Howl in the Wilderness

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On this episode I welcome Paul Bishop to speak about his new book on Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzifal and it’s importance to Western culture and why important thinkers such as Carl and Emma Jung, Joseph Campbell, Harold Bloom and Rudolf Steiner all felt it was such a central text of the Western canon.

Wolfram’s Parzival epic depicts a three-fold quest: for the hero’s identity, for vröude (“joy”), and for the mysterious Grail. In the course of this quest, Parzival undergoes a transformation from Fool to the lord of the Grail, at the same time effecting a collective transformation. It’s no wonder this tale was so significant for Carl Jung, who felt that the healing of the world is intrinsically linked to, and begins with our own healing. 

I’ve been wanting to cover Parzifal on the podcast for a long time, and am really happy that I waited to have this conversation with Paul, whose work on Jung and religion I’ve admired since I heard him on Jakob Lusensky’s podcast Psychology & The Cross.

Paul Bishop was born in 1967 in Southend-on-Sea. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and he is currently William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow. His books examine the history of ideas and the histories of psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, with particular emphasis on Nietzsche, C.G. Jung, and Ludwig Klages.

Webpage for Paul's Book

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Howling about James Hillman, archetypal psychology, phenomenology, soul and the living world.

Professor Edward Casey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, was the president of the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) from 2009-10, and he was chairman of the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook University for a decade. He works in aesthetics, philosophy of space and time, ethics, perception, and psychoanalytic theory.  He obtained his doctorate at Northwestern University in 1967 and has taught at Yale University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, The New School for Social Research, Emory University, and several other institutions.  He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University.

His recent research includes investigations into place and space; landscape painting and maps as modes of representation; ethics and the other; feeling and emotion; philosophy of perception (with special attention to the role of the glance); the nature of edges.

https://www.escasey.com/

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On this episode I welcome Jungian-oriented psychotherapist and author Robert Hopcke to speak about his work on the depth psychology of homosexuality.

Robert Hopcke has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Berkeley, California since 1986, specializing in working with issues around sexuality, religion and spirituality. Known internationally for his ground-breaking work within Jungian psychology, he is the author of the first full-length work in English on homosexuality within the field of analytical psychology, Jung, Jungians and Homosexuality published in 1989.

This was a really fun and enlightening conversation, and even after nearly two hours of diving deep on Jung and some of the key archetypal themes within homosexuality and gay eroticism, I feel like there was still a lot more to explore.

A special thank you to Patreon member Chris for suggesting I get Rob on the podcast.

https://www.robhopcke.com

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Howling about life, death, art and imagination with Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy.

Joanna Ebenstein is the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy. An internationally recognized death expert, her books include Anatomica: The Exquisite and Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy, Death: A Graveside Companion and The Anatomical Venus. She is also an award-winning curator, photographer, and graphic designer, and teacher of the many times sold out class Memento Mori: Befriending Death with Art, History and the Imagination.

https://www.joannaebenstein.com/

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Howling about IFS, psychedelics, spirit possession & addiction with Bob Falconer.

Robert Falconer is a spiritual guide, author, IFS consultant and trainer.

Bob recently published his new book about IFS and unattached burdens, The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession.

For the past decade or more Bob Falconer has devoted himself full-time to IFS work (Internal Family Systems Therapy).

Bob's website: https://robertfalconer.us

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Howling about James Hillman, archetypal psychology, phenomenology, soul and the living world with Edward Casey.

Professor Edward Casey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, was the president of the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) from 2009-10, and he was chairman of the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook University for a decade. He works in aesthetics, philosophy of space and time, ethics, perception, and psychoanalytic theory.  He obtained his doctorate at Northwestern University in 1967 and has taught at Yale University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, The New School for Social Research, Emory University, and several other institutions.  He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University.

His recent research includes investigations into place and space; landscape painting and maps as modes of representation; ethics and the other; feeling and emotion; philosophy of perception (with special attention to the role of the glance); the nature of edges.

https://www.escasey.com/

Howling about Jung, Hillman, individuation, the shadow & the spiritual life with Ken James.

Dr. Kenneth James maintains a private practice in Chicago, Illinois at The Soulwork Center.  His areas of expertise include dream work and psychoanalysis, archetypal dimensions of analytic practice, divination and synchronicity, and ways to sustain the vital relationship between body, mind and spirit.  He has done post-doctoral work in music therapy, the Kabbalah, spirituality and theology, and uses these disciplines to inform his work as a Jungian analyst.

