Golden Shadow Podcast

By Alyssa Polizzi and Arran RogersonEducation Self-Improvement

Golden Shadow Podcast episodes

October 25, 2020 Ep.24 – Halloween: Mischief, Monsters, and the Shadow
How might Halloween be a manifestation of banished energy? What are the different ways in which people express their naughty, evil, or dark side? How does Arran's embrace of the Trickster and Alyssa's embrace of the Priestess reflect their respective Shadows?
58 min
October 18, 2020 Ep.23 – Collective Shadow & The Psychology of Conflict
This episode was submitted to the 2020 Jungian Conference at the Institute For Conflict (hence the unusual format). How is conflict foundational to our growth as individuals? How do the same patterns of conflict between individuals play out at larger scales in society? Do we have personal responsibility for integrating society's shadow?
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54 min
October 11, 2020 Ep.22 – Complexes & Neurosis
How do archetypes and complexes reflect nature and nurture, respectively? How does a complex fall into shadow? In what way are neuroses the product of an antagonism between the ego and the unconscious?
54 min
October 04, 2020 Ep.21 – Higher Self and the Structure of Becoming
What does it mean when someone doesn't know who they are? How do complexes form the building blocks of self? What structures guide the process of becoming the people we are meant to be?
55 min
September 27, 2020 Ep.20 – Arran Dream Series
Why do we have bad dreams? How does each individual's dreamscape reflect their personal experience, perception, and worldview? What is the archetypal significance of Panda Express?
59 min
September 20, 2020 Ep.19 – Alyssa Dream Series
What does the imagery of dreams represent? How does examining multiple dreams reveal an evolving landscape of the unconscious? Why does Alyssa hate chihuahuas?
52 min
September 07, 2020 Ep.18 – Masculine & Feminine
How does the feminine/masculine duality map onto the notions of yin and yang, chaos and order, disintegration and integration? How are feminine and masculine principles linked to biological sex, and how might they become uncoupled from it? What makes Frodo feminine and Aragorn masculine?
59 min
August 30, 2020 Ep.17 – Synchronicity
Are meaningful coincidences an act of fate, a push from the unseen hand of the unconscious, confirmation bias, or some combination? How might we be over- or under-reading implicit patterns in the world? How can we play with the synchronistic experience to gain insights?
59 min
August 24, 2020 Ep.16 – Religious Instinct
How do our daily behaviors reflect a religious orientation towards the world? Why do we seek out a shared myth? Should we adapt major religions over time or maintain traditions?
52 min
August 18, 2020 Ep.15 – Extraversion vs Introversion
How do we regulate our energy boundaries? How does our internal world mingle with the external? How might we bring into awareness the underdeveloped extraverted or introverted aspects of our personality?
51 min