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In this episode:
We look at the question of how to begin -- that is, what preparations are needed to begin the work of the symbolic life?

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Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy from 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
2. 'The Gods of the Greeks' by Karl Kerényi
3. The Swan, poem by Mary Oliver from 'House of Light'
4. 'Biographia Literaria'  by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
5.  'Hymn to Delos' by Callimachus
6.  The Aims of Psychotherapy from 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung

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In this episode:
I announce the start of Season 3 of Digital Jung

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

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Sources for quotes and more:

1. "Already the ripening barberries" - poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (Translated by Robert Bly)
2. The Soul and Death by C.G. Jung, from 'Collected Works, vol. 8.'

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Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We explore the work of becoming what one is and the fears we often feel when we begin it.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Children's Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936 - 1940' by C.G. Jung
2. The Houston Films from 'C.G. Jung Speaking' by C.G. Jung
3. A Talk With Students at the Institute from 'C.G. Jung Speaking' by C.G. Jung
4. 'Proverbs and Songs #29' poem by Antonio Machado
5.  The Joseph Campbell Companion
6. 'Psychoanalytic Case Formulation' by Nancy McWilliams
7. S2, Ep. 14: Thresholds of Creativity
8. 'The War of Art' by Steven Pressfield
9. The Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
10. 'The Hero With A Thousand Faces' by Joseph Campbell
11. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville
12. 'Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life.' by D. Stephenson Bond

Have a great summer! See you in September, 2022!

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
I present some highlights and excerpts from a recent talk that I gave titled, Living a Symbolic Life. 

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Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Man Is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel
2. The Revised English Bible (Proverbs, Wisdom of Solomon, and Ecclesiasticus or Sirach)
3. 'Tao Te Ching' Translated by Red Pine 
4.  'A Poetry Handbook' by Mary Oliver
5. Psychological Types (Definitions) from 'Collected Works, vol. 6' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Essays on a Science of Mythology' by C.G. Jung and Carl Kerényi

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In this episode:
The trickster makes an appearance to caution us against the dangers of taking ourselves too seriously.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Symbols of Transformation from 'Collected Works, vol. 5' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Comedy of Errors' by William Shakespeare
3. 'Character and Anal Erotism' by Sigmund Freud
4.  The Farting Daughter-in-Law, Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture
5. Tricksters: An Overview by Lawrence Sullivan from 'The Encyclopedia of Religion'
6. 'The Rhythm of Being' by Raimon Panikkar
7. Meatballs (film)

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We finish our reading of the tale, The Seven Ravens, and discuss the difficulties that come with the work of recovering our lost wholeness.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Spirit and Life from 'Collected Works, vol. 8' by C.G. Jung
2. The Seven Ravens, Grimms' Fairy Tales
3. The Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
4.  Foreword to 'Introduction to Zen Buddhism' from 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung
5. Mysterium Coniunctionis from 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel
7. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
8. 'Upstream" by Mary Oliver

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We begin to read through the tale The Seven Ravens and to explore the challenges of reconciling the different sides of our nature.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections'  by C.G. Jung
2. 'Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness' by Evelyn Underhill
3. The Seven Ravens, Grimms' Fairy Tales
4. 'Practical Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
5. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
6. The Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
7. 'Living an Examined Life' by James Hollis
8. 'I Asked For Wonder,' An Anthology of Writings from Abraham Joshua Heschel

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We discuss those times in the symbolic life that call on us to bring tolerance, kindness, and patience to ourselves.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychotherapists and the Clergy from 'Collected Works, vol. 11'  by C.G. Jung
2. Transformation Symbolism in the Mass from 'Collected Works, vol. 11'  by C.G. Jung
3. 'Children's Dreams' by C.G. Jung
4. 'From the Life and Work of C.G. Jung' by Aniela Jaffé
5. 'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
7. The Hawk (Sakuṇagghi Sutta)

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We look at the mythic background of the creative life to discover both its challenges and its rewards.

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Psychology and Literature from 'Collected Works, vol. 15'  by C.G. Jung
2. Episode 13: Why Do We Need a Symbolic Life?
3. 'The Hero With A Thousand Faces' by Joseph Campbell
4. 'The War of Art' by Steven Pressfield
5. 'Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life' by D. Stephenson Bond
6. 'Creation Myths' by Marie-Louise von Franz
7. 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking' by Susan Cain
8. The Development of the Personality from 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
9. Neighbors, poem by David Wagoner
10. 'Upstream' by Mary Oliver
11. Analytical Psychology and Poetry from 'Collected Works, vol. 15'  by C.G. Jung
12. 'The Heart Aroused' by David Whyte

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

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In this episode:
We take a step back in order to ask the fundamental question: Why do we need a symbolic life?

Let's make this a conversation:
Do you have a comment or  question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).

For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung.
2. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
3. 'The Case For God' by Karen Armstrong
4. The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman from 'The Sacred Pipe' by Joseph Epes Brown (As told by Black Elk)
5. 'I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology' from the writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Music:
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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.