotionally and symbolically. What it means to speak publicly about meaning, suffering, and depth in a culture that often resists all three.

This episode is less about offering answers and more about tracing a conversation in motion, one that continues to unfold between psyche, culture, and lived experience.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:07 About me

05:00 The Shadow self of Mens Self Development Space

12:40 Redeeming the Spiritually Sick Father

22:30 How I Became Interested in Carl Jung.

25:30 What are my own Syncroncity experiences?

31:00 Jung and people feeling disconnected from society

37:00 Enantiodromia

41:30 How Have I grown in 24 episodes

The full episode is available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

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In this episode of Conversations for the End, we explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping not only culture and technology, but our symbolic relationship with the world itself.

Rather than asking whether AI is good or bad, this conversation holds the deeper psychological tension it introduces. Between matter and meaning. Object and soul. Past myth and future imagination.

We move through questions of de-spiritualisation, animism, indigenous worldviews, sex robots, and the way modern technology subtly reorganises how we perceive reality. AI appears here not just as a tool, but as a psychological and mythic object that reflects something unfinished in the modern psyche.

This is not a technical discussion about machines.It is a conversation about meaning, perception, and the kinds of worlds we are unconsciously building.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:22 AI and Modern Culture

07:23 De-Spiritualisation, the Feminine as Matter, and Eve

10:00 Material World Locker Room Talk

11:30 AI and Animism

15:09 Holding the Tension of Past and Future

19:03 AI as the Magical Object

24:00 Prepositions and Perception

27:00 How Should We Talk About AI

32:00 Holding the Tension of Opposites in Thought

34:00 Questioning Our Worldviews

36:00 Indigenous Traditions, AI, and the Psychology of Land

41:00 Sex Robots and AI Romance

47:00 Technology and Perception

If you’re interested in depth psychology, culture, and the symbolic consequences of modern technology, this episode is an invitation to slow down and think more carefully about what we’re actually relating to when we say “AI.”

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In this conversation, Neo Jungian sociologist and analyst Stefano Carpani explores why peace may never have been humanity’s natural state and what this means for a world moving toward new forms of conflict. We examine the democratisation of Jungian ideas, the psychological conditions of our time, and why understanding the wish for war is essential if we hope to avoid repeating the catastrophes of the past.

Carpani reflects on modern desensitisation, how we have become subtly anaesthetised, and how these shifts shape our everyday reality settings. We look at the constellation of archetypes in contemporary culture, from Greta Thunberg to collective anxieties of the 21st century, and how psychosocial Jungian thinking can help us navigate the forces moving through society today.

This episode asks a difficult but necessary question
If peace is not in our nature, what must we understand about ourselves to prevent history from repeating itself

Stefano closes with a reflective exercise and an invitation to deepen our psychological literacy in a rapidly changing world.

00:00 Introduction
01:05 Neo Jungians
07:20 Analytical psychology and the current times
12:00 Democratisation of Jungian ideas
18:30 War as rest
26:00 Jungian antidotes to war
32:15 Peace is not in our nature
37:15 Modern desensitised and anaesthetised
39:00 The transformation of desensitisation
42:00 Reality settings
48:00 Greta Thunberg and the constellation of an archetype
50:00 Psychosocial Jungian thinking
60:03 Where to find Stefano and an exercise in reflection

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In this episode of Conversations for the End, I sit down with Jared Ray Gilmore—coach, content creator, and musician—for a deep exploration of personal myth, shadow work, addiction, and the symbolic forces shaping our inner lives.

Across this hour-long conversation, we unpack how emotion, initiation, and complexes reveal the hidden architecture of your psyche; how Jungian psychology, phenomenology, and archetypal patterns help explain the stories we unconsciously perform; and why confronting the Sol Niger, the Black Sun, and the darker turns in our personal myths can open the door to genuine transformation.

Jared shares candid reflections on his own journey—through addiction, dreamwork, active imagination, mentorship, creativity, and rebuilding a foundation for growth—offering a grounded and authentic look at what real inner work feels like.

If you're interested in Jung, mythology, self-development, or the lived reality of confronting the unconscious, this episode offers a rich and honest entry point.

00:00 Intro

02:30 Jared’s Personal Myth

08:26 Emotion, Initiation and Your Myth

10:56 Carl Jung and Phenomenology 

11:53 Complex’s reveal the world

14:20 Your myth and unlocking your potential 

17:35 Unconscious development.