Ken's website: http://soulworkcenter.org

Ken's lectures: https://jungchicago.org/blog/speaker/james-ken/

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On this episode I welcome New York-based journalist and editor Glenn Belverio to the podcast.

In our conversation we talk about the 90s queer punk and post-queer movements, gay activism, his collaborations with Camille Paglia and Canadian gay icon Bruce LaBruce, and Gen Z’s growing interest in 90s counter culture.

In the 1990s, Glenn was a filmmaker and performance artist, whose 1993 collaboration with Camille Paglia on the short film Glennda and Camille Do Downtown, gained international attention. The film played at the Sundance Film Festival and won first prize for best short documentary at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Throughout the 1990s Glenn appeared on his public access TV show as his drag alter ego Glennda Orgasm. Harvard scholar Laurence Senelick noted that Belverio's performances as Glennda represented a radical edge in gay culture at the time, "as the politically correct gay community turned its back on drag." Through these performances, Belverio was thought to be engaging in the kind of political and cultural critique that Paglia termed "drag queen feminism".

Lately, Glenn has been participating in exhibitions of the underground zine culture as part of the Copy Machine Manifestos exhibit that is currently running at the Vancouver Art Gallery, as well as hosting screenings of his 90s film and TV work.

Glenn's video archive: https://www.vdb.org/artists/glenn-belverio

Glennda & Camille Do Downtown: https://youtu.be/aE2014xRGMQ

East Village Drag Queens Get Ready: https://youtu.be/1XT4AS-qwPA

Copy Machine Manifestos: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/copy_machine_manifestos_artists_who_make_zines

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Howling about dreams, imagination, ancient Egypt & Greece with Sarah Janes.

Author, researcher, curator, retreat/workshop facilitator and public speaker, Sarah Janes specializes in the ancient history and culture of dreaming and has been an enthusiastic lucid dreamer since childhood. Sarah is passionate about the potential of dreaming for physical, emotional, creative and spiritual upliftment, not just for individuals, but for culture and society.

Sarah is co-director and curator of Dream Palace Athens, a symposium and deep-dreaming residency project in Greece. She is also the host of popular online lecture series Explorers Egyptology. Sarah has collaborated with Rupert Sheldrake and the British Pilgrimage Trust to reinvigorate the practice of dream incubation at sacred sites around the UK.

Currently leading retreats to the ancient dream incubation sanctuaries of the Mediterranean, Sarah is now based between Hastings in England and Archaia Epidavros in the Peloponnese.

Sarah’s book: Initiation into Dream Mysteries: Drinking from the Pool of Mnemosyne explores the history and culture of dreaming in the Western Esoteric Tradition and is available from all book sellers and on Audible.

Sarah's website: https://themysteries.org/

Topics: dreams, imagination, ancient egypt, greece, mysticism, synchronicity

This is an excerpt of a longer conversation. If you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul

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On this episode I welcome back archetypal astrologer and teacher of depth psychology, Safron Rossi to speak about her recent book on the Kore archetype.

Safron is Core Faculty in the Pacifica Graduate Institute Jungian and Archetypal Studies program, teaching courses on mythology, symbolism, archetypal cosmology & astrology, and scholarly praxis. For many years she was Curator of the Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, and Marija Gimbutas manuscript collections at Opus Archives. Her writing and scholarly studies focus on Greek mythology, archetypal psychology, archetypal astrology, and goddess traditions. Safron is the author of The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology (2021), co-editor of Jung on Astrology (2017), and editor of Joseph Campbell’s Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013). 

Safron and I have a wonderful conversation that explores the archetypal significance of the Ancient Greek Kore figures, who are often depicted as young strong women. Safron describes the Kore as, “…the archetypal Virgin or Maiden, a youthful figure who is one-in-herself … associated with psychological integrity … to be grounded in one’s essential nature as an individual. As the figure most directly concerned with our connection to the interior rhythms of our being, contact with this archetype brings a sense of sovereignty and potency…it is the function of the Kore to safeguard us from losing ourselves to collective forces by turning us inward.” 

As you might imagine, this feminine archetype is relevant to both men and women, particularly in times like these where collective forces are constantly trying to get us to pick a side and go to battle for one ideology or another, and spend all our energy feeding the social media machine. The Kore invites us to turn away from the screen and look inward to find what is true and good for each of us.

Safron's website: https://www.thearchetypaleye.com/

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