Digital Jung
78 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLiving a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.
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Episodes
Preparing to Work With Your Dreams
March 25, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode: I respond to a listener’s questions by discussing the importance of examining our intentions and motivations when preparing to work with our dreams. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Rel...
Wandering Off the Path
March 18, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this episode: We take a deep dive into the experience of depression and explore how a grasp of symbolic material can enrich our understanding of this difficult and all-too-human experience. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my ...
Approaching the Numinous
March 11, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode: We pick up on the previous episode’s exploration of the idea of the numinous and consider its effect on our psychological and spiritual health. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religiou...
The Idea of the Holy
March 04, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode: We discuss the concept of the numinous and how we can begin to attune our awareness to these depths of life experience. 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 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 Lif...
Dreams and the Sacred
February 25, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode: We explore the ways that our dreams can sensitize us to the sacred dimensions of the life both within us and around us. 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 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 Lif...
Taking Dreams Seriously
February 18, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIn this episode: We confront the dismissive attitudes that many people have about dreams and explore recent research that confirms the meaning and value of dreams. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Relig...
Dreaming and Reality
February 11, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode: We explore how paying attention to our dreams can help us to expand our experience of the depth and meaningfulness of 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 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...
The Power of the Unconscious
February 04, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode: We confront the undeniable influence of the unconscious on our psychological life and what it reveals about the complexity of who we are. 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 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: Liv...
The Inner World and the Outer World
January 28, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode: We explore Jung’s notion of the reality of the psyche and look at the ways in which our inner world shapes and colors our experiences in the outer world. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on 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 Symb...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 3
January 21, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode: We complete our read through of the story, The White Snake, and uncover the stages involved in the work of bringing our creative potential to 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Reli...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 2
January 14, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this episode: We continue to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and discovering what it can tell us about what it means to take up a right relationship with our own creative depths. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please ch...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 1
January 07, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode: We begin to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and to explore what it has to say about the creative challenges of doing our inner work. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but N...
Serving the Inner Life
January 07, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBIn this episode: We begin to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and to explore what it has to say about the creative challenges of doing our inner work. 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 Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but N...
Bonus Episode: New Year's Message
December 31, 2020 07:00 - 12 minutes - 8.64 MBIn this episode: We reflect on the New Year, letting go of what is past and turning toward what is to come. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available now from Ch...
Living an Authentic Life
December 24, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this episode: We explore what it means to live an authentic life and how it can lead us to a place of resilience and meaning. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, ...
The Life of Imagination
December 17, 2020 07:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this episode: We look at two different kinds of thinking and explore how each influences our experience of ourselves and the world around us. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a...
The Work of Inner Work
December 10, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBIn this episode: We confront the difficulties of the inner life and consider the hard work of learning to live creative and authentic lives. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Sym...
An Instinct for Meaning
December 03, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode: We discuss the psyche’s affinity for religious expression and it’s meaning for the experience of our own psychological depths. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a ...
Technology and the Soul
November 26, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode: We look at our complicated relationship with technology and the challenge it poses in our experience of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Sym...
Being What We Are
November 19, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this episode: We discuss how we can know and express what Carl Jung calls “the unique and unrepeatable experience” that we are. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life...
What Matters Most
November 12, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode: We discuss what Carl Jung called “the decisive question”: the need for a relationship with the infinite. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, availab...
A Listening Heart
November 05, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBIn this episode: We look at the symbol of the heart and consider its central place in the practice of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, availabl...
The Living Symbol
October 29, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this episode: We explore the elusive nature of symbols and offer some suggestions about ways that we can strengthen our ability to perceive them. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Livi...
How We Grow
October 22, 2020 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this episode: With help from some of the symbols in the story of Parzival, I discuss the surprising importance of vulnerability in the process of psychological growth. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (@jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Reli...
The Healing Factor
October 15, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode: In this episode, we look at a factor that Carl Jung felt was a central need for psychological healing. We discuss what it is, the circumstances that constellate this need in our lives, and the attitude necessary to cultivate it. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (@jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung For more o...
Noise and the Inner Life
October 08, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode: We look at one of the major barriers in the practice of the symbolic life today — the problem of noise. How does this problem change our experience of the inner life? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (@jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung Sources for quotes and more: ...
The Invincible Power of Modernity
October 08, 2020 06:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBIn this episode: We look at one of the major barriers in the practice of the symbolic life today — the problem of noise. How does this problem change our experience of the inner life? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (@jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) using the hashtag: #DigitalJung Sources for quotes and more: ...
What Is The Symbolic Life?
September 29, 2020 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this episode we explore two key questions: What is the symbolic life? How do we begin to live it? Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag: #DigitalJung Sources for quotes and more: "Now we have no symbolic life..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Symbolic Life' in Collected Works, vol. 18 (CW18), par. 627 "Our soul may never have rest in anythin...