19:55 Addiction and Archetypal Possession 

27:27 Personal Myths and Tragic ends

31:20 Sol Niger and The Black Sun

36:12 Osiris myth and transformation 

38:06 Helping others as antidote 

44:06 The importance of mentorship 

50:30 Active Imagination 

51:00 Shadow work

54:30 Find a Foundation before exploring the depths

59:00 IFS, Jung and & Romanticism 

60:00 Engaging with a dream (example) 

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In this episode of Conversations for the End, I am joined by friend of the show Emma Smithwick to explore the rich terrain of the psyche, culture, and creativity through a Jungian lens. We discuss how engaging with suffering, paradox, and the parts of ourselves often left unexplored can help us cultivate deeper meaning in life.We dive into topics including Carl Jung, the Kore, intuition, the underworld, death and creativity, and why suffering can be both a privilege and a doorway to personal growth.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

03:00 Carl Jung and The Return to Greece

07:40 Understanding Parts of Ourselves

09:15 The Kore

15:30 The Underworld, Intuition, Culture

26:00 Destruction, Death and Creativity

36:00 Why Suffering Can Be Beautiful

42:00 The Need for Paradox

43:00 Suffering Is a Privilege

45:00 Life Is Not Either or

53:00 Cultivating Your Life Through Conflict

Whether you are curious about Jungian psychology, personal growth, or simply how to navigate life’s complexities, this conversation offers insight, reflection, and practical ways to engage with your inner world.Listen, reflect, and explore with us.

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In this episode, I sit down with Adam Letica — a coach who has worked with over 500 clients help transform where they have become stuck. Together we explore how to treat our fractured parts with curiosity and compassion (rather than shame or avoidance) and how shifting the narrative from “Why am I like this?” to “What is this part trying to do for me?” can open space for real transformation. Adam shows that growth isn’t just about fixing—you’re not broken and needing repair—but about integrating the characters inside you so you can show up more fully.Adam’s approach emphasises that true change happens when we work both our “inner world” (our feelings, stories, habits) and “outer world” (our energy, work, relationships) in harmony.

00:00 Introduction

00:42 Why People Stay Small

05:29 Psychological Safety explained

07:30 How Mythology Drives Personal Growth

14:20 What are Fractures in the Psyche

17:11 The Practical Pushback against Myth Making

18:30 How to Notice Your Psychological Fractures

20:40 Growing Inner Curiosity and Self Compassion

21:00 Archetypes vs Behavioural Patterns in Real Life

24:00 Common Shadow Work Mistakes

25:30 Overthinking Self Help and Life Advice

28:13 Living the Provisional Life explained

29:46 The Reward is in Becoming, not the Goal

30:33 How to Realign with Your Authentic Self

35:42 Using a Compass not a Map in Life

40:19 How to Navigate Self Doubt

42:30 Feelings are Friends not Enemies

42:40 Change “Why” to “What” for Better Growth

48:00 Why Laziness is a Myth

51:21 The Power of Language in Identity

54:29 Cultural Challenges to Personal Growth in 2025

59:00 Where to Find Adam Letica

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In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist and author Isabel Clarke to explore the deep waters where psychosis, mysticism, and spirituality meet. Drawing from her influential book Madness, Mystery and the Survival of God, Isabel invites us to reconsider what it means to be “mad” in a world that has lost touch with the numinous.

⏱️ Episode Timestamps

00:00 Intro

02:20 Isabel’s journey into spirituality and psychosis

07:00 Mystical experiences and psychosis

08:20 The transliminal and schizotypy

11:00 Getting stuck in the transliminal

12:30 Barriers to integrating transliminal experience

15:00 Brain architecture and the numinous20:30 Understanding delusions in psychosis

22:00 Does psychosis have a reality function?

26:00 Pathology vs spirituality

33:00 Acknowledging delusional beliefs

40:00 The “Both–and” of spirituality and psychosis

42:00 Cultural neurosis and disenchantment

44:30 The Spiritual Crisis Network

49:00 Medicine and the mystical

56:00 Comprehend, Copy, and Connect

01:02 Where to find Isabel Clarke

Where to find Isabel Clarkehttps://www.isabelclarke.org/

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