Digital Jung Podcast
1) Becoming (Merely) Human
Send us a text In this episode: I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological chan...Show More
2) The Gorgon's Eye
Send us a text In this episode: I explore the tension between Captain Ahab and his first mate, Starbuck. Through this dynamic we examine themes of the relationship to nature and the nature of inner wo...Show More
3) A Collision Course With Life
In this episode: I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the...Show More
4) Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 2
In this episode: I explore the search for meaning, the alienation from nature, and the role of art in healing and connection. The contrasting paths of Ishmael and Ahab are presented and the need to un...Show More
5) Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 1
In this episode: I explore the creative process, the nature of art, and the psychological depths of the human experience through the lens of Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick.' Sources for quotes and more:...Show More
6) The Call of the Shoreless Sea
Send me a note In this episode: I explore one of the more challenging aspects of the symbolic life: the call to leave behind the comfort of the known, the safe, and the familiar. Sources for quotes a...Show More
7) Healing the Splintered Heart
Send me a textIn this episode:I discuss the psychic split brought on by the experience of the modern world and the need for a connection with the soul and the mythic dimension of life.Sources for quot...Show More
8) Tending the Spiritual Imagination
In this episode:I explore the role of suffering and darkness as factors that awaken us to the need for what Jung calls a religious outlook. We look at ways that we can cultivate that outlook in an aut...Show More
9) Outcasts of the Spirit
In this episode:I examine the figure of Ishmael from Moby-Dick as a symbol of the human experience of alienation. I explore the question of how this experience comes about and what we can do to respon...Show More
10) Unfathomable Depths: Jung Aboard the Pequod
In this episode:I introduce the theme for this fourth season: Jung Aboard the Pequod -- a Jungian appreciation of Moby-Dick. I then explore the need for stories that are expansive enough to meet the c...Show